Another Step On My Path Of Perpetual Learning As An Apprentice Of Mother Earth
I received my Advanced Permaculture Design Certification today!
Today is an auspicious day! Today I received my Advanced Permaculture Design Certificate. This is the culmination of 5 years of research, experimentation, trial and error, blood, sweat, tears, joy, seed saving/sharing, perseverance, honing skills, creating food as medicine, finding medicine in the moment, cultivation/exploring (internally and externally) and reciprocity.
Having my project and certification completed as a reality feels fulfilling, it feels empowering, heartening and provides a feeling that is like having a solid foundation to stand on which I can build upon. I have gleaned wisdom from many of my peers in the APSO (The Advanced Permaculture Student Online ) course, learned so much in the garden, kitchen, forest and now being able to synthesize all that in combination with the immense amount of knowledge, helpful techniques and perspectives that were offered in the APSO course material. Now I feel ready to embark on a path to give back to my community, the Earth and publish future books that will help others to be able to do the same.
The book creation (self-publishing) process had it's ups and downs emotionally but now that I have been getting more and more positive feedback from people all over the globe (many of those people having now planted and harvested/saved seed from the heirloom seeds I sent them along side the book) it feels as though it is onward and upward from here.
Many people who now have a copy of my book have written me to thank me for the empowering info I put together and to share their plans for community gardens, community food forests, school gardens and seed libraries, this fills my heart with joy and hope for the future. The experience reminds me that if we choose to embark upon a path with the permaculture ethical compass of People Care-Earth Care-Future Care guiding us we are aligned with forces beyond the sphere of influence of the corporatocracy. When we align our will and way with the will and way of the living Earth we are aligning our way with the way of the Satyagrahi.
Here is the video that I created wayyyy back as I began to put together my book:
The certification offers particularly gratifying sense of accomplishment and peace of mind for I know it is not just a 'notch on the belt' but rather embodies a process of learning that has enriched my mind, enhanced my garden and will continue to do so going forward.
It is a sturdy stepping stone on the path towards a more Regenerative Future. Each heirloom seed you save, share and cultivate, each time you use food as medicine and each regenerative garden you plant is adding your energy to an unstoppable movement that will peacefully dissolve corrupt institutions, 'composting' them in place and allowing space for something new to grow. In doing so, we are leaving this world a little bit more honest, equitable, abundant and beautiful than it was when we got here.
I want to thank all of you who are walking this path along side of me! Together we will chart a path towards a Regenerative Future.
For anyone interested in getting a copy of my book (Recipes For Reciprocity: The Regenerative Way From Seed To Table) incase you missed it I currently have a big holiday sale (which ends Christmas eve) going for both physical and digital copies of the book. If you are into gardening, creating in the kitchen, preserving, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, fermenting, gift economics, nutrition and using food as medicine I think you will enjoy Recipes For Reciprocity. Give yourself the gift that keeps on giving and get a copy today.
You can learn more about the holiday sale for my book here:
Announcing a Holiday Sale for digital and physical copies of my book!
Give a man a basket full of fresh veggies and he can eat for a day, give a man a copy of Recipes For Reciprocity : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Table and a handful of heirloom seeds and he can not only feed himself for a lifetime, but also send out ripple effects of abundance, resilience and hope into his local community.
Also incase you missed it I will be contributing content towards an online conference called R-Future in January. I really enjoyed (and felt enriched) viewing and participating in the live discussions the last couple years so I hope you guys will join me for this year’s experience as well.
You can learn more about R-Future here:
A quick post to let you all know I will be speaking at a conference this winter
I would like to officially announce that I have been invited to be a speaker at 2024's R-Future conference! R-Future is a conference that is about exploring viable, practical and scalable solutions to the challenges we face as individuals (and communities). The part which resonates so deeply with me however, is not just that it is solutions based, but ra…
Okay that is it for me tonight. I have lots of heirloom Goji berry seeds to sort and package up to send out with any orders for my book made between now and the 25th.
Wishing you all happy holidays filled with magical moments and nourishing meals shared with friends and loved ones.
Brilliant Gavin thank you for sharing. I will be linking your excellent achievement early in the New Year as part of my book - 'The Financial Jigsaw Part 2 - The New Emergent Economy' which I am serialising as a survival guide for the 21st Century; it's my Plan 'B' now I have moved to South Africa and Phase 4 is implemented for 2024. https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/progressing-plan-b-a-quarterly-review?s=w
Congratulations, Gavin!! You are a ROCK STAR! And such a beautiful steward on this planet. The trees and rocks and rivers and streams and mountains and animals are all jumping with joy for you, I'm certain of it! Love from your soul sister to the south! XO