69. Permaculture, Health and Wellbeing Roundtable

The Permaculture Vine

In episode 69 of the Permaculture Vine Podcast, Cormac chats with Graham Towerton, Jo Petroni, Olly Boon and Laura Oldanie about Permaculture Health and Wellbeing. Brought to you by www.pdc2pro.com Graham Towerton is a certified Permaculture Design Consultant based in Adrian, Michigan in the US. After a 34 year career in chemical engineering in Australia and the US, Graham obtained his PDC in 2021 to provide the formal certification that goes with his nearly 40 years of using permaculture principles and practices on his properties. Graham is one of the design and sales team members for Food Forest Abundance and has completed over 60 designs and 300 consultations. Graham is also a permaculture landscape installer in Michigan. Graham's background in permaculture extends back to his time working on his parents' family farm in Queensland Australia and reading about permaculture in articles in "Earth Garden" and "Grassroots" magazines written by Bill Mollison, David Holmgren, Geoff Lawton and other early teachers of permaculture. After a 34 year career in chemical engineering, Graham is now pursuing his second career for another 34+ years in permaculture as a designer, installer and educator. He now gets to apply all of his prior business experience in managing his new business Permaculture Adventures. https://linktr.ee/permacultureadventures Jo Petroni works at the boundary between permaculture and architecture - Zone 0 and beyond. She is an architect and ecovillage designer. Lately her focus has been of regenerative development projects and what "Regenerative" means for the way we build. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-petroni/ https://jopetroni.substack.com/ Olly Boon founded Earth Repairs over seven years ago in the UK, focusing on permaculture design. He has developed a step-by-step design process integrating assistive technology for professional designs, collaborating with architects and industry professionals. His notable achievements include securing the first known Paragraph 80 planning permission for permaculture on agricultural land. Olly aims to empower practitioners with tools and techniques to mainstream permaculture. Inspired by his travels in South America, Olly enhanced his education with experts like Richard Perkins, Geoff Lawton, and Martin Crawford. Now based in the Sacred Valley of Peru, he is building the EARTH REPAIRS Digital Permaculture Design School. This platform offers cutting-edge courses that blend practical knowledge with digital tools, providing professional training, guidance, and peer-to-peer learning. Laura Oldanie is a green living & money coach and founder of Rich & Resilient Living. Since receiving her permaculture design certificate in 2009 she's been exploring ways to earn, spend, invest, and manage her money (and lifestyle) to bring about the change she wants to see in the world – and teaching others to do the same. Laura is a sought-after source of knowledge on regenerative investing, and her work has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, and Good Housekeeping. She is co-author of the life changing book Growing FREE (Financially Resilient & Economically Empowered): Building the Life of Your Dreams Without Losing Your Soul or Destroying the Planet. https://www.instagram.com/rich_resilient/ https://www.tiktok.com/@rich_resilient?lang=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCelxbT9pITAScS9jD3C0ngw