Permaculture Is Revolution Disguised as Gardening

Wild & Kind Wednesdays Ep. 1

Hosted by Morag Gamble from the Permaculture Education Institute

What if the most radical thing you could do right now is grow a garden? In this first episode of Wild & Kind Wednesdays, Morag Gamble sits down with David Holmgren — co-originator of permaculture — for a rich, wide-ranging conversation on 50 years of permaculture, living in a time of collapse, and why everyday action is the most powerful form of activism.

Recorded for the new Wild & Kind Wednesday series, World Localisation Month and World Environment Day.

🌿 WHAT IS COVERED

✔ The origins of permaculture in the 1970s energy crisis
✔ Why permaculture is everyday activism, not just gardening
✔ Land access, landless permaculture & community stewardship
✔ Future scenarios — where David thinks we are right now
✔ The “fork in the road”: inside vs. outside the system
✔ Novel ecosystems and nature’s extraordinary capacity to heal
✔ Social license vs. legal license — how change actually happens
✔ The strategic debate around direct action
✔ Re-wilding, Zone 5 & the permaculture design system

💬 MEMORABLE QUOTES

“We’re going to just create the world we want by living it each day.”
— David Holmgren

“Permaculture is revolution disguised as gardening.”

“Make sure you have the social license for what you do.”