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Sense-Making in a Changing WorldRewilding Leadership with Kelly Wendorf and Morag GambleLearning to Lead Like Life ItselfHow do we lead in a way that feels alive, kind, and connected to the living world?In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, Morag is joined by Kelly Wendorf, author of Flying Lead Change and founder of EQUUS, whose work brings together horses, neuroscience, and ancient wisdom to reimagine what leadership can be.Kelly shares about leadership as a natural, relational process. Not command and control, but care and connection - moving from hierarchy to harmony.Her principles...
2025-11-031h 05
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldPermaculture and Money with Laura Oldanie and Morag GambleIn this episode, Morag Gamble engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Laura Oldanie about the contested intersection of permaculture and money. They explore the redefinition of wealth, the myths surrounding conventional financial systems, and the importance of community and social capital in creating a resilient and abundant life. Laura shares insights on how permaculture principles can guide financial decisions, the concept of 'enoughness', and innovative strategies for investing in regenerative assets. Laura is the founder of Rich & Resilient Living. Since she received her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2009, she's been exploring ways to earn, spend, invest, and manage...
2025-03-0656 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldInner Permaculture with Stuart Hill and Morag GambleIn this episode I welcome Emeritus Professor Stuart Hill - scholar, educator, and advocate for transformative change in social ecology - to explore the interconnections of permaculture and psychology. Join us as we dive into how to nurture a deeper inner permaculture while nourishing a wider outer permaculture.Stuart is an educator and researcher whose knowledge spans from ecology to entomology, agriculture to psychotherapy, and education to policy development. Currently Foundation Chair of Social Ecology at Western Sydney University and having published over 350 papers and reports, Stuart has been at the forefront of social regeneration for decades...
2025-02-261h 09
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldShifting the Narrative with Andrew Millison and Morag GambleJoin me in conversation with Andrew Millison, an agent for change who shares permaculture wisdom through art, design and multimedia storytelling. In this episode we explore how Andrew is actively weaving stories to shift the narrative from one of scarcity to one of abundance - and how you can too. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.Andrew has previously been on this podcast, talking about the epic permaculture projects he has been part of and helped to record. The work of sharing the possibilities that permaculture...
2025-01-2936 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldMoral Imagination with Phoebe Tickell and Morag GambleTune into this episode with Phoebe Tickell - an imagination activist and founder of Moral Imaginations, a group who is building a movement of moral imagining - to explore what it means to exercise and stretch your imagination in order to create new possibilities and new action. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.From the solar punk movement to radical kinship, Phoebe highlights how important it is that we realise that imagination is not what helps us escape reality, but what helps us return to...
2024-10-1348 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldEcologies of Communication with Nora Bateson and Morag GambleIn this episode, I welcome Nora Bateson - an eminent systems thinker, filmmaker, writer and President of the International Bateson Institute - to explore the complexities of our interconnected world with intergenerational insight and clarity. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.Nora's session was the final event in the Festival of Ideas, holding the closing together with readings and insights from her latest book 'Combining', a blend of intellectual inquiry, essays, emotional engagement, storytelling, poetry, and graphic art.Exploring our ecologies of communication and...
2024-10-0657 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldRadical Love with Satish Kumar and Morag GambleIn this episode, I welcome my dear friend and mentor, Satish Kumar. Satish is a world-renowned author and peace advocate, who has been speaking around the world and inspiring global change for over 50 years. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.From what it means to hold radical love to inspiring active hope, Satish's discussion on the Festival of Ideas was an amazing session that I am now so excited to share on this podcast.To explore more of Satish's work and message, you...
2024-09-2249 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldPermaculture and Localization with Helena Norberg-Hodge and Morag GambleJoin Morag Gamble in a deep-dive conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge - internationally acclaimed localization advocate, filmmaker and author. This was recorded live at our June Permaculture Education Institute masterclass. exploring permaculture and localization - the final of our four part world localization day series we hosted in collaboration with Helena’s organisation Local Futures. Helena and Morag explore how we can grow the movement and foster ecological economies, thriving communities and healthy local food systems.ABOUT HELENA NORBERG-HODGEHelena is the author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Futu...
2024-06-301h 27
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldMusic and Ecology with Amelie Ecology and Morag GambleHello, I'm Morag. Welcome to this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World podcast - a project of the Permaculture Education Institute . This is a special episode as part of the International Permaculture Festival of IdeasI invite you to join me each week in conversation with leading permaculture-related educators, thinkers, activists, authors, designers and practitioners to explore the kind of thinking AND ACTION we need to navigate a positive and regenerative way forward, to myceliate possibilities, and share ideas of what a thriving one-planet way of life could look like. My guests offer voices of clarity...
2024-06-2447 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldA Permaculture Refugee Story with Ansima Casinga Rolande and Morag GambleI'm delighted to welcome Ansima Casinga Rolande to this final episode of our International Women's Series. I've worked with Rolande for many years now and I can truly say that she is one of the most inspiring people I've ever met.Rolande is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and is living currently in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda. In this episode, she shares her story of how she came to be in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, the challenges of life in a refugee camp and how she started to make a difference.After taking the...
2024-03-2251 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldForaging, Nature and Permaculture with Helen Lehndorf and Morag GambleTune into this conversation as part of the International Women's Day Series with Helen Lehndorf as we share our deep relationship with nature - finding connection and empowerment in the edible landscape around us.We explore the practice of foraging and the concept of home as a sense of nourishment and connection with the land, discussing the journey of becoming ecologically conscious and the importance of being immersed in nature, in the city or the country.This episode a must listen for anyone searching for a deeper connection to place.As a published...
2024-03-011h 13
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldEducation as Permaculture with Rebecca Leek and Morag GambleAre you a teacher, parent or student wondering how permaculture can be related to school? Listen in to this episode, where I welcome Rebecca Leek - an educator weaving permaculture into school systems across England.Permaculture is commonly associated with gardening, but Rebecca shows how it can help our approach to education too.From producing no waste to valuing the marginal, the principles embedded in permaculture can really help shape our schools into places of genuine connection and emergence.What if we looked at our education system as a garden? How can we...
2024-01-2138 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldPermaculture Enterprises with Emily & Josh Prieto and Morag GambleTune in to this episode for a conversation about regenerative business with the fabulous Emily and Josh Prieto - founders of Seeds of Tao, regenerative business educators, world explorers, and homeschooling parents.It was fantastic to chat about their journey into permaculture, moving to Panama, their attraction to regenerative design and how they are applying it to business. We talk about how you can make a permaculture livingAt the heart of their vision is the integration of permaculture design thinking and regenerative ideas into a balanced business life - that leaves space for living...
2023-12-2759 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldHomeschool in the Garden with Lucy Legan and Morag GambleJoin me this episode for an exploration into homeschooling with permaculture author-educator-activist Lucy Legan.I've interviewed Lucy before on this podcast after the release of her book 'Planet Schooling', a fantastic conversation about re-conceiving what education is for, how she teaches permaculture, has created living learning centres and school gardens plus her process of writing! Now I interview her after the release of her free eBook 'How to Start Homeschooling Your Children' - a fantastic resource to approach the (sometimes daunting) journey of homeschooling. In this conversation, we dive into everything around homeschooling...
2023-12-171h 23
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldPermaculture Herstory with Robyn Francis and Morag GambleIn this episode, I’m delighted to welcome Robyn Francis - my friend and true permaculture legend. Robyn has been a part of the permaculture movement since the very beginning, working closely with Bill Mollison, and is a leading international permaculture educator. She’s initiated many projects around the world such as Djanbung Gardens, the accredited permaculture design training process, Jarlanbah Ecovillage and the Permaculture International magazine. When I was just starting out as a permaculture designer, I attended a number of workshops at her place!Tune in to listen to Robyn’s story through permaculture and her in...
2023-12-061h 00
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldRadical Urban Permaculture with William Padilla-Brown and Morag Gamble - Urban Agriculture Month #5In this final episode of our special 2023 Urban Agriculture series, join me as I dive into a new way of approaching change-making and sense-making with William Padilla-Brown. William is a certified permaculture designer, a citizen scientist, urban agriculturalist, mycologist, phycologist, a featured in the film Fantastic Fungi and someone I consider a public professor of mycosymbiotics.It was great to meet William as he is someone I've wanted to interview for a while! Mycosymbiotics is what William calls 'biological aides for permaculture systems' and we explore what this means for practical implementation in both our permaculture systems...
2023-11-291h 04
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 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldLiving with the Earth with Perrine Hervé-Gruyer and Morag GambleIn this episode, inspirational author and market gardener Perrine Hervé-Gruyer. When Perrine turned 30, she radically changed lanes from a career as an international lawyer working with the High Commissioner for Refugees, to becoming a small scale farmer using permaculture and bio-intensive methods in Normandy.From finding permaculture in search of meaning to new frameworks for growing food, Perrine's practical approach has flipped the idea that only bigger farms can make a living - small-scale permaculture farms not only create diverse abundance, but are more efficient too!Perrine has co-authored the freshly published book ‘Living wit...
2023-10-041h 01
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldEpic Permaculture Projects with Andrew Millison and Morag GambleTune in this week for a conversation with amazing permaculture educator, practitioner, gardener and travelling filmmaker Andrew Millison from the United States.Andrew's passion is travelling the world documenting epic permaculture projects to share inspiration of what's possible. He's filmed in places such as India, Egypt, Mexico, Cuba, and throughout the United States. When I spoke to him, he was about to jump on a plane to head off to Senegal!In this episode, we chat about everything from student power at university & storytelling to permaculture projects around the world & the importance of water in...
2023-09-271h 02
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldPermaculture Living with Kirsten Bradley and Morag GambleJoin me this week for a Permaculture Writer's special in conversation with amazing permaculture educator and doer, author and grower Kirsten Bradley from Milkwood Permaculture. As this podcast is going live, Kirsten has just released her new book -> 'The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook: Habits for Hope in a Changing World'. You can find it in your local library, bookstore, online and maybe even in your street library!It was so great to catch up with Kirsten, chatting about everything from her writing process and the importance of books to how to find a belonging...
2023-09-2038 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldLoving Nature & Gardening with Poppy Okotcha and Morag GambleHello and welcome to the Sense-making in a Changing World podcast. I’m Morag Gamble and this show is hosted by the Permaculture Education Institute . Join me each week in conversation with leading ecological thinkers, activists, authors, designers and practitioners to explore 'What Now?' What IS the kind of thinking we need to navigate a positive and regenerative way forward, to myceliate possibilities, to explore what a thriving one-planet way of life could look like. My guests offer voices of clarity and common sense.In this episode I am speaking with the wonderful Poppy Oko...
2023-08-3155 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldThe Medicinal Forest with Dr Anne Stobart and Morag GambleWelcome to the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast. This episode is part of our special permaculture writer's series. My name is Morag Gamble. I am speaking with Devon based herbal practitioner and herb grower, educator, author and founder of the Herbal History Research Network Dr Anne Stobart.Anne has two books available through Permanent Publications, The Medicinal Forest Garden Handbook (2020), and coming out this year, Trees and Shrubs That Heal: Reconnecting with the Medicinal Forest - with 80 plants profiled, each with a simple recipe. Ann has also published her PhD research, Household Medicine of 17t...
2023-08-231h 06
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldCommunity Food Forests with Gavin Hardy and Morag GambleIn this episode I am speaking with Churchill Fellow, Community Food Forester, Community Gardens Australia - QLD Coordinator, muliti-award-winning Landscape Architect and Permaculture Educator, Gavin Hardy - based not far from me in Meanjin Brisbane.Gav and I go way back - to the early days of setting up Northey Street City Farm in Brisbane, where he is now the education coordinator.In 2020 Gav was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate the potential of community food forests and orchards . Because of the pandemic his journey was delayed, but finally he got to visit 10 of the w...
2023-08-021h 20
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldAffordable No-Dig Garden with Stephanie Hafferty and Morag GambleIn Episode 100 of the Sense-Making in a Changing World, I am delighted to be speaking with STEPHANIE HAFFERTY who is based on a half-acre no-dig permaculture farm in Lampeter, Wales.From the Half Acre Homestead, Stephanie explains how to grow year round using climate friendly regenerative organic gardening methods for abundant harvests and fewer weeds, working harmoniously with wildlife, and what to do with your harvests, from seasonal meals to preserving, homemade body, home and garden care, remedies and natural dyes.In this episode, Stephanie shares a wonderful story about how s...
2023-07-2654 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldThe Regenerative Landscaper with Erik Ohlsen and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World I am delighted to be speaking with Erik Ohlsen - a well-known, successful and much-loved Sonoma-based ecological designer, permaculture practitioner, educator, author, regenerative entrepreneur who runs multiple companies deeply grounded in a love of nature and based on permaculture ethics and principles. Eric is one of those wonderful people who gets stuff done!!!In this conversation I ask him about how he has grown his wildly successful Permaculture Artisans company that is regenerating landscapes from urban to rural, and even as we spoke in the process of informing...
2023-07-191h 02
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldPermaculture Design Companion with Jasmine Dale and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World I am delighted to be speaking with Jasmine Dale - permaculture author, designer and educator as part of our special permaculture writers series.Jasmine's book is the Permaculture Design Companion: A practical workbook for integrating people and places - a step by step guide to applying permaculture in your own life, in any context. It combines creative and analytical activities with self reflection and observation. Published by Permanent Publications.Here's a link to one of Jasmine's articles - Developing Personal Resilience with Permaculture (Issue 107: pg 69) in Permaculture Magazine available unt...
2023-05-1856 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldBackyard Forest Garden with Pippa Chapman and Morag GambleThe Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast, hosted by Morag Gamble is an initiative of the Permaculture Education Institute. We teach permaculture teachers around the world, and host global permaculture conversations and learning communities. Our Permaculture Life is our permaculture gardening Youtube channel with hundreds of helpful videos.I am joined here by the wonderful Pippa Chapman - author, permaculture designer, forest gardener and mother - based in Yorkshire, who has been gardening for 30 years. In 2007 she left her job as Head Gardener on a private estate, to take a year-long practical apprenticeship at RHS Harlow Carr and...
2023-05-0958 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldFinancial Permaculture and the New Economy with Della Duncan and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, I am so delighted to be speaking about financial dimensions of permaculture and the new economy with renegade economist and permaculture educator Della Duncan.Like me, Della has also spent a lot of time at Schumacher College (she completed her MA in Economics for Transition) and she works closely too with Fritjof Capra and his course, the Systems View of Life. Della also podcasts - her show is Upstream Podcast - check it out in the show notes.
2023-05-0156 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldHow to Teach Permaculture with Graham Bell and Morag GambleHow to teach permaculture? This is a very special episode - my way of celebrating the late Graham Bell - a tribute to a permaculture elder, pioneer, forest gardener, teacher, mentor, author, father, husband, friend. Graham died in early March 2023 after a brief illness. I join the permaculture community around the world in acknowledging his enormous contribution to the field of permaculture, and to teaching permaculture teachers. I send my deepest condolences to his family.Our focus here at the Permaculture Education Institute is about teaching permaculture teachers, and Graham has been teaching...
2023-03-201h 44
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldWriting with PIP Magazine with Robyn Rosenfeldt and Morag GambleWelcome to this Permaculture Writer's Club episode of the Sense-making in a Changing World Podcast hosted Morag Gamble. This series is a chance to explore different forms of permaculture writing and speak with a range of authors and publishers. Morag is joined here in this conversation by Robyn Rosenfeldt, founding editor and publisher of Pip Magazine. Come behind the scenes of PIP Magazine - Australia's permaculture magazine, learn what makes a good article or story, what magazine editors are looking for and ways to approach PIP with your story.I'd love to hear fro...
2023-01-1048 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldSimplifying Life in a Permaculture Garden with Morag Gamble and Liz ZorabWelcome to a special Permaculture Writer's Club episode of the Sense-making in a Changing World podcast. I am joined by the wonderful permaculture grower, forest gardener, youtuber and author, Liz Zorab who runs Byther Farm with Mr J - to live a self sufficient, eco friendly life. . She is author of the best-selling book Grounded: A Gardener’s journey to abundance and self-sufficency - put out by Permanent Publications and is finishing up her second book - the Seasoned Gardener - due out soon.In this episode, Liz shares how she has created 2 amazing permaculture farms and has...
2023-01-0500 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldWhat kind of permaculture writing do we need? with Maddy Harland and Morag GambleHave you ever wanted to become a permaculture writer? Listen in to learn the niches waiting for permaculture writers and insights from our guest's decades of permaculture writing, editing and publishing.I am delighted to welcome you to a the first of our special Permaculture Writer's Club series on the Sense-making in a Changing World podcast. This podcast is an initiative of the Permaculture Education Institute. We teach permaculture teachers around the world and host global permaculture conversations and learning communities.Who better to launch the Permaculture Writer's Club with me...
2023-01-0454 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldCommunity Gardens with Chris Smyth and Morag Gamble - Urban Agriculture Month #5This episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World is the final of our 5 part Urban Agriculture series released during Urban Agriculture Month in November 2022.Here, Morag Gamble is joined by Chris Smyth, a coordinator of Community Gardens Australia (WA). They talk about the gardens he co-founded on the Murdoch University Campus, as well as the community gardening movement around the country.Chris, a retired Assoc. Professor and Dean of the School of Media Communication & Culture at Murdoch University, was able to assist students negotiating the university landscape to enable this garden to happen, and link...
2022-11-291h 00
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldUrban Mushrooms with Buttons Testa and Morag Gamble - Urban Agriculture Month #4In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, host Morag Gamble speaks with Buttons Testa - the creator of The Mushroomery - a micro mushroom farm she set up in her Brunswick backyard in Naarm (Melbourne) in a 10m2 growing space.The little farm supplies two restaurants and a farm gate from time to time with tasty oyster mushrooms. She is influenced by the ethics and principles of permaculture. She is working on closing multiple loops of waste within her farm. Being a massive foodie she is keen on making farming more visible in the city...
2022-11-2242 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldHyper-local farming at Fawkner Food Bowls with Hilary Hoggett and Morag Gamble - Urban Agriculture Month #3Landscape Architect and urban farmer, Hilary Hoggett - President of Fawkner Food Bowls in Naarm (Melbourne) - takes us on a journey into hyper local food systems. This is part 3 of our 5 part Urban Agriculture podcast series celebrating Urban Agriculture Month (Nov 2022) Fawkner Food Bowls is a community market garden which grows herbs, vegetables, and seedlings for their very local area. They work with volunteers and community members providing culturally relevant food in a thriving growing space where community can learn about urban food growing through sustainable and regenerative growing practices. They strive to address loc...
2022-11-1532 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldUrban Beekeeping with Amanda Collins and Morag Gamble - Urban Agriculture Month #2This episode is all about keeping bees in our backyards. This is part of our 5 part Urban Agriculture podcast series celebrating Urban Agriculture Month (Nov 2022). My guest today is Amanda Collins of Ballarat Backyard Beehives and member of the Ballarat Permaculture Guild. Amanda and her partner Scott became accidental beekeepers ten years ago after being gifted a hive and falling in love with the bees.Since then, their passion for beekeeping has grown into a small apiary of 80 hives, delivering beekeeping courses and undertaking formalised training in beekeeping, training and assessment and Agribusiness. Ama...
2022-11-0847 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldCity Farming with Jacqui Besgrove and Morag Gamble - Urban Agriculture Month #1Welcome to this special Urban Agriculture podcast series celebrating Urban Agriculture Month (Nov 2022). My first guest is Jacqui Besgrove of Pocket City Farms in central Sydney. Back in 2015, they began the transformation of a disused bowling green into a wonderfully thriving community food hub, and they want to contribute to urban farming becoming a normal part of our society and urban fabric.Local sustainable food production close to where the bulk of our population live - and can connect with and learn from - is integral in securing a healthy future for our communities and our planet. P...
2022-11-0141 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldMelbourne Pollinator Corridor with Emma Cutting and Morag GambleWelcome to this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World. I am delighted to be joined by the wonderful Emma Cutting, creator of The Heart Gardening Project and visionary Melbourne Pollinator CorridorThe Heart Gardening Project is a community initiative that joyfully connects humans to nature through street gardening. Emma revels in connecting the dots between different people and fields of expertise through this project and connecting to the world through her street gardening, getting completely covered in dirt and creating positive change.While she grew up on a farm in Northern NSW, Emma is n...
2022-07-2057 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldCommunity and Ecology with Helena Norberg-Hodge and Morag Gamble - World Localization Day Series Part 3 of 4In episode three of our four-part conversation for World Localisation Day, Morag Gamble talks with Helena Norberg-Hodge about the central role of community and ecology in our world. And, how localising both of these things can improve the health of people and the planet.Helena is a filmmaker, author and founder and director of the international non-profit organisation, Local Futures. Helena and I first met in 1992, working on the Ladakh Project over the other side of the Himalayas in the Indus Valley. This time we spent together (and since) as well as her film, Ancient Futures, led...
2022-06-1457 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldEpisode 73: Regenerating Australia with Damon Gameau and Morag GambleIn this episode, Morag Gamble talks with Damon Gameau about his latest film, Regenerating Australia. The Permaculture Education Institute's Film Club is hosting a free livestreaming on May 20th. BOOK HERE.Damon Gameau is an award-winning filmmaker, author, father and activist. His 2015 movie, That Sugar Film, broke Australian box office records, and his other feature-length film, 2040, was one of the highest-grossing Australian documentaries of all time.His latest offering, Regenerating Australia, is a short film that explores what Australia could look like in 2030 if we listened to the needs of its people. Based on interviews...
2022-05-1153 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldRegenerating Culture and Earth with Joe Brewer and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast it is my delight to welcome back to the show - regenerative designer, practitioner, author, climate activist, and visionary, Joe Brewer - a transdisciplinary scholar who is dedicated to healing and regenerating the earth, and connecting with people who want to participate in the urgent global action. Joe is the author of The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth (2021) Chelsea Green and founder of the Earth Regenerators, Design Institute for Regenerating Earth.Joe talks directly and practically to the fact that humanity is confronted with threats un...
2022-04-201h 23
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldWeb of Meaning with Jeremy Lent and Morag GambleWelcome to the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast. I'm Morag Gamble and my guest in this episode is acclaimed author, educator and philosopher Jeremy Lent. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Jeremy, described by Guardian journalist George Monbiot as “one of the greatest thinkers of our age,” investigates the underlying causes of our civilization’s existential crisis, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future. BOOKS BY JEREMY LENTJerermy's award-winning book, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning, examines the way humans have...
2022-02-0858 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldRewilding with Claire Dunn and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World, I'm joined by best-selling author and educator, Claire Dunn, who currently resides in Naarm Melbourne in Wurundjeri country. Back in 2014, she released a book, My Year Without Matches sharing a personal story of her year on a wilderness survival program and the profound shift she experienced as she rewilded her existence, her way of thinking, and her body. Now back in the city, the city that has experienced the longest lockdown in all the world throughout this COVID period, Claire opens a new conversation - that...
2021-12-0858 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldPermaculture and Development with Chris Evans and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World I'm talking with Chris Evans. Chris been living and working entirely in the permaculture development world for over three decades. His work in Nepal is inspirational and has influenced many programs globally. He fell in love with Nepal way back in 1985 when he was living there as a volunteer for community forestry programs. But he realised soon that that international development models weren't actually working. That's when he discovered permaculture and enrolled himself in a permaculture design course with Bill Mollison. Since completing the course, he's h...
2021-11-221h 05
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldClimate Conversations 3: Fritjof Capra reflects on COP26 with Morag GambleWelcome to this special series of climate conversations recorded during COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow , November 2021.In November, while the global climate conference (COP26) was taking place I recorded a series of conversations. I did wish I could have been there to be part of this global connection of movements and activism happening around the meeting of world leaders who are putting their plans on the table to limit climate change to below 1.5. Disappointingly, the Australian PM embarrassed himself with putting fossil fuels ahead of the planet. I decided it didn't make sense for me to f...
2021-11-1119 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldClimate Conversations 2: Big Picture Activism - Morag Gamble speaks with Helena Norberg Hodge Welcome to this special series of climate conversations recorded during COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow , November 2021.In November, while the global climate conference (COP26) was taking place I recorded a series of conversations. I did wish I could have been there to be part of this global connection of movements and activism happening around the meeting of world leaders who are putting their plans on the table to limit climate change to below 1.5. Disappointingly, the Australian PM embarrassed himself with putting fossil fuels ahead of the planet. I decided it didn't make sense for me to fl...
2021-11-0917 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldSystem Re-setting with Alana Marsh and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World, I am delighted to be in conversation with Alana Marsh - Systems Resetter, Wayappa Wurrk Practitioner and Aboriginal Systems thinker.Alana is aligning systems of knowing, being and doing from a place of abundance, health, gratitude and joy, and is creating an alive Aboriginal hub in inner east Melbourne. She talks too of nourishing the nest within our own skin so we can nourish and influence others. I know that I certainly felt so much calmer and more grounded after talking with Alana for this hour. A...
2021-11-0257 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldPatterns of Connection with Fritjof Capra and Morag GambleIt is my absolute delight to be welcoming to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show, someone I consider to be a leading ecological thinker/activist of our time - international best-selling author, scientist, writer, educator - Fritjof Capra - someone I am honoured to call a mentor, inspiration and very dear friend. Our conversation in this episode spans a five decade history of ecological and youth movements, being part of a community of elders, the importance of permaculture and agroecololgy, peace, learning communities, ecoliteracy, earth ethics and social change.About 30 years ago Fritjof Capra a...
2021-10-1849 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldNever Ending Food with Stacia Nordin and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, I am joined by the wonderful Stacia Nordin - a registered Dietician, and co-founder of NeverEndingFood in Malawi where she has been living 25 years, after coming to Africa with the US Peace Corp to work in nutrition education with HIV sufferers . Never Ending Food focuses on permaculture designs with indigenous resources for sustainable nutrition. There are hundreds of indigenous resources in Malawi (and wherever you are, too) that are foods, medicines, fuel, fibres - and everything else we need for an active and healthy life. Stacia has...
2021-10-121h 27
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldRegrarian - Darren Doherty with Morag Gamble In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World I am joined by the legendary Darren Doherty - a 5th generation land manager and trainer from the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia. He's developed his own regenerative farming training platform, the Regrarians (Regenerative + Agrarian), inspired by many practices including PA Yeoman's Keyline Scale of Permanence, Fukuoka, Allan Savory's Holistic Farm Management, Permaculture and others. Darren has trained thousands of people in 50 countries and been involved in the design of thousands of properties. You can find his thinking in the Regrarians Handbook and associated training programs. D...
2021-09-221h 10
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldNet-Positive Design with Prof Janis Birkeland and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World it is my honour and delight to be speaking with a giant in the world of design, Professor Janis Birkeland. Janis has dedicated her personal, professional and academic life to figuring out what is genuine ecological and social sustainability and how we can work towards it.She was drawn to exploring and reimagining the design of our cities, the places where we live and work to explore this question. She first became an architect and urban designer, then transferred into city planning. Later she became a lawyer to b...
2021-09-151h 01
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldThe Atlas of Disappearing Places with Christina Conklin and Morag GambleIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, I am delighted to share with you a conversation I had recently with the wonderfully insightful artist, writer and researcher, Christina Conklin exploring the impact of the climate crisis on our oceans and cities around the world, and the possibilities for hope.Christina and co-author, Marina Psaros have recently released The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis published by New Society Press - a beautiful yet confronting work to help us see the devastating impact of the climate c...
2021-09-0843 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldThe Good Life with Hannah Maloney and Morag GambleJoin me in this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, as I chat with Hannah Maloney - Nipaluna/Hobart-based permaculture writer, designer, educator, film-maker and change-maker who has just released her first book, The Good Life: How to Grow a Better World - a positive book about how our everyday actions and decisions can be significant climate action. I first met Hannah's dad when we were starting Northey Street City Farm in Meanjin/Brisbane. Lots of the original herbs came from his nursery. She grew up in this inner city herb nursery and inherited a love...
2021-09-0158 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldDesigning for Hope with Dominique Hes and Morag GambleI am so delighted to welcome Dr Dominique Hes to the Sense-Making in a Changing World Show. In this episode we explore what it means to design for life to thrive and deeply listen to Country in the face of multiple crises.Dominique is an award winning educator with over 25 years of experience in universities, communities and professional organisations with focus on design, placemaking, regenerative development, biophilia and urban greenery. Dominique has degrees in botany, engineering and architecture and brings an interdisciplinary approach to all her work. She is an Adjunct Fellow at the Cities Research Institute at...
2021-08-251h 13
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldBeing in Service of a Regenerative Future with Trish Hansen and Morag GambleBeing in service of a regenerative future is what shapes Trish Hansen's choices and decisions about the projects and collaborations she puts her energy into. It is my great delight to welcome Trish to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show.Trish is a prominent thought leader in the fields of creative health and wellbeing, the creative and cultural life of places public art, and the 'vibe' of neighbourhoods and cities. She was recently the President of the Australian Institute for Urban Studies, is a Director of the South Australian Living Artist Festival and is Founding Principal...
2021-08-171h 18
Sense-Making in a Changing World2021 Kofi Annan Changemaker: Irene Nagudi with Morag GambleMy wonderful guest on this episode is a 2021 Kofi Annan Changemaker, a Ugandan permaculture gardener and educator living in near the capital city of Kampala, Irene Nagudi. Through this work she is also a peacemaker, climate activist and conservation educator. She dreams of starting a permaculture education farm outside of the city to give youth a fresh perspective on a way to move forward - a good example to show what is possible. Currently she runs a permaculture program called Kichini Gardeners - encouraging people with just tiny spaces to grow kitchen gardens and recycle their wastes. Connect -Learn...
2021-08-1149 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldSharing Big Ideas with Chhaya Bhanti and Morag GambleHow do you communicate big ideas that stick and spread in local communities? Listen in. Sustainability communication is one of the many talents of my guest on this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, Chhaya Bhanti. Chhaya is the Founder and Director of Vertiver- a women-owned, Indian social enterprise full of designers, storytellers, artists, researchers and passionate environmentalists. They create engaging campaigns to cultivate positive change around issues of waste, forests, biodiversity, climate action, ecosystems conservation, water, and sustainable agriculture - also through Iora Ecological SolutionsChhaya was a brand designer living the high life in N...
2021-07-2951 min