86. Green Warriors, Permaculture Aid and Guava: Steve Cran on Permaculture Herbalism
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Steve Cran is a Permaculture Aid veteran, teacher, social activist, climate change resilience specialist and a very handy guy to have around after a natural disaster. With a 30-year career in Permaculture, Steve has developed effective, sustainable, recovery solutions for communities affected by natural disasters, war, or long-term poverty.
Steve takes on the challenge of assisting people living on the edge of survival, to rebuild their communities. He has developed projects in war zones, post-disaster zones, poverty zones and many difficult where most people would not dare go.
Steve says “There is a lot written about so-called community development but in the field, most of it doesn’t work or it doesn’t last. Permaculture Aid gets real results by helping people restore their own community using local resources. They grow their way out of poverty. Conventional aid creates aid dependency. Permaculture Aid creates self-sufficiency and earth-repair simultaneously”.
This is a discussion of the people, places and projects Steve has supported throughout his career, and what is coming.
SHOW NOTES:
- Green Warriors Website
- Permaculture Design Course Poster Info
- Healing Guava Medicine and Using Guava Daily
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The intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins. You can find Chad's music here and here.
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