A Regenerative Future with Matt Powers

Why do Patterns even Matter? Why is Permaculture Focused on Pattern Literacy? What is a Pattern? Patterns are things that repeat in a predictable way. My Story: Pattern literacy is both basic and foundational, so if you don’t recognize it readily, you can make grievous errors. For example, in my first garden I placed the rows pointed downhill which in a dry hot climate promotes run off, erosion, drying of the land and overall stress in the garden - I didn’t see the overall pattern and how to interact with it so I couldn’t setup my garden properly. As soon as I began studying Permaculture with Geoff Lawton, I quickly recognized my issue and literally tore up my entire spring garden, reset it, and replanted it. How else could I have shown images of the garden to my classmates in Geoff’s course? I had to do it the right way! What other patterns are they? Pests are part of a Pattern - just wait a few days and see if something comes to remove them. If your soil, plants, and system are healthy, something will come to rescue your plants. Whenever a plant is stressed they are either calling for an attack on themselves or a rescue from an attack. Recognizing the signs and patterns of each is vital to managing a garden wisely. There are MANY Patterns - some just seem like Organized Shapes, but even these have purpose. WAVE example - Sound, Light, Vibration. off/on, night/day, winter/summer, heart beats, breathing (chest rises and falls), the rise and fall of land, the meander of streams and rivers (slows the water and increases the life capacity and cycling), waves on the ocean (starting with a hurricane spiral and ending in a spiral), waves of sound, vibration, pleasure pain are all on a spectrum of waves - all viruses and tumors have unique frequencies they resonate at - the Pulse of On Off that makes a wave defines EVERYTHING on this Planet. Day Night. Summer Winter. Male Female. Predator Prey. Good Evil. Tides. Life. Plot/Story. Maybe getting carried away here, BUT You See the Point or the Pattern that is ;) Grow Abundantly, Learn Daily, & Live Regeneratively, Matt Powers

Think Gardening is Too Expensive? Seed Save, Swap, & Forage - You can take 1 packet and turn it into a gallon of seeds in only a few seasons. Use Free Resources - Craigslist, FreeCycle, NextDoor, etc. Pallets, Fencing, Firewood, Manure, Old/Wet Straw, Plants Use Natural Farming Techniques - Hand tools, Throw Sow, Self Seeders, Simple, Easy, Cheap, & Rhobust Get Connected to your Local Community - Locals help, teach, & share If you think Gardening is expensive, you should see what cancer’s costs are. Our health has no price. Growing a vibrant and diverse garden and food forest are the best defense against sickness, aging, disease, cancer, inflammation, and deficiency that we have. Grow a garden for your Future Care and the care of the earth and all those who rely upon it. Grow Abundantly, Learn Daily, & Live Regeneratively, Matt Powers

10 Keys To A Regenerative 2018 Pt 1 by Matt Powers

10 Keys To A Regenerative 2018 Pt 2 by Matt Powers

The 6 Keys to Winter Gardening Are you intimidated by Winter Gardening? I was, and it held my gardening in the spring and summer back for years. I let the weeds take over every winter thinking I couldn’t garden despite their abundance and growth, and I rationalized that I was letting the land “rest” which is an old paradigm that doesn’t work as it used to because the world has changed. The fallow periods in European fields of the middle ages allowed wild elements from bordering forest and wild pastures to reinoculate their fields and reset them. With our wild systems in stress, distant from most human populations, and in severe decline, we cannot hope for the rest periods to be ones of large regeneration in our fields and gardens. Instead we need to intentionally ramp up the regeneration by wisely choosing to take correct steps to align our systems to nature’s patterns and cycles using permaculture. Once I started using these keys, winter gardening became possible and in many ways EASIER than spring and summer gardening because: - things moved slower it was easier to adapt and respond - there are limited options so decisions are easier - there’s nothing else growing on in winter it’s easy to be excited about your garden success! The 6 Keys to Winter Gardening Start Earlier than you think Choose Plants Wisely: Brassicas & Legumes mostly: Siberian, winter, hiver, shortest, fall, hunger gap Orientation & Placement Mulch Blankets Water when it’s Warm & Water minimally Cloche/Hoop House/Greenhouse/Old Windows (Maybe) Even if it’s too late to start early for you this year, consider an early spring garden to prep your soil and grow in that pesky hunger gap. You can garden in many places year round but it takes some planning and strategy! Good Luck & Keep Growing! Grow Abundantly, Learn Daily, & Live Regeneratively, Matt Powers

The 6 Keys to Time-Wise Gardening Don’t have time to garden? 9-5 Job + Family + Staying Fit? Can’t be Consistent: Things always come up? Don’t want to spend all that time only to see it all go to waste? My Story: 2 acres mostly managed with a knife My wife, my job, homeschooling, & the kitchen The 6 Keys to Time-Wise Gardening Weed with a Knife or Scythe Throw Sow Planting between Perennials Automate Watering Zonal Planting Soil Prep: Winter cover crop & Compost: A Stitch in Time Saves 9 Calendar Approximate Harvest Times Don’t have time? Get Organized & Make Time this Year! Grow an AMAZING Garden without Wasting Time!

Too Many Weeds? Do weeds crowd out your food before you know it? My Story - Weeds took over my garden!!! Test your Soils pH in Multiple Areas Alkaline Soils = Nitrates = Weeds & Annuals = Vegetative Growth Acidic Soils = Ammonium = Perennials = Reproductive Growth (Fruit) Obviously super acidic or alkaline soils exist and are neither suitable for most garden vegetables. You can change their constitution as long as what made them acidic or alkaline is not a constant presence or constantly accumulating. Compost which is soil life & organic matter acts as a universal pH buffer. What To Do Compost Compost Teas & Extracts Cover Crops & other Nutrient Accumulators Legumes & other Nitrogen Fixers Ripping/Broadforking Chop & Drop Sometimes Earthworks Sometimes Biochar SO Don’t Pull Your Weeds: Chop & Drop them! WHY? They Accumulate the Nutrients Lacking in that Soil They Generate Organic Matter You can Chop BEFORE they Form Seed! It Leans into the Succession Use Compost & Grow Better! Grow Abundantly, Learn Daily, & Live Regeneratively, Matt Powers

Are Poor Soils Holding You BACK? My Story - DCG to Rich Soil in Months Clay = High in Minerals, Excellent at Bonding, Retains Water Sandy = Well Draining, Easy to Inoculate, Accepts Water Readily Silty = Easy to Work, Makes Rich & Fertile Soils BUT… Clay - Can Repel Water, Can Resist Aeration & Movement Sand - Can be Devoid of Organic Matter & Life beyond Pioneer Species, Can be Highly Alkaline, Can Move On its Own Silt - Can Wash or Blow Away, Easy to Erode, & Easy to Use Up the Nutrient Bank The Missing Ingredients in all of this are Organic Matter & Soil Life You can make good soil out of pure sand, silt, or even clay, you just need enough organic matter and the correct biology present. Dr. Elaine Ingham has proven this as have others. How is it Possible? What can I do? Grow & Chop & Drop the plants that accumulate the nutrients and biomass that your soil and needs to accomplish the goals you have for that site. What to Grow? C4 Grasses for C&OM - Explosive? Carbon Sequestration Kings, Carbon = Organic Matter Legumes & all Nitrogen Fixers for Nitrogen (& Biomass - cowpeas = high C&N) Mustard for Phosphorous & Potassium (pioneers = brassicas partner with actinobacteria which acts a lot like fungi) Daikon Radishes - Aeration, N Scavenge & Release, & Phosphorous Peas & Fava Beans - Winter cover & N&C Comfrey - OM - Minerals? More like Protein, Fiber & Mucopolysaccarides which would call in large numbers of soil life in to break down. Duke’s Phytochemical database doesn’t show them as Dynamic as other plants. Every plants accumulates a spectrum of nutrients that fluctuates with its environment and genetic parentage. Comfrey isn’t “bad” but it isn’t what many have made it out to be: it doesn’t have those hyper deep roots and there aren’t more nutrients deeper - most nutrients are found in the top 6-8” of soil. If you have what looks like good soil color and some organic matter but are lacking minerals like in Missouri, you may find you still are having issues. You may need to bring in a few things. For one, fungi and bacteria in the soil trap and hold minerals and keep them cycling, so make sure your soils have a thriving soil foodweb economy. Minerals (Kelp, Seaweed, Fish Emulsion - avoid mining minerals) Machines (Farm-scale Chop & Drop, Planting, & Harvesting, or you may need to rip/keyline the site before you can really affect great change to the soil - you may need swales) Animals - Animal pressure can dramatically change a site in ways not possible through work with a machine or even by hand. Holistically managed grazing can transform many sites that do not respond well to human interaction. You could DIY everything with a shovel, seeds, and time. That’s what I did in Central Valley California with 140F soils, DCG granite that was bullet proof, & constant animal pressure. It’s possible. How Fast? Depends on your diligence. In areas I compost tea’d, swaled, and mulched heavily, it was months, but in other areas further away from my zone 1 it took a couple years to reach the same level of change. Start Today: get the right seeds & prep the soil the right way this year! Grow Abundantly, Learn Daily, & Live Regeneratively, Matt Powers

Top 5 Reasons to Grow Perennials, not Annuals 1. Soil Building = Carbon Sequestration 2. Longterm & Stable 3. Low Maintenance yet High Yields 4. Supports Biodiversity 5. Easy to Start The only reason annuals are more prevalent in our diet and gardens in practice is due to their quick return (within that season or year) and scaling up ability of seed & yield, but it feeds into a cycle that outstrips the land, soil, and even our health. The age of valuing short term gain over future systemic stability is ending rapidly. Even the World Bank has decided to divest completely from oil and gas extraction. - Plant a Tree, 20 Trees, or better yet a diverse Food Forest - Eat a Perennial-based Diet - Local & Native - Live & Eat Seasonally

Are you an experienced gardener but still looking for a way to grow the way Nature does? Without constant costly inputs? How to Grow with Nature - a cyclical pattern 1. Observe & Study (experience + book knowledge) 2. Alignment (Climate, Site Energies: Solar Path, Water & Wind Pressures, Slope, Aspect) 3. “Accept Feedback”: Continue to Observe & Study through Reflection & Discussion in order to adapt to improve alignment or realign to new insights or phenomenon. Methods of Alignment - “STUN: Strategic Total Utter Neglect” Mark Shepherd - Throw Sow (broadcasting) - Dry Farming - The Best Seeds/Plants from the Worst Areas - Broadforking/Keyline Ripping, not Tilling - Compost & Natural Inputs like Legumes/CoverCrops/MulchCrops - Companion Planting/Polycultures/Plant Guilds Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQuL9neCoO0 Check out Permaculture Gardening 2018: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/permaculture-gardening-with-matt-powers

Learn how to take more control of your inner zone and thus more control over your entire life, relationships, and business. Dive deep with Kai & Matt in this deep People Care episode! Learn more about Kai Sawyer's work at Tokyo Urban Permaculture: https://www.tokyourbanpermaculture.com/english

Signup for this Thursday's Webinar with Dan Marquez on Sustainable Design Masterclass, an incredible webinar series that is FREE: https://www.sustainabledesignmasterclass.com/kelpfarming Learn more about Dan's mission at the Pharmersea Homepage: http://www.pharmersea.com Learn more about Antoinette Marquez's work using products from the sea to heal people at AMA Sea Beauty - her book on Thallasotherapy is only one in english! Her work is an absolute treasure: https://www.amaseabeauty.com

Happy Kickoff to the Holiday Season! I hope it is one of gratitude for you! - Matt Powers Terra Genesis International: http://www.terra-genesis.com Regenerative Enterprise: http://www.regenterprise.com All Books on Sale: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/shop/ All Courses on Sale: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/

Don't Wait - Seize the Day, Plant those Trees, Save those Seeds! Don't have Money? Gather Wild Seeds. It only takes a shovel and determination to start a garden. Want to start that business? Scale up your life and the abundance will follow. An abundant future is waiting for you. - Matt Powers Read more on the blog: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/blog/2017/11/30/choose-today-dont-wait

Kevin Muno of Ecology Artisans joins us for an incredible look at regenerative business from someone who's really doing it, loving it, supporting families, and installing regenerative solutions in the landscape regularly in the San Diego, California area. Listen in for some regenerative business wisdoms that can apply to almost everyone's situation or entrepreneurial aspirations! Dr. Bronner's StormWater Management by Ecology Artisans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfE_bYD-MBE Ecology Artisans: https://ecologyartisans.com

Learn about Earthships from Earthship Seattle's Jamie Owens in this interview with Matt Powers who is stewarding a site Earthship Seattle is developing with a team of organizations and individuals. Learn more about this project in the Advanced Permaculture Student Online course launching April 2018 - learn more here: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/the-advanced-permaculture-student-online

I can't wait to join this Kickstarter - I've learned so much from Peter McCoy through his book, his help with my book, and his mushroom workshop that it's going to be amazing to get a full online course with him. I hope you all join Radical Mycology's Newsletter, so you don't miss any of the action: http://radicalmycology.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9dd7e4f3338adf8539b41fabb&id=f018cc75ba I'll be right alongside you signing up! :) - Matt Powers Watch the video: nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=basHzsFguV4

Who knew saving acorns for food was this easy! Learn how to tap into the most abundant harvest right outside your door all over America: ACORNS! Want to learn more about perennial foods & permaculture, download The Permaculture Student 2 FREE for a limited time only: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/download-ps2-free

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Matt Powers discusses commercial food systems and intentional communities with Colleen Dick who is starting projects that tackle these very difficult areas of permaculture. Learn about Onchenda and State of Grace Living with Colleen Dick of Utah, USA. State of Grace Living: https://www.facebook.com/stateofgraceliving/ Onchenda: https://www.facebook.com/onchenda/

Lauren Tucker, executive director of Kiss the Ground, tells the story of its founding and development. She also shares details on the upcoming book and documentary by the same name. You can pre-order the Nov 14 release of Kiss the Ground on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Ground-Reverse-Climate-Ultimately/dp/1501170252/ Visit Kiss the Ground & see their amazing work: https://kisstheground.com Here's the Soil Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvAoZ14cP7Q

Matt Powers discusses the roots and effects of west coast wildfires and how we can stop them. Matt also talks about the successful Kickstarter for the Advanced Permaculture Student Online and what it means for the future. Watch all Matt's videos on Wildfires in today's blog post: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/blog/2017/10/9/wildfires Missed the Kickstarter!?!?! Join the Advanced Permaculture Student Online HERE: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/the-advanced-permaculture-student-online

Where do you see yourself in 5 to 10 years? Where do you see our world? Our economy? Our soil? Our air & water? Watch the Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6cHPoAyOvU Join the Kickstarter Here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattpowers/the-advanced-permaculture-student-online

The Advanced Permaculture Student Online is a collection of regenerative solutions & pathways for high schoolers, college students, and adults looking to start on careers that are meaningful, regenerative, profitable, proven, and valuable to their local communities. This is a 16-week video-based course with almost 30 expert instructors from around the world who have greened deserts, grown tons of soil per acre per year, made professional-level mycology accessible to the home cultivator or start up mushroom farm, trained professional landscapers in permaculture, redefined soil science and composting as we know it, converted organic orchards to permaculture, worked as a steward of an ancient Molokai fish pond, made impossible seed and plant adaptations possible, and much more. This course takes permaculture into the advanced fields of mycology, large-scale land restoration, market gardening, natural farming, alternative energy, social permaculture, ocean restoration, city planning, aquaculture, vermiculture, and more. Learn More & Join the Campaign Here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattpowers/the-advanced-permaculture-student-online

It was a journey but this is our story. The reason why we fight our fight and live the way we do. I hope you can find health and abundance in your life. I hope that you can avoid or beat cancer whether you face it or your friends or family. Learn more about how to grow the best food with Permaculture Gardening - On Sale Now: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/permaculture-gardening-with-matt-powers

Gophers can drive one to distraction but dealing with them naturally is possible. Listen and gain some insight into the great struggle between man and subterranean critter. It may take some reflection to move forward :) PS: Don't forget we have a Kickstarter that needs you! We are only at 50% and running out of time! Join this INCREDIBLE AMAZING Course with 30 AMAZING INSTRUCTORS - The Advanced Permaculture Student Online!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattpowers/the-advanced-permaculture-student-online

It wasn't for the blackberries... but they are an incredible edible reparative mechanism of this area :) If you haven't checked out the Kickstarter for The Advanced Permaculture Student 2, it's LIVE & We Need Your Help: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattpowers/the-advanced-permaculture-student-online

You can grow an abundance and work with the local wildlife - listen and learn how! Join the Kickstarter for the Advanced Permaculture Student Online: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattpowers/the-advanced-permaculture-student-online

Join us with Advanced Permaculture Student Online instructor Grant Schultz as we talk about Rewilding! Help Versaland & Support Grant - Watch the Video Posted Here: https://www.facebook.com/organicgrant/videos/10102092038140973/?fref=mentions

From the Permaculture Student 2: "Permaculture is a way of seeing the world to solve problems holistically and ethically. It’s not just how to garden, run a business, or design a farm; it is a lens that allows us to recognize the patterns and attributes of the natural world of which we are part of, inextricably. When you study permaculture in-depth, it changes how you view everything. You see whole systems everywhere and whole systems within those systems. You start to identify and recognize the plants in your local area. You notice the sun path. You also start to include earth care and future care in your planning, thinking, problem solving, teaching, daily living, and relationships. Your peers will notice. Your family will notice. You will notice and reflect more than you ever have. Once you begin to see yourself as part of a cycle, you begin to have more choices in your behavior both ecologically and socially. Permaculture helps us to recognize our place in the natural order but also the limitless possibilities. We see how we can help, how we can prosper, how we can connect beneficially, and how we can ensure a bright future for all. Despite all the damage we’ve done and continue to do collectively, we can be the most powerful creative forces on earth. We can set the stage for nature to restore the degraded and damaged ecosystems, and we can encourage and support that transition through our daily lives and work. We are not helpless; we are the only ones with the power to reverse the trend, and we can make an abundance and heal our communities at the same time. Use this book, its references, the peer reviewers’ courses, and your own research and experiences to lead you to more effective regenerative patterns. There has never been a greater need for ethical, regenerative living at any point in human history than there is now. You now carry with you the information and tools to redesign our world to be regenerative not destructive, to teach people to be producers not just consumers, and to live ethically not just lawfully. The future is in your hands. You are not alone; the most powerful forces on earth are working with you. Go out and make it real in your own life. Start small and go big.Share your work. Go viral.The best is yet to come.The world’s potential is beyond our wildest dreams." -Matt Powers Download The Permaculture Student 2 FREE & Join the Launch Team Here: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/download-ps2-free

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Have you ever wondered how some people who wrk full time right alongside you have epic gardens with yields all summer long? How do they do that? They make it look effortless. Meanwhile you’re struggling to get things watered, to amend the soil, to prune, to harvest, to chop and drop, and it kind of steals the fun from you? I was there! A lady up the hill grew 10,000 lbs of tomatoes on a 1/4 of an acre! What was she doing!? I actually have a video of what she was doing on my Facebook page and Youtube - I’ll link to it in the description - she was irrigating her gardens and orchards with her duck pond water - with duck manure! It fed those tomatoes superbly! I didn’t have the money, ducks, permission, or really mechanical know how to pull her system off on my land. Plus it was so dry where we were the debate over water was always always an issue. Perpetually pouring new water into a pond didn’t make sense for us. How could I get from point A to point B with no real money! Well I figured it out and did it while still a public school teacher struggling to make ends meet - I scaled up to a full 2 acre garden managed with nothing but a knife, a shovel, manure, animals, straw, pallets, some fencing (in the early stages before I stopped using them), and animal feed - it took a progression, one you can see on Powers Permaculture Family Farm on Facebook if you’d like to go back in time and see my trial and error! It took some tinkering and some places are more stubborn than others but I changed our barren decomposed granite into rich deep dark chocolate colored loam in only a few seasons and in some places within a season... Read the full transcript here: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/blog/2017/8/28/how-to-have-an-epic-garden-with-a-9-5-full-time-job

In celebration of the Book Tour & the Advanced Permaculture Student Online launch 9/4, we are having 30% Off Sale on All Books!! http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/shop/ You can watch this as a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWmi9vlRlF8

Have you ever wished there was a professional career path for Permaculture, not just gardening or farming, but as in all regenerative work? Me too! As a high school teacher who’s job it was to prepare young adults for their careers, I was always searching for better options for my students. When I took my Geoff Lawton Online PDC in 2014 he kept mentioning books for school and children, and I went looking for them and I couldn’t find anything but a school garden book for teachers, and I though it couldn’t be that, but after asking Geoff lawton repeatedly about it, I was told that was the book he was referring to, and I was frustrated: how could there be nothing for kids out there? How’s anyone supposed to make a living at this? LISTEN FOR MORE!!! Don't miss the launch - Join our mailing list & get 10 Incredible Permaculture Practices FREE: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/10-incredible-permaculture-practices

Simple Soil Solutions with Matt Powers Have you ever looked into some of these newly popularized soil amendment systems and just felt overwhelmed by the steps, time, labor, and costs for special ingredients and inputs? Shouldn’t working with nature be easier - not like an advanced chemistry class recipe? It really doesn’t need to be all that complicated. Soil is pretty simple actually though people are making money all over the world making it sound complex. I’ve worked for years now with Dr. Elaine Ingham a leading global soil scientist who’s groundbreaking work has changed composting and soil biology forever as we know it, and she can break it down to cartoon levels and even has described how she’d do this on video one time when I was visiting and filming her farm. It’s so simple children can understand it in saturday morning cartoon format. Can you dig it? Listen in & learn more... Learn How to Build an Abundant Future with Matt in this free series: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/howtofightclimatechange

Get the BEST Seed Possible! Key TakeAways: - Select Seed from the Best Plants in the Worst Soils or Conditions - Select Seed from the Earliest Plants and Save Them Separately - Use Disease & Pests to Increase Disease & Pest Resistance - Be a Rough and Messy Seed Saver Learn more about Seed Saving with an online course on permaculture that features seed to table to preservation lessons: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/the-permaculture-student-online-course

Tigre Pickett and Matt Powers discuss a diversity of topics under the great umbrella tent of Rewilding. Relationships, parenting, health, and more are the mix! Learn more about Tigre & Lola's work here: https://wildplayground.com

Click Here: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/permaculture-gardening-with-matt-powers Have you followed all the organic gardening advice out there that you can find and are you still not seeing the kind of results you’re looking? I was there - I wanted a giant garden so I could stop paying huge sums of money for organic food and still provide safe food for my family (my wife is a 3 time cancer survivor and we have two young boys and I was just a substitute teacher at that point - so this HAD to work for me). The deer, wild pigs, ground squirrels, the dead dirt, the drought, the heat. It was all so extreme in the Central Valley of California that most people thought it was impossible to garden there unless you spent more money and time than it was worth. I didn’t have money - I had the ability to research, study, and test the most cutting edge and advanced gardening techniques though - I had access to land and the internet. There are many amazing techniques, methodologies, and disciplines out there, but none of them cut it in the 140°F soils, severe drought, and heavy animal pressure that I was experiencing. It took permaculture design course for me to understand the principles behind my situation, so that I could partner with nature and grow hundreds of pounds of food effortlessly in 2 acre year-round garden without fences while growing feet of soil and astonishing local farmers and enchanting PBS viewers and local visitors. No offsite inputs were used aside from straw, animal feed, manure, and seeds and it was managed with only hand tools. Is this just for folks in my climate or able-bodied folk like me? No, it’s based on universal natural principles: I’ve taught students how to apply permaculture principles to gardening in all the major climates and on all continents excepting Antartica, helping hundreds of students of all ages and abilities in my online courses over the pasts 2 years. My students are saving gallons of seed, growing hundreds of pounds of food, and growing rampant gardens of unruly beauty - many of my students are also becoming leaders and teachers in their regions and communities, and you can too. You’ve waiting long enough for the garden of your dreams - your time is now: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/permaculture-gardening-with-matt-powers

Have you ever thought about the magnitude of the Climate Change problem? How many people there are now? How little there is left of pristine nature? Has it ever just eaten up your hope? It’ll ruin your day - it could ruin a week, a month, your everyday - your island might be washing away, BUT the power, rapidity, and awe inspiring capabilities of nature will always inspire those of us willing to observe. HOPE is a product of Observation, research, practice, and reflection. We feel hope when we see a positive future for ourselves and our communities. HOPE is a product of Observation, Research, Practice, and Reflection. We feel hope when we see a positive future for ourselves and our communities. - Observe Nature - Look at how the ruins of Detroit has been reclaimed by nature. - Research the Power of Nature - The Loess Plateau, Geoff Lawton’s Greening the Desert, Al Baydha Project, & NanoClay. Fungi can eat cigarette butts, Mealworms eat styrofoam, Bacteria eat crude oil, and so much more. - Practice Working with Nature - Permaculture and all regenerative living practices. - Reflection - Hope comes from working ethically with Nature and Observing the results over time. If you are feeling hopeless, - Get out in Nature - Go for a Hike or Walk and watch the birds closely - Watch Lessons of the Loess Plateau (Youtube), Greening the Desert with Geoff Lawton (Youtube), or From Sand to Soil in 7 hours (TEDtalk) or read The Permaculture Student 2 which features many amazing large-scale examples. - Grow a Garden, Compost All Organic Waste, Use Graywater to Irrigate your Garden, & try adopting the strategies and technology featured in The Permaculture Student 2. - Meditate (Clear Your Mind), Pray (Direct Your Mind), & keep a Gratitude Journal (Frame Your Mind) Learn to live an abundant and hope-filled life with The Permaculture Student 2: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/shop/the-permaculture-student-2-pre-order-only

Have you ever wished we could easily recycle styrofoam? Have you ever wondered if there's more than red wigglers to the vermicomposting picture? Join us in a conversation with Hawaii's Eddy Garcia talking about turning surfboards into vegetables, solving pollution, and learning from Mother Nature. Learn more about Eddy's work here: http://livingearthsystems.com Photo Credit: Eddy Garcia 2016

This is the first time running through the 5 Steps to an Abundant Future in front of an audience & with local representatives of the 5 Steps speaking as well. It was AWESOME!! Huge thanks to Frank Golbeck & Golden Coast Mead for hosting this event. The 5 Steps to an Abundant Future 1. Build Soil 2. Grow Forests 3. Restore the Oceans & all Water 4. Restore Biodiversity 5. Rewild Human Culture Do you want to setup one of these in your area? Contact us: [email protected]

Have you ever wanted to quit your day job? I SURE DID. My job was unsustainable even though I was tenured and head of the English Dept - I still didn't earn enough for rent in our area! Watch the video to learn how I quit my job with confidence & join us in the journey to help you to do the same: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/regenerative-entrepreneurs-educators-the-online-course-with-matt-powers

Does this episode feel like it's addressed to you? Well, sit down and get a pen and paper out. - Write it all Down - All your ideas - Prioritize them down to the Top 3 - Write down the Steps to Success - Write DownWhat Can be Done Today Evolve this into a daily reflection on your goals, projects, steps, daily to do, research to do, and brainstorming work. Make time for time... and join Regenerative Entrepreneurs & Educators: Alignment & Best Practices this Sunday: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/regenerative-entrepreneurs-educators-the-online-course-with-matt-powers

How do we make Lasting Change? In our own lives? In our backyards? It's all about adopting new patterns...

What IF? HOW? With ReWilding, Permaculture, & More Regenerative Practices, we CAN ALL DO THIS!! Adopt the NEW - Abandon the OLD. Join in the Regeneration!! http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/regenerative-entrepreneurs-educators-the-online-course-with-matt-powers

Are you wanting to start your own regenerative business? 1. Follow Your Passion 2. Respond to a Need 3. Alignment You can help regenerate the planet in your local area and beyond - start today!http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/regenerative-entrepreneurs-educators-the-online-course-with-matt-powers

Matt Powers is joined by Justin Bithel of Orange County California to talk about how bees can solve climate change & how we need to make it easier for everyone to work with bees. His amazing hive can be constructed without glue, nails, or screws. It's marine-quality wood too! Check out his hives here: https://www.abundantgardens.org/shop/ Discount code is in the podcast (listen close!) Watch my 5 Year old build a Top Bar Hive without directions! https://vimeo.com/179356673

Truly an inspiration to all those concerned over the loss of biodiversity in our food, Brad Gates is generating new tomato varieties at the rate of 3 per year, and he's now teaching others how to follow in his footsteps. Hear about how his tomatoes are superior when it comes to disease and pest resistance - learn why! We can breed new varieties of all sorts of plants. It's fun and easy. Join us in an enlightening and fascinating conversation with Brad Gates, the Tomato Guru. His main page: http://wildboarfarms.com Here are the GameChanger Tomatoes that started Brad Gates out!! The Porkchop: http://wildboarfarms.com/product/pork-chop/ The Black & Brown Boar: http://wildboarfarms.com/product/black-brown-boar/ Berkeley Tie Dye: http://wildboarfarms.com/product/berkeley-tie-dye/ and one of my favorites - Black Beauty: http://wildboarfarms.com/product/black-beauty/

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