Episode 3- Terry Leahy on The Politics of Permaculture

Dancing with Change

On the surface permaculture can appear to just be a hip form of gardening, although permaculturists often suggest it is a revolution disguised as gardening.
But what is permaculture? Is permaculture perennial agriculture? Intelligent integrated design of homes and gardens? Or is permaculture a set of ethics and principles applied to design?
In this episode, I speak with Terry Leahy about Permaculture. Terry has recently authored "The Politics of Permaculture" which takes a critical look at permaculture as a social movement. We discuss the context in which permaculture originates, its key ideas, and the different ways people understand and practice permaculture. We explore how permaculture operates as a social movement, different visions of the future, and some critical perspectives on the movement and how they can be addressed.
This episode is slightly longer than I am normally going to aim for, but I enjoyed this interview and after shortening it substantially I couldn't bring myself to cut more content out. But I give my apologies for any jumpiness in the edit as a result of some of the cuts.
Links
The Politics of Permaculture can be freely accessed here along with other open access publications from pluto press, and you can also check out Terry's website for more of their work.