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Reskillience is a podcast about the hard, soft and surprising skills that'll help us stay afloat if our modern systems don't. Hosted by Catie Payne, released weekly.
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- Yesterday1h 8m
Kinking Collapse, Urgent Gratitude & Future Seeds with Shane Simonsen
I tell a story about my inability to change before chatting with a guy who's obsessed with changing everything! Dr Shane Simonsen of Recombination Nation [https://recombinationnation.substack.com/] is a biochemist, research scientist and experimental farmer who is shaking up agriculture-as-usual by breeding plants that require ZERO INPUTS. No fertiliser, no pest protection, no weeding, no watering! We talk about how to run your own kinky plant breeding experiments at home, as well as: Why humans still have 50 million years left on the planet Shane's POV on GMO Low tech gene transfer you can do today! Are we addicted to working harder not smarter? Moving towards irrigation-free gardening Yet another neurodivergent superpower Being a plant snob Cities versus country towns during collapse Survival foods for the future How & why to take on projects that will outlive you CROSSING BRUSH TURKEYS & ASTRALORPS? Impermaculture Blessings on the internet SOLID real estate advice Where to buy crazy seeds 🧙♀️ LINKY POOS Shane on Substack ~ Recombination Nation [https://recombinationnation.substack.com/] Shane's podcast ~ Recombination Nation [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/recombination-nation/id1777033551] Shane's book ~ Taming the apocalypse [https://www.amazon.com.au/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85] Folklore Pictures' film with Shane ~ Seeds for the Future [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apdB2H-y8c4&t=52s] Australian Grain Seed Bank Central Vic seed grower we love ~ Greg Mueller of Useful Seeds [https://www.usefulseeds.com/] 🧡🧡🧡 Support Reskillience on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/c/Reskillience] 🧡🧡🧡 Sound credit ~ cheers Nicholas Allan! [https://xeno-canto.org/265181]
- 2 weeks ago1h 3m
The climate-resilient nature-entangled way to garden with Duncan Cocking
Planting guides and sow-what-when calendars are great and all, but what happens when the seasons don't play nice? When spring arrives earlier, frost hits later, or heatwaves burn your crops to a crisp? There's no controlling the weather, but with tools like phenology, you can make better predictions and grow more food! Duncan Cocking (of Leaf, Root & Fruit [https://www.leafrootfruit.com.au/about/]) is an amazing gardener and educator from Kyneton in Southern Australia. He helps people tune into more-than-human patterns and cycles to build their own hyper-local and climate resilient gardening calendars, and has a wealth of wisdom about living more joyfully too. In this convo: Why spring is two weeks earlier this year Duncan's early years immersed in nature and connected to country Why he's not that interested in working hard Mid-30s career change Pattern recognition in the veggie patch How to use phenology Nature based indicators to tell you went to plant The two most critical aspects of gardening!!! Connection through failures Why to RELAXXXXX about how to garden Wood ducks tell you when you plant tomatoes Crazy record keeping How the hell to collate so much data Habits of the highly observant How do nature's patterns work, NO LIKE, HOW? Being conversant with the land Duncan is an ostrich Disconnecting from the World Wide Web How to preserve your mental health with a hyper-focus on local Getting kids into the garden Give your kids scary tools Garden gimmicks How to grow avos in cold climates Spring gardening to-dos RIGHT NOW 🧙♀ LINKY POOS Duncan's home on the web [https://www.leafrootfruit.com.au/] Leaf, Root & Fruit on Substack [https://leafrootfruit.substack.com/] Leaf, Root & Fruit on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/leafrootfruit/] Andrew Turbill, the bird guy [https://andrewthebirdguy.com/] 🧡 Support Reskillience on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/Reskillience] 🧡 ☕ Buy Me A Coffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/reskillience] (or an avo or a loaf of bread) ☕ Gratitude to the field recordist Romuald Mikusek, XC935811. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/935811.
- 3 weeks ago1h 1m
Breathwork for grief, connection & coming to your senses with Ella Maryska
NOTE: I've done breathwork every day since this interview and – you gaias! – it's really helping me human. Meet today's guest Ella Maryska, who is responsible for getting me into this breathwork thing that I am the last person on the planet to know about. Ella is 21 years old, wise as the hills, a certified breathwork instructor, and brings a fresh and youthful perspective to the pod which has been sorely absent to date (sorry sorry sorry). In this sweet convo, you'll hear about the geeky physiology of breathwork; how it rebalances our nervous system, changes circulation to our brain, oxygenates tissues and connects us to plants, as well as Ella's own experience as a young person living through the polycrisis, navigating novel life paths as the old routes fall away. I learned so much from Ella. Let me know if you're on the breathwork bandwagon, a brilliant tool for staying steady in the tumult. 🧙♀️ LINKY POOS Ella's home on the web [https://cominghomebreathwork.com.au/#services] Ella/Coming Home Breathwork on IG [https://www.instagram.com/cominghome_breathwork/] Tuesday evening group class [https://cominghomebreathwork.com.au/#services] Guided breathwork sesh on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-K1QWcr1VE] [book] Atlas of the Heart ~ Brené Brown [https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/] Catie's natto [https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dcc_NetzJPJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsi=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==] Reskillience live recording at Words in Winter [https://events.humanitix.com/reskillience-the-art-of-release] The Australasian Permaculture Convergence [https://www.returntothevillage.com.au/] 🧡🧡🧡 Join the Reskillience community on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/c/Reskillience] 🧡🧡🧡 Catie on Substack [https://catiepayne.substack.com/]
- Aug 9, 20261h 11m
On Slowing Down & Looking Up with Kirsten Bradley
"In a time of fracturing seasons, when everything's going awry, there are still cycles that we can set our hearts by." It's Kirsten Bradley of Milkwood [https://www.milkwood.net/]! She's writing a new book about the moon, penning love letters to parsley and currawongs on Substack, and here to share all about her daily rhythms in lutruwita, Tasmania. Oh, what a lovely conversation! Within 🌙 AI or not to AI Morning routines! Morning stargazing! Tea choices Moving to lutruwita/Tassie Fish farm woes and responses How to make decisions about where to move When the body says no Slow activism "You can rest. The problems will be there when you get up again. And the solutions." Perimenopause rearrangements Coming back to creativity after burnout Wrapping knowledge in story Learning injuries Writing as a welcome Cultural astronomies Should we follow our interests? What does activism look like for Kirsten now? The Common Book of the Moon 🧙♀️ LINKY POOS Kirsten on Substack [https://kirstenbradley.substack.com/] Kirsten + Milkwood [https://www.milkwood.net/] 🧡🧡🧡 Join the Reskillience community on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/c/Reskillience] 🧡🧡🧡
- Jul 26, 20261h 13m
Use less compost, make less money & follow your passion 100% with Steve Solomon
BYO wheelbarrow to load up on Solomon's wisdom, cos today we're chatting with the grandaddy of beyond-organic gardening himself, Steve Solomon! If you don't know Steve, he's a bit of cult hero in food growing circles thanks to his deep research into soil remineralisation and why it is absolutely critical for human health. In this convo: How pre-industrial communities ate 4 x more nutrient-dense food Why MINERALS are the key to healthy soil and healthy humans Better nutrition… lower libido? Why compost is really bloody complicated …and how compost can ruin your soil if you're not careful How to calculate how much organic matter your soil actually needs The ugly truth about commercial compost COF ~ Complete Organic Fertiliser Why Steve doesn't recommend soil testing for everyone EVIL GOVERNMENT EDICTS Steve's pact to intentionally follow his interests 100% "THE PURPOSE OF MY LIFE IS TO DO WHATEVER IT IS I'M INTERESTED IN" LINKY POOS 🧙♀️ Steve's homepage [https://soilandhealth.org/steve-solomons-home-page/] The Soil & Health Library [https://soilandhealth.org/] [book] The Intelligent Gardener ~ Steve Solomon [https://www.booktopia.com.au/intelligent-gardener-steve-solomon/book/9780865717183.html?source=pla&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21844631717&gbraid=0AAAAA-Ia9hMN-Mlh_VmhdsJhMZdtoq9Sv&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4JbTBhCoARIsALWUaBvLjAO3tRz1vAIbgZm6NohbcCFg-lDADEH3gOaDY9QduEWMz_6zmykaAnNwEALw_wcB] [nearly out!] Growing Nutrient-Dense Vegetables: A Cool Climate Guide~ Steve Solomon (I will update once available) Google: Steve Solomon gardening books Nutrition and Physical Degeneration ~ Weston A. Price Soil fertility and Animal Health ~ William Albrecht 🧡🧡🧡 Support Reskillience on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/c/Reskillience]🧡🧡🧡 Words in Winter ~ Live podcast with Mara Ripani & Natasha Morgan [https://events.humanitix.com/reskillience-the-art-of-release] Return to the Village ~ Australasian Permaculture Convergence. [https://www.returntothevillage.com.au/]
- May 26, 20261h 14m
The Holy Fool, Hallowed Weeds & How To Just Start Writing Already with Helen Lehndorf
I share a GRIPPING TALE about a droplet of water before sitting down with Helen Lehndorf [https://helenlehndorf.com/], who is a radical forager, author, anarchist, poet and plenty more wonderful things besides. I loved her memoir A Forager's Life so much! Helen and I dive straight into the weeds about permaculture life strategies, unlocking creativity, writing for nature and how to rebel against The Machine by playing the Holy Fool. Medicine for muddled, blocked or chronically shy creatives. IN THIS CONVO Swimming upstream of the over culture Undoing cultural entrainment Social permaculture Permaculture design web Establishing a daily writing habit The world isn't saying PLEASE ARTIST MAKE MORE ART but you should anyway Anarchism The YES, AND rule The Holy Fool archetype AI? *shrugs* Enspiriting your art ECOPOETICS Getting past sharing insecurity Writing for nature Why little lives are worth sharing Invisible care work Journalling versus publishing Blackberry medicine What is it to relate with plants? PUNK GRANDDAD DANDY Synesthesia The future has an ancient heart 🧙♀️ LINKY POOS 🧙♀️ Helen's home on the web [https://helenlehndorf.com/] A Forager's Life ~ Helen Lehndorf [https://harpercollins.com.au/products/9781775492511_a-foragers-life-a-spellbinding-debut-memoir-about-plants-motherhood-and-belonging] The Bruise Palette ~ Helen Lehndorf [https://firestarter.nz/the-bruise-palette/] Social permaculture ~ Looby Macnamara [https://loobymacnamara.com/home/] Kirsty Porter Wild ~ Cheryl Strayed E.M Forster ~ Howard's End Annie Dillard Sound credit: Morepork / Ruru (Owl) - Auckland, New Zealand by tdes -- https://freesound.org/s/319539/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
- May 10, 20261h 18m
Emotionally Processing Peak Oil & Em-Powering Community Action! with Nathan Surendran
We built this city on rock n roll! And cheap oil. And it's currently running out… so what happens now? This week I chat with Nathan Surendran [https://energyandresilience.substack.com/]to get a foothold on the fossil fuel crisis (which is the Everything Crisis) and how we can keep our balance, together. Nathan is a systems thinker, recovering engineer, energy and security analyst, policy advisor, author of the Energy and Resilience substack and chair of the Wise Response society. He is also seriously kind, and provides so much practical, empowering advice in this convo, including: Moving far far away from civilisation The unsustainability of cities Neurodivergence leading to deep research The Energy Elephant in the room: WHAT AREN'T WE SEEING Why oil (diesel) is the lifeblood of industrial society Drawing down ancient sunlight 1 million times faster than it's being recharged Every calorie of food takes 10 calories of fossil fuels, oof The Iran War Why we can't just switch to renewables Right relationship with renewables What are baseline standards of living? Household appliance heroes for the energy descent What is Energy Blindness? Emotionally processing peak oil One barrel of oil = 5 years of human labour (!) Are we being gaslit about the situation in the strait? The industrial system schools us to comply, not think Why the rich aren't as protected as they might think Less affluent people are ahead of the game What is mutual aid? Un-pathologising co-dependence Maori concepts of community care Why we need danger from a mental health perspective 🧙♀️LINKY POOS 🧙♀️ Nathan on Substack ~ Energy and Resilience [https://energyandresilience.substack.com/] Nathan's home on the web [https://www.schema.nz/] [doc] When The Trucks Stop ~ mutual aid guidelines [https://wiseresponse.substack.com/p/what-can-i-do-in-response-to-the] Wise Response on Substack [https://wiseresponse.substack.com/] Jason Bradford ~ The Future Is Rural Steve Keene Ian McGilchrist Charlie Hoyle Nate Hagens Steve Keen Howard T Odum 📸 Photo credit: Jason Hosking [https://www.jasonhosking.com/] 🧡 Support Reskillience on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/c/Reskillience] 🧡
- Apr 26, 20261h 0m
How to practice hybrid permaculture (and worry less about the news) with Ian Lillington & Marita Zeh
Ever wish you could sit down with permie elders to hear their take on the current chaos; what to do, where to live, and whether it's really that bad in the grand scheme of things? Well just call me Genie cos this convo with permaculture educators and radical homemakers Ian Lillington and Marita Zeh will deliver. Ian and Marita live in a solar passive straw-bale home on the edge of Castlemaine, Victoria, surrounded by fruit and nut trees and veggie gardens, where students come to see – and feel – what it is to be wrapped in abundance. And this is where I found them, on a sunny autumn morning, in the cosy warmth of their kitchen, dealing with masses of peaches, pistachios and zucchini. And we all sat down and chopped and chatted, eventually remembering to turn on the mics. In this convo: Pursuing a hybrid model of permaculture Rat poison sandwich Renting till your 40s What is good debt? Where is even affordable anymore? How to deal with gluts Giving to community Small garden farming Being strategically connected to the grid Diverse household energy systems Scales of usage An elder's perspective on current affairs Sharing permaculture as a political act Permaculture priorities Gratitude vs. fear Impermaculture 🧙♀️ LINKY POOS 🧙♀️ Send Ian an email ~ Ian.lillington@protonmail.com Or keep it old school with a text ~ 0478 297 057 The Castlemaine Permaculture Hub PDC [https://holmgren.com.au/permaculture-events/permaculture-design-course-pdc-2025/] (for locals) Castlemaine Permaculture FB group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/445686212227432] (national) Permaculture Australia FB group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/874575125557524]
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