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Eco Radio
Eco RadioElection pt. 1 and Formidable VegetableHosts: Dave (He/Him) and Zack (He/They) Today on the show we are talking about the upcoming election with a few candidates who have taken me up on an interview offer. We are talking to senate candidates Kamala Emanuel - Socialist Alliance and Cameron Leckie - Australia's Voice Zack is also back and has brought an interview with Charlie MGee from the Formidable Vegetables, Charlie is sharing some information about The Planting happening up at Woodford on the 2nd to the 4th of May. https://theplantingfestival.com/ Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday 24th 07:30...
2025-04-2439 minThe Wild Temple
The Wild TempleFormidable + Unstoppable: The Permaculture Movement with Brenna Quinlan + Charlie MgeeSend us a textFor this Moon’s episode, recorded in Tasmania, I talk with Brenna Quinlan and Charlie Mgee about permaculture. We delve into the origins of the permaculture movement, its principles, and its evolution from gardening to broader cultural practices. Brenna shares her journey from fine art to permaculture illustration, while Charlie discusses combining music with permaculture education. Listen in as we explore how permaculture fosters regenerative solutions, supports diverse passions, and builds meaningful connections to nature and community. You may be wondering why I am in Tasmania. I believe thi...
2025-01-1456 minFuturesteading
Futuresteading143 Charlie McGee from Formidable Vegetable - Winter Windbacks 2024Charlie Mgee -- permaculture troubadour and Formidable Vegetable frontman -- composes swingin' tunes on a ukulele that address climate change, food security and regenerative sustainable living.From 'energy-descent electroswing' to 'post-apocalypso', his unforgettable music provides permaculture earworms that entertain and educate. Maybe you're humming one right now?In this energetic convo, we quiz Charlie about the role of art and creativity in changemaking; how music has a knack for bridging gaps and delivering powerful messages through melody. Charlie talks about his childhood in the bush, his wandering spirit, what it's like living in a tiny...
2024-07-211h 02Peak Environment
Peak Environment118: Transition Towns - Community, Resilience, Independence, and PermacultureThe Transition Town grassroots movement is a way you can impact your own neighborhood. Learn more about this as Peak Environment co-host Ally Richardson explores Transition Towns with Becky Elder and Brian Fritz from Pikes Peak Permaculture. If you would like to find out more about public forums, lectures, and community green movies, or if you would like to host such an event, please send Pikes Peak Permaculture an inquiry at https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/contact-us/ Pikes Peak Permaculture is a Southern Colorado 501c3 nonprofit that educates adults and the youth on the wide world...
2024-04-1147 minPeak Environment
Peak Environment114: In and Outs of a Permaculture Design CertificationWhy might you want to attend a permaculture design certification course offered in our region? Ally Richardson, a permaculture educator and Peak Environment podcast co-producer, discusses this with other members of Pikes Peak Permaculture: Becky Elder, Brian Fritz, and Jayme Domejka. Mentioned in this episode: Pikes Peak Permaculture’s 2024 Permaculture Design Certification Since the early 1980s, permaculture has been taught through hands-on courses – PDCs – with experienced mentors handing down their knowledge to passionate students. We are beginning March 8th and will finish September 22nd. Work Trade available- ask for details! Reg...
2024-01-2741 minPeak Environment
Peak Environment113: Poor Richard's Rubbish RoundupRichard Skorman shares an environmental vision and a unique community building opportunity that can help with the restoration efforts of our local watershed - creating natural landscapes that everyone can enjoy: Poor Richard's Rubbish Roundup! Join the weekly trash roundup team and help keep our community clean. Or, better yet, reach out to Richard for support in starting your own volunteer group near your local waters. The episode is hosted by Ally Richardson, a permaculture educator and Peak Environment co-producer. Richard Skorman served thirteen years on Colorado Springs City Council, including two as vice mayor...
2023-12-3134 minThe Elder Tree Podcast
The Elder Tree Podcast42. Songs, Microbiome and Music as a Tool for Education: Charlie Mgee on Permaculture HerbalismCharlie Mgee is a songwriter, ukulele player, permaculturist and founder of the world-renowned ecological funk/swing band, Formidable Vegetable. Growing up in a tin shed with a veggie garden, rainwater tank and one 100W solar panel for power in the south-west of Western Australia, Charlie lived the low-impact lifestyle from a young age, using a 'Dunny' that didn't flush and hanging out with his chickens for entertainment, which made him realise early on that you don’t need a lot in life to be happy.Later on, Charlie went off to study permaculture and, soon after, formed Formidable Ve...
2023-10-1858 minSense-Making in a Changing World
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldPermaculture Music with Charlie MGee and Morag GambleThis episode, I catch up with Charlie MGee in my lounge room to chat about his latest album, Microbiome, and his journey into permaculture songwriting!Charlie is not only an amazing  permaculturalist, but also a pedagogic creative, educator award winning, songwriter extraordinaire, and a genius of sharing permaculture with the world through his music - both as a solo artist and with his band, the Formidable Vegetable Sound System.My family has been listening to Charlie's songs for years - if you haven't heard his permaculture/dance mix/jazz/funk style yet, I highly recommend y...
2023-10-1146 minPeak Environment
Peak Environment110: Permaculture Principles - Part 2 of 2Continue your deep dive into permaculture principles in the second part of a series hosted by Pikes Peak Permaculture. Acknowledging and practicing permaculture principles can lead to wonderful experiences - which will guide you to understanding how natural systems work in our environment and our climate. Pikes Peak Permaculture is a Southern Colorado 501c3 nonprofit that educates adults and the youth on the wide world of nature and permaculture. Thank you to our supporters and community members who came out to Ranch Foods Direct and helped make our September 16th fundraising event possible! ...
2023-10-0954 minPeak Environment
Peak Environment108: Permaculture Principles Part 1 of 2Pikes Peak Permaculture begins a deep dive into permaculture principles in this Part 1 of 2 episode. Acknowledging and practicing these principles can lead to wonderful experiences which will guide you to understanding how natural systems work in our environment and our climate. Pikes Peak Permaculture is a Southern Colorado 501c3 nonprofit that educates children, and adults, on the wide world of nature and permaculture. Join us on Saturday, September 16th from 12 to 6 for Pikes Peak Permaculture’s first fundraising event, as we inform the community of ways towards resilience and sustainability within our homes and our com...
2023-09-071h 04Peak Environment
Peak Environment105: Connecting Children to Nature with PermaculturePermaculture elementary Environment Club, permaculture Earth Day Celebration, and a youth permaculture design course. Pikes Peak Permaculture discusses the importance of permaculture education to connect our children to nature, and how impactful it was in a local school. Pikes Peak Permaculture is an educational 501c3 nonprofit serving Southern Colorado in the nature and ways of permaculture. If you would like to find out more about permaculture and our programs, please visit our website at pikespeakpermaculture.org.  Come join us at our upcoming sustainable fundraiser event on September 16th, 2023. We are growing in big ways and w...
2023-07-2545 minPeak Environment
Peak EnvironmentPermaculture Education in the Pikes Peak RegionHave you heard of Permaculture? Join the Pikes Peak Permaculture's team as we introduce ourselves, permaculture and our mission here in the Pikes Peak region. Learn about the programs we offer, including certifications, teacher training, classes and workshops.  Pikes Peak Permaculture is an educational 501(c)3 nonprofit educating Southern Colorado in the ways and nature of permaculture. Pikespeakpermaculture.org http://pikespeakpermaculture.org/ In September, our organization will be holding its first fundraiser event with live music, food and fun. We are planning to have many opportunities for people of all ages to learn about p...
2023-06-1926 minEducate!
Educate!You Are What You Eat - Formidable Vegetable (Official Permaculture Music Video)Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/growdoit Listen and download at: https://8PGR.lnk.to/GrowDoItID Did you know that more is known about outer space than what goes on in our soil? Soil is where pretty much all land-based life starts and there are so many things we can do to take care of it! It's time to stop looking up, messing around and freakin' out - we need to get DOWN to tending the ground we live on! For a great movie about how amazing soil is: https://kissthegroundmovie.com/ ...
2023-05-2400 minEducate!
Educate!You Are What You Eat - Formidable Vegetable (Official Permaculture Music Video)Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/growdoit Listen and download at: https://8PGR.lnk.to/GrowDoItID Did you know that more is known about outer space than what goes on in our soil? Soil is where pretty much all land-based life starts and there are so many things we can do to take care of it! It's time to stop looking up, messing around and freakin' out - we need to get DOWN to tending the ground we live on! For a great movie about how amazing soil is: https://kissthegroundmovie.com/ ...
2023-05-2400 minEducate!
Educate!Charlie Mgee - 'The Edge' (Permaculture Principle #11: Use Edges & Value the Marginal)From the album, Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual: https://music.formidablevegetable.com.au Help us get permaculture out there! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/growdoit Permaculture Principle 11: Use Edges & Value The Marginal The Edge is where it's at! This principle applies both spatially (the living organisms on the edge of a forest are usually more biodiverse due to differing exposure to sunlight, water, nutrient...etc.) and temporally (the time we are currently in is literally on the Edge of the geological epoch known as the Holocene and what is now being termed the...
2023-04-2700 minEducate!
Educate!Charlie Mgee - 'The Edge' (Permaculture Principle #11: Use Edges & Value the Marginal)From the album, Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual: https://music.formidablevegetable.com.au Help us get permaculture out there! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/growdoit Permaculture Principle 11: Use Edges & Value The Marginal The Edge is where it's at! This principle applies both spatially (the living organisms on the edge of a forest are usually more biodiverse due to differing exposure to sunlight, water, nutrient...etc.) and temporally (the time we are currently in is literally on the Edge of the geological epoch known as the Holocene and what is now being termed the...
2023-04-2700 minEar Snacks Podcast for Kids
Ear Snacks Podcast for KidsGut Friends with Charlie Mgee (Formidable Vegetable)Are you human? Meet the 90 trillion non-human friends that each one of us carries around every day (plus a couple of goats) with one of our new music friends from down under, Formidable Vegetable's Charlie Mgee. Charlie's music and ideas take us on a journey to consider our relationship to the environment and think about how to be a good friend to the whole world. 100 trillion thanks to Charlie Mgee for popping back on the grid to speak with us and sharing 3 songs from their most recent album "Garbage...
2023-03-1520 minEducate!
Educate!More than a tune make music with purpose, change your world Charlie Mgee TEDxPerthCharlie McGee from Formidable Vegetable Sound System on the music as a tool of education.
2023-01-0800 minEducate!
Educate!More than a tune make music with purpose, change your world Charlie Mgee TEDxPerthCharlie McGee from Formidable Vegetable Sound System on the music as a tool of education.
2023-01-0800 minAll The Dirt Gardening, Sustainability and Food
All The Dirt Gardening, Sustainability and FoodFormidable Vegetable Brenna Quinlan and Charlie MgeeIllustrator Brenna Quinlan and musician Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable strive to make the world a better place by empowering people to make positive change.
2022-10-0751 minPost-Growth Australia Podcast
Post-Growth Australia PodcastSeason 3 Finale with Charlie Mgee from Formidable VegetableFrom the very beginning, PGAP has delighted in playing music from Formidable Vegetable on our permaculture themed episodes. So, for the final episode of Season 3, host Michael Bayliss is especially thrilled to meet with Formidable Vegetable mastermind Charlie Mgee at his new eco village home at Living Waters, Denmark WA. An engaging storyteller as well as musician and performer, Charlie shares the incredible history of forming the permaculture themed band and their mission statement from the get go. We also explore the role that music place in activism and societal change and we cap it off with Charlie’s vi...
2022-09-031h 06Two Natural Ladies Conversations
Two Natural Ladies ConversationsEp 28) Music to save the world - What has you come alive?Two Natural Ladies interview Charlie Mgee creator of the Australian band Formidable Vegetables: Charlie Mgee, created his band after doing a two-week permaculture course. His aim: using music to save the world! Charlie has a huge mission to heal the world using permaculture and music. Living at Melliodora in Daylesford, Victoria at David Holograms’ property, he has been fortunate to live in a community and be sustainable during the crazy times of the pandemic of 2020. Charlie and his partner have not been idle, having created a schools program “Grow Do It” for upper primary aged kids.
2021-03-2837 minFuturesteading
FuturesteadingE31 Charlie Mgee - Permaculture Tunester!Charlie Mgee -- permaculture troubadour and Formidable Vegetable frontman -- composes swingin' tunes on a ukulele that address climate change, food security and regenerative sustainable living.From 'energy-descent electroswing' to 'post-apocalypso', his unforgettable music provides permaculture earworms that entertain and educate. Maybe you're humming one right now?In this energetic convo, we quiz Charlie about the role of art and creativity in changemaking; how music has a knack for bridging gaps and delivering powerful messages through melody. Charlie talks about his childhood in the bush, his wandering spirit, what it's like living in a tiny...
2020-11-0158 minThe Probiotic Life
The Probiotic Life050 - Probiotic Sauerkraut Step by Step with Holly HoweIn this episode we have a chat to Holly Howe of makesauerkraut.comShe shares her story of how she fell in love with this fantastic fermented food, and how she came to write the book Fermentation Made Easy! Mouthwatering Sauerkraut.We talk about various aspects of sauerkraut, from probiotic benefits of this amazing food, to delicious flavours that make your ferment stand out. Holly takes us though the basics of her step by step guide, and gives us some helpful tips. I’m sure you’ll be inspired to go and ferment after you list...
2020-05-191h 07The Probiotic Life
The Probiotic Life050 - Probiotic Sauerkraut Step by Step with Holly HoweIn this episode we have a chat to Holly Howe of makesauerkraut.comShe shares her story of how she fell in love with this fantastic fermented food, and how she came to write the book Fermentation Made Easy! Mouthwatering Sauerkraut.We talk about various aspects of sauerkraut, from probiotic benefits of this amazing food, to delicious flavours that make your ferment stand out. Holly takes us though the basics of her step by step guide, and gives us some helpful tips. I’m sure you’ll be inspired to go and ferment after you list...
2020-05-191h 07Climactic
Climactic#climatepodcase | The Sustainable Hour — LOCAL FOOD, TREES AND LIVE MUSIC WITH A SPRINKLE OF CARBONThis episode is a part of the first annual Climate Podcast Showcase, for more information on this visit www.climactic.fm/climatepodcase, and for more information on this show please visit The Sustainable Hour.Guest in The Sustainable Hour’s studio bunker on 11 December 2019 is chef Jono Hall from the Little Green Corner café in Geelong, who shares some inspirational stories about how the café and his kitchen have been able to reduce their carbon footprint and keep pushing for doing things in ways that are more sustainable.In November, the Sustainable Hour team went on a...
2020-01-021h 01Climactic
Climactic#climatepodcase | The Sustainable Hour — LOCAL FOOD, TREES AND LIVE MUSIC WITH A SPRINKLE OF CARBON This episode is a part of the first annual Climate Podcast Showcase, for more information on this visit www.climactic.fm/climatepodcase, and for more information on this show please visit The Sustainable Hour.Guest in The Sustainable Hour’s studio bunker on 11 December 2019 is chef Jono Hall from the Little Green Corner café in Geelong, who shares some inspirational stories about how the café and his kitchen have been able to reduce their carbon footprint and keep pushing for doing things in ways that are more sustainable.In November, the Sustainable Hour team went on a...
2020-01-021h 01Music Matters
Music MattersYouth Radio - Charlie MGee Grow Do It!Jake, Miani and Zoe catch up with the the irrepressible, award winning, permaculture minstrel Charlie MGee from Formidable Vegetable Sound System! Charlie describes himself as someone who likes to write silly songs about food, gardening, permaculture and sustainability and he has been touring the world with his home-grown music and has played in over 14 countries from here in Australia to Portugal, Canada, USA and Glastonbury in England – and he has even been featured by the United Nations during the International Year of Soils! Charlie was in fact on our very first Funky Kids Hour show back in September 2016 and it is...
2018-03-1915 minDo Good Radio » Podcast
Do Good Radio » PodcastCharlie Mgee – Fomidable Vegetable Sound SystemWhat do permaculture principles and electo-swing ukelele have in common? Charlie Mgee! I chat to Charlie in the lush surrounds of Ceres Environment Park (surrounded by very vocal roosters) about how an ‘antique’ sprouty sweet potato was a catalyst for composing a repertoire of swingin’ tunes on a ukulele addressing the 12 principles of permaculture […]
2013-03-1420 minDo Good Radio » Podcast
Do Good Radio » PodcastCharlie Mgee - Formidable Vegetable Sound System"Permaculture troubadour, Charlie Mgee has dedicated the last couple of years to composing a repertoire of swingin’ tunes on a ukulele addressing the 12 principles of permaculture in various musical styles ranging from ‘energy-descent electroswing’ and ‘climate-change reggae’ to ‘peak-oil polka’, all of which make for an eccentrically entertaining, if not unforgettable dance floor experience when smashed through the sound system." "Formidable Vegetable Sound System is a uplifting new experiment in ‘ecological edutainment’ that mashes together speakeasy electroswing-style wonk and live vocabulous ukulele quirk that aims to pound simple solutions of sustainability deep into your consciousness" Podcast was recor...
2013-03-1400 min