On the fourth episode of Mycelial we speak to an old friend, Aaron Mears.

Aaron is a Permaculture and Regenerative agriculture teacher, consultant and founder of Lulus Perch permaculture farm. He runs permaculture courses and workshops from his farm, local community gardens and other places.

Using biomimicry, Aaron has followed mother natures fingerprint to grow food all over the world from the Jordanian desert to the Peruvian Andes to the Amazon and now on the Sunshine Coast Gubbi Gubbi sacred lands of QLD with his beautiful family where in his words ‘reignites and reconnects individuals and communities with mother nature for abundance for all.’

In this episode we talk about patterns in nature and how they are the language in which the universe speaks to us, that nature is a 2 billion year old research project that we can mimic to help us solve human problems, The difference between dirt and soil; and the mineral content and bio available nutrients of an organic vegetable grown on a permaculture farm vs one grown in commercial agriculture, which aaron calls nothing but ‘crunchy water’.

We also go into the fact that permaculture isn’t just about building a garden, it is a holistic design system that can help build anything in a more ethical and principled based way. Say - a relationship, a project, or even a new societal system and much more.

To close this intro, Id like to issue a trigger warning as we speak suicide and mental health themes that may be distressing to some. If you are having problems with your mental health please reach out to a close friend or family member or a mental health line like Beyond Blue.

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Massive gratitude and respect to brother Aaron for his time and wisdom.

You can learn more and get in contact with Aaron through his instagram @lulus.perch.permaculture, at his website www.lulusperch.squarespace.com or watch his comedic gardening videos on youtube at Lulus Perch where you can view his whole journey through the greening the desert site to how he came to design his farm and much more.

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Also big thanks to Juman for the music
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This podcast is broadcast from the First Nation ancestral sacred lands of Bundjalung in so called Australia. I would like to pay my respects to the Elders, past, present and emerging, and any indigenous Elders listening in. I’d also like to acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded in this country. Always was, always will be aboriginal land.