#3 Oliver Kelllhammer on Permaculture, Art, and Activism - a podcast by Todd Howard

For this episode I sat down with permaculturlist Oliver Kellhammer in June 2018. We discussed many topics related to mindful living, such as the practice of permaculture and what it is, the role of art in permaculture and how Oliver uses this to combat climate change, the spread of wildfires and other natural disasters and their implications, and also his marriage to Zen Buddhist priest and novelist Ruth Ozeki.

Oliver Kellhammer is an independent artist, writer and researcher, who seeks, through his botanical interventions and social art practice, to demonstrate nature’s surprising ability to recover from damage. His recent work has focused on the psychosocial effects of climate change, cleaning up contaminated soils, reintroducing prehistoric trees to landscape damaged by industrial logging and cataloging the ecology of brownfield ecologies. He currently works as a lecturer in sustainable systems at Parsons in New York City.

If you are interested in doing your part to make our planet healthier for current generations and those to come, this podcast will help root your determination.

Episode Links:

Oliver Kellhammer: http://oliverk.org/

Ruth Ozeki: http://www.ruthozeki.com/

Learning Links:

Permaculture Design and Resilient Ecosystems Diploma at Pacific Rim College

Pacific Rim College Online permaculture classes: Natural Building Basics, Part 1 and Part 2 

Further episodes of Pacific Rim College Radio

Further podcasts by Todd Howard

Website of Todd Howard