The Story Walking Radio Hour with Wendy Fachon

The Story Walking Radio Hour with Wendy Fachon

Natural Abundance, Gratitude and Healing
Maria Kelly, Founder and Executive Director, AMOR Healing Kitchen
Making wise food choices influences our health, how we feel and how we care for our planet. With gratitude we acknowledge that the simplest of foods require few resources to produce, and they are considered among the healthiest and most abundant - fruits, vegetables, whole-grains and plant-based proteins. Macrobiotic cooking is about drawing inspiration for food preparation from our natural environment, using seasonally-fresh, locally-grown, plant-based whole foods. When we add herbs, spices and a lot of love, we can create meals with complex levels of mouth watering flavor and effective healing power. Imagine, food as medicine!
This episode features AMOR Healing Kitchen, a small non-profit that provides nutritious, plant-based meals, made with love, by teen volunteers, for people facing health challenges - cancer, heart problems, diabetes, autoimmune diseases or neurological conditions. The kitchen sources in-season ingredients from local farms in the Charleston, SC, area, using organic ingredients as much as possible. Every week Teen Chefs and Kitchen Mentors prepare delicious, healthy meals, and each Friday Delivery Angels bring the meals to the kitchen's clients. AMOR Healing Kitchen empowers teens by teaching them the connection between our food and our health, as well as giving them the tools necessary to carry this knowledge into the kitchen to create nourishing meals.
Maria Kelly, Founder and Executive Director, AMOR Healing Kitchen planted the seed of her organization after a 14-year career teaching high school in Charleston County, where there is an abundance of local, organic farms. Her love for plant-based food, local farming, working with teenagers and supporting people challenged with serious illness forms the foundation of AMOR. Maria believes getting back to the earth, for real food will cure us of many chronic illnesses. Food, prepared with love, feeds both the body and the soul.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Visit the AMOR Kitchen Healing website
https://www.amorhealingkitchen.org/
Read the Natural Awakenings Plant-Forward Holidays article
https://www.naturalawakeningsboston.com/2023/10/31/468971/plant-forward-holidays-festive-foods-everyone-will-crave
Explore best literary resources for teaching food, fitness and farming in the classroom with F.I.T. CLUB: Framework for Integrated Teaching - https://teachfitclub.org/
Learn about the Anti-Cancer Kitchen
https://tinyurl.com/anticancerkitchen
Read the Story Walking Journal entry: Pop-Up Thanksgiving Message https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/pop-up-thanksgiving-message
PLANT-BASED RECIPES
https://www.amorhealingkitchen.org/amorrecipes-1
https://www.thesacredscience.com/category/recipes/
https://www.naturalawakeningsboston.com/2023/09/29/465585/the-modern-macrobiotic-diet-more-than-tofu-and-seaweed
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Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Environmentally-Safe Technology – Part 3
Guest Cecelia Doucette, Director of Massachusetts for Safe Technology, Education Services Director for Wireless Education
Invisible and unseen, electromagnetic frequency (EMF) radiation is increasingly impacting environmental sustainability, human health and safety. EMF emitters include cell towers, cell phones, portable tablets, smart meters, and wearables, like fitbits and ear pods. Few people realize how much the growing wireless technology sector contributes to carbon emissions, climate change and chronic health issues. The high energy requirements of wireless translate into high carbon emissions. One report states that “one click on Google uses about 11-watt hours of energy – the same amount it takes to run a compact fluorescent light bulb for an hour.” This episode leads deeper into all these aspects of wireless technology.
The good news is that there are many ways people can rewire their premises and rethink their technology use in order to reduce climate impact, health risks and illness - at home, at school and in the workplace. In Parts 1 and 2, guest Cecelia Doucette, Director of Massachusetts for Safe Technology, introduced the topics of safe technology, wireless education, community action, coalition building and the need for well-informed legal and legislative policies. Doucette returns in Part 3 to deliver more.
Doucette's organization is building coalitions of citizens who act as advocates on a town-by-town basis to educate their neighbors and work proactively with local governments, legislators and state agencies for safe, sustainable technology. Massachusetts has led the nation for several years with bills to address the health, environmental and economic impact of today’s wireless technology. Doucette helped her children’s schools become the first in the nation to take precautionary measures with wireless technology. She is also the Education Services Director with the international non-profit Wireless Education, which offers affordable 30-minute on-line technology safety training for Schools & Families and Corporate Safety Induction.
Unseen and unknown, EMF radiation is the invisible E-lephant in the room that can be made visible with an RF meter, as demonstrated in Wendy's Story Walking Journal photoblog Eco-DEtechTIVE Climate Report: E-LEPHANT in the Room. Check Part 1, Part 2 and the related photoblogs.
Environmentally-Safe Technology Part 1 podcast - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/environmentally-safe-technology/
Environmentally-Safe Technology Part 2 podcast - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/environmentally-safe-technology-part-2/
Disconnecting from Technology and Connecting with Nature walking journal entry - https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/disconnecting-from-technology-and-connecting-with-nature
Eco-DEtechTIVE Climate Report: E-LEPHANT in the Room walking journal entry - https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/eco-detechtive-climate-report-e-lephant-in-the-room
Environmentally-Safe Technology Part 1 podcast - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/environmentally-safe-technology/
Environmentally-Safe Technology Part 2 podcast - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/environmentally-safe-technology-part-2/
Disconnecting from Technology and Connecting with Nature walking journal entry - https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/disconnecting-from-technology-and-connecting-with-nature
Eco-DEtechTIVE Climate Report: E-LEPHANT in the Room walking journal entry - https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/eco-detechtive-climate-report-e-lephant-in-the-room
 
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Read Massachusetts for Safe Tech: EMF Points of Confusion vs. Fact
Visit Tech Safe Schools: Resource Page
Learn more at Understanding EMFs: Planetary Impact
Explore EHT: Environmental Health Trust: Information on 5G
Get the Wireless Wise Kids bookhttps://www.wirelesseducation.org/wireless-wise-kids-book-available-wireless-safety-education-nutshell/
 
TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION
National Health Freedom Action: Stop HR 3557 
Americans for Responsible Technology: Stop bad telecom bills
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Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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The Stormwater Innovation Center: Growing Green Infrastructure
Guests Roy Arezzo, Urban Stormwater Education and Outreach Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy;
Rebecca Reeves, Education & Outreach Coordinator, Stormwater Innovation Center/Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Managed by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, the Stormwater Innovation Center (SIC) in Providence, RI, demonstrates a series of nature-based solutions that address a variety of water quality issues. Cyanobacteria blooms are one major sign of poor water quality. SIC scientists, engineers, educators and volunteers are working together to solve this and other water quality problems. The Center uses over 40 green stormwater infrastructure practices, which exemplify best management practices (termed BMPs). Installed by the Providence Parks Department, these BMPs show how an effective stormwater infrastructure system is designed, constructed and maintained.
Guest Roy Arezzo is the Urban Stormwater Education and Outreach Coordinator for The Nature Conservancy, working in collaboration with the Stormwater Innovation Center. In addition to monitoring local water bodies, his water quality work is focused on prevention and awareness regarding Cyanobacteria Blooms. With a biology background and a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Science Education, he worked as a science teacher at several urban schools.
Guest Rebecca Reeves is the SIC Education & Outreach Coordinator with the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. Working in collaboration with many partner organizations, she is responsible for professional training, school programming and community outreach. Through its education and outreach initiatives, the SIC builds public awareness around stormwater issues and how they relate to environmental concerns such as supporting native habitat and wildlife. Reeves also coordinates events, including the Annual Rain Harvest Festival.
 
INFORMATION RESOURCES
FOR TAKING ACTION
Learn more about SIC Best Management Practices - https://www.stormwaterinnovation.org/bmps
Take the SIC's virtual tour - https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=b8d33a637394471f95bbd530d9bd1601#
Check out the SIC Story Map
https://psic.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Shortlist/index.html?appid=59f0540434144df2943e41bf2138837e
Attend the Rain Harvest Festival - https://www.stormwaterinnovation.org/rainharvestfestival 
Join RainSnap - https://www.rainsnap.org
Help report with BloomWatch - bloomWatch | Cyanobacteria Monitoring Collaborative – Cyanobacteria Monitoring Collaborative (cyanos.org)
Learn about floating wetlands
https://ecori.org/award-winning-floating-wetland-possible-remedy-for-blue-green-algae-blooms/
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Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.
Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Love Nature Magic Guest Maria Rodale, Author, LOVE NATURE MAGIC    
In her new book, Love Nature Magic: shamanic journeys into the heart of my garden, Maria Rodale shows how she came into relationship with the plants, animals and insects that inhabit her garden and helps readers come to understand nature's consciousness, intelligence and high awareness. When people slow down, release control and start paying close attention to Nature, the magic starts to happen. This episode begins with the story of a magical experience with an intelligent and resilient butterfly, and then it leads into a conversation with Maria Rodale.
Bestselling author, activist and gardener Maria Rodale is a board member and former co-chair of the Rodale Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to growing the regenerative organic agriculture movement through research, farmer training and education. She is also the former CEO of Rodale Inc., the global health and wellness media company that has published many notable books and periodicals, including Organic Gardening, Men’s Health, Women’s Health and Prevention magazines.
Under the pen name of Mrs. Peanuckle, Rodale has written a delightful series of board books that celebrate the joy nature brings to young children. Each “Alphabet” book presents a different category of nature: birds, bugs, flowers, trees, fresh fruits, vegetables and more. From A to Z, the bold colorful pages will engage parents, enchant toddlers and inspire the youngest of budding environmentalists and curious scientists.
Throughout her life, Maria has advocated for the potential of organic regenerative farming to heal the damage wrought by pesticides and industrial agricultural practices and their toxic impacts on human and planetary health, including reversing climate change. The underlying theme of Maria's work is this: If we stop interfering and allow Nature to do her thing, ultimately, she will heal herself and us.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
FOR TAKING ACTION
Visit the Maria Rodale website - https://www.mariarodale.com/
Order Love Nature Magic from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Love-Nature-Magic-Shamanic-Journeys/dp/B0BDVG114T
Order the book and more from Chelsea Green Publishing - https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/love-nature-magic/
Learn more about the Mrs. Peanuckle books for children - https://www.mrspeanuckle.com/
Subscribe to Maria's blog Life Unfiltered - https://mariarodale.substack.com/
Learn more about the Rodale Institute - https://rodaleinstitute.org/
Read the Story Walking Journal entry, The Resilient Butterfly - https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/the-resilient-butterfly
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Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.
Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Forest School Learning
Guests Diana Brennan and Lindsey Baillargeron, Educators and Founders, Northern Rhode Island Forest School
Forest Schools have roots that reach back to the open-air culture, seen as a way of life in Scandinavia. It is a long-term child-centered learning process that happens naturally through play, exploration and supported risk taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting. Forest School Learning is a timely topic that can help support the new Learning Inside Out Outdoor Classroom Initiatives happening in public and charter schools. Many schools have received grants to create, enhance and support access to natural resources for all students in the form of outdoor classrooms or schoolyard habitats. Teachers are seeking outdoor teaching strategies that will actively engage children and improve their language literacy, math, science, creative and critical thinking skill development and this episode will support and inspire that process.Diana Brennan has a B.S. in environmental science and has worked as a wetland scientist for the past 20 years. She has experience with habitat assessments, restoration projects and sustainable development. She possesses a deep understanding of Rhode Island’s natural resources. She is trained as a Level 3 Forest School Leader through Forest Schools Education, an internationally recognized program. Earning this certification gives Diana the skills and experience to guide learners safely and effectively. Having experienced first-hand the power of nature to help us heal, grow and learn, Diana is determined to counter “nature deficit disorder” by getting children and adults off of the screens and into the woods.
Lindsey Baillargeron was a classroom teacher for 14 years, having taught middle school and high school English. She earned her Master’s in English from Harvard University and studied education reform and its effect on British novels. Lindsey is currently pursuing her second masters degree to become a k-12 reading specialist at Lesley University. She is focusing on language skills children need to understand texts in different disciplines. Lindsey is trained as a Level 1 Forest School Assistant, and she will be sharing how she found her way into Forest School teaching and how it enhances her effectiveness in teaching language arts.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
FOR EXPANDED LEARNINGVisit the Northern Rhode Island Forest School website at https://www.nriforestschool.com/Read the Story Walking Journal entry, Dandelion Fun - https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/dandelion-funLearn about UK-Based Forest School Training at https://www.forestschools.com/Learn about the new US-Based Forest and Nature School Teacher Certification for Early Childhood Training - https://erafans.wildapricot.org/Teacher-CertificationRead the following to learn more:
Stevenson, M. P. (2018). Green Matter: How exposure to natural environments improves cognitive functioning in children with and without Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.
Williams, F. (2018). The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative. WW Norton.
Louv, R. (2008). Last Child in the Woods. Algonquin Books.
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Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Growing Planetary Consciousness with Natural Awakenings (Parts 1 & 2)
Guest Maisie Raftery, Publisher, Natural Awakenings Greater Boston/Rhode Island MagazineEach month Natural Awakenings magazines across the country take a practical look at the latest natural approaches to wellness, creative expression, personal growth and sustainable living. Journalists, experienced in these areas, interview national experts and offer inspiring how-to articles. Regional editions highlight local businesses, news and events and connect readers with a wealth of regional, national and global resources that support healthier lifestyles and enhanced well-being.Wendy Nadherny Fachon has worked as a contributing writer for the Rhode Island and Greater Boston editions of the magazine since 2010. She began by writing articles focused on nature walking, raising healthy kids and environmental education. Currently Wendy writes monthly business spotlights to showcase holistic health practitioners and other businesses that advertise in the magazine. In Part 1, Wendy opens with a story walk about mysterious journal and then shares her experiences as a Natural Awakenings reader and writer, and she demonstrates the value of the magazine.Maisie Raftery is a dedicated and entrepreneurial magazine publisher with a profound passion for connecting healthy lifestyle businesses and practitioners to the communities she serves. Since 2011, she has been publishing the Greater Boston edition of Natural Awakenings magazine, which serves as a bridge between allopathic and natural medicine, providing readers with a space to explore natural alternatives and solutions to healing. Her grassroots efforts, including nine months of door-to-door advertising, revenue generation and establishing distribution channels in Greater Boston, laid the foundation for obtaining the Rhode Island edition in January 2021. In Part 2, Maisie talks about how the magazine empowers readers, connecting them with providers who may significantly improve their quality of life and offering a comprehensive resource for holistic well-being for people, pets and our planet.INFORMATION RESOURCESFOR TAKING ACTIONSubscribe to Natural Awakenings online. It's free! tinyurl.com/nagbriAdvertise in Natural Awakenings and/or distribute the magazine at your place of business - https://www.naturalawakeningsboston.com/pages/advertiseRead the Mysterious Story Walking Journal - https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/the-mysterious-journal
Order the book Shining a Light on Grief - https://shiningalightongrief.com/authors-volume-two-1
Check out the BioMed Center's services - https://thebiomedcenter.com/services/?
Tune into Childhood Cancer Talk Radio - https://toginet.com/shows/childhoodcancertalkradio
Follow the Story Walking Radio Hour on the UNITE multimedia channel - https://unite.live/channels/story-walking-radio-hour/story-walking-radio-hour
Join the Story Walking Radio Hour group on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Growing Planetary Consciousness with Natural Awakenings (Parts 1 & 2)
Guest Maisie Raftery, Publisher, Natural Awakenings Greater Boston/Rhode Island MagazineEach month Natural Awakenings magazines across the country take a practical look at the latest natural approaches to wellness, creative expression, personal growth and sustainable living. Journalists, experienced in these areas, interview national experts and offer inspiring how-to articles. Regional editions highlight local businesses, news and events and connect readers with a wealth of regional, national and global resources that support healthier lifestyles and enhanced well-being.Wendy Nadherny Fachon has worked as a contributing writer for the Rhode Island and Greater Boston editions of the magazine since 2010. She began by writing articles focused on nature walking, raising healthy kids and environmental education. Currently Wendy writes monthly business spotlights to showcase holistic health practitioners and other businesses that advertise in the magazine. In Part 1, Wendy opens with a story walk about mysterious journal and then shares her experiences as a Natural Awakenings reader and writer, and she demonstrates the value of the magazine.Maisie Raftery is a dedicated and entrepreneurial magazine publisher with a profound passion for connecting healthy lifestyle businesses and practitioners to the communities she serves. Since 2011, she has been publishing the Greater Boston edition of Natural Awakenings magazine, which serves as a bridge between allopathic and natural medicine, providing readers with a space to explore natural alternatives and solutions to healing. Her grassroots efforts, including nine months of door-to-door advertising, revenue generation and establishing distribution channels in Greater Boston, laid the foundation for obtaining the Rhode Island edition in January 2021. In Part 2, Maisie talks about how the magazine empowers readers, connecting them with providers who may significantly improve their quality of life and offering a comprehensive resource for holistic well-being for people, pets and our planet.INFORMATION RESOURCESFOR TAKING ACTIONSubscribe to Natural Awakenings online. It's free! tinyurl.com/nagbriAdvertise in Natural Awakenings and/or distribute the magazine at your place of business - https://www.naturalawakeningsboston.com/pages/advertiseRead the Mysterious Story Walking Journal - https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/the-mysterious-journal
Order the book Shining a Light on Grief - https://shiningalightongrief.com/authors-volume-two-1
Check out the BioMed Center's services - https://thebiomedcenter.com/services/?
Tune into Childhood Cancer Talk Radio - https://toginet.com/shows/childhoodcancertalkradio
Follow the Story Walking Radio Hour on the UNITE multimedia channel - https://unite.live/channels/story-walking-radio-hour/story-walking-radio-hour
Join the Story Walking Radio Hour group on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Why Raise Native Bees? And How?
Guest Susannah Otocki, Native Beekeeper and Holistic Practitioner, Blue Lotus Moon Holistic
Native bees are designed to pollinate, and they pollinate every flower they visit. A honey bee only pollinates about 5% of the flowers it visits. A honey bee's goal is to get as much pollen as it can back to the hive. Honey bees produce honey and honeycomb. Native bees do not make honey, however, they are more important than honey bees in terms of pollinating our food supply – our fruit trees, berries, herbs and vegetable gardens.  This episode shares ideas on how to raise native bees and help them overcome today's environmental challenges.
While considering honey beekeeping a couple years ago, Susannah Otocki learned about native bees and decided to raise mason bees and leafcutter bees instead. She found the work was easier, less costly and more productive. Susannah is a Board Certified Polarity Therapist, Sound Practitioner, Massage Therapist and a Certified Body-Mind Method Coach. She grew up on a small farm in Massachusetts, where her family raised their own vegetables and meat. Living on the farm she developed a deep connection with the seasonal cycles of the earth, and this is where her lifelong love and respect of nature began. Susannah is eager to share her wisdom.INFORMATION RESOURCESFOR TAKING ACTIONFind free resources for educators - https://crownbees.com/free-resources-for-educators/Shop for books about native bees - https://crownbees.com/books-and-merch/Purchase native bee keeping materials - https://crownbees.com/Sign up for BeeMail - https://crownbees.com/beemail/Learn more about Susannah Otocki - https://bluelotusmoonholistic.com/about/Order the book Shining a Light on Grief -Purchase a Food Forest Design and work with a certified permaculture designer to start the design process – https://foodforestabundance.com/get-started/?ref=WENDYFACHONFollow the Story Walking Radio Hour and Food Forest Abundance on the UNITE multimedia channel - https://unite.live/channels/story-walking-radio-hour/story-walking-radio-hourJoin the Story Walking Radio Hour group on facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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How to Design and Build Yourself a Food ForestGuest Graham Towerton, Design Team Leader, Food Forest AbundanceA well-designed permaculture food forest incorporates multiple layers of edible plants, including fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines, rhizomes, mushrooms, and perennial vegetables. This episode focuses on the food forest design, planning and installation process. Food forest designs are fully customized to each client's climate, planting zone, topography and space, as well as to the client's functionality, culinary and aesthetic desires.With 34 years experience as a chemical engineer and over 40 years of gardening and small farm experience, in Australia and the US, Graham Towerton recently retired to become a full-time permaculture designer and installer. For Towerton, a full-time permaculture consultancy was a logical second career; he is practical, knowledgeable and passionate about food forest gardening. He obtained his certification as a Permaculture Design Consultant from Geoff Lawton’s Discover Permaculture school in October, 2021, and then he joined Food Forest Abundance as a designer in January, 2022. Having completed over 30 designs individually and a dozen more as collaborations, Towerton is now one of two global design team leaders for Food Forest Abundance. He provides sage advice as he leads listeners through the steps of the entire process.INFORMATION RESOURCESPurchase a Food Forest Design and work with a certified permaculture designer to start the design process – https://foodforestabundance.com/get-started/?ref=WENDYFACHONLearn more through Graham Towerton's Permaculture Adventures Linktree Page which has links to his social media pages and FFA blog articles - https://linktr.ee/permacultureadventures
Read Wendy's Food Forest Article - https://www.naturalawakeningsboston.com/2023/02/28/426799/food-forest-gardening-grows-in-rhode-island
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Join the Story Walking Radio Hour group on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadioListen to related podcasts
Food Forest Abundance with Jim Gale - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/food-forest-abundance/
The Enchanted Edible Forest with Dani Baker - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/dani-baker-author-home-scale-forest-garden/
Backyard Farming for Self-Sufficiency - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/backyard-farming-for-self-sufficiency/
Why Eating Organic is Crucial to the Future of the Planet - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/eating-organic-crucial-future-planet/
Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Lawns into Meadows: Rebuilding BiodiversityGuest Owen Wormser, Landscape Designer, Abound DesignImagine planting native wildflowers in pots on a terrace or transforming a section of your high-maintenance lifeless lawn into a low maintenance meadow habitat, rich with biodiversity.  Recent satellite photographs show that lawns now occupy 45.6 million acres, about three times the size of New Jersey, making the American lawn the largest irrigated crop in the U.S. in terms of surface area.  Perfectly manicured grass lawns were marketed as an essential feature of the American dream in the 1940's and 50's. Today, lawn maintenance demands evermore precious resources - time, money and water. Lawns require labor, expensive motorized equipment and fuel consumption.  They also involve toxic treatment applications – synthetic fertilizers, weed killers and insecticides – that poison life.In this episode landscape designer Owen Wormser explains how to replace the deadscape we call lawn with beautiful, low-maintenance meadows, that sequester far more carbon than a lawn.   Owen is the author of Lawn into Meadows: Growing a regenerative landscape, an award-winning book published by Chelsea Green.  Owen received a degree in landscape architecture in 1998 before founding his own landscape business, Abound Design.   He offers consulting, installation and sustainable landscape design services inspired by permaculture and deep ecology.  His work serves as a means for sharing his deep connection with nature, while further cultivating that connection within himself.   He actively practices the skills and perspectives necessary to effectively weave people and the natural world back together.MEADOW GARDENING RESOURCESPurchase Owen's book, Lawn into Meadows - https://stonepierpress.org/store/lawns-into-meadows-second-editionVisit Owen's Abound Design website - https://abounddesign.com/Download the Meadowscaping Activity Guide from Kids Gardening - https://kidsgardening.org/the-latest-meadowscaping/Shop for seeds and plants at American Meadows - https://www.americanmeadows.com/View this Pesticide Action Network webinar on Pesticides and Climate Change - https://www.panna.org/resources/webinar-recording-pesticides-and-climate-changePerusePollinator Pathway native plant lists - https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/native-pollinator-plant-listsTake the NO MOW MAY Challenge - https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/rethink-your-lawnFollow ReSeedingRI on instagram.Join the Story Walking Radio Hour group on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadioLearn more about Food Forest Abundance – https://foodforestabundance.com/get-started/?ref=WENDYFACHON
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