About Erik Ohlsen

Erik Ohlsen is an internationally recognized permaculture teacher, educator, and author; he is an award winning landscape contractor and a life long activist. He has specialized in homestead scale regenerative design: including water harvesting, food forests, seed saving, community organizing, habitat development, erosion control, and building topsoil for over 20 years.

Episode Highlights:

• Work Erik has done since starting with permaculture at 19 years old
• How Coronavirus interrupts our globalized connections
• How Erik is mobilizing his local community through gardening
• What is the Gift Economy
• How can a degraded landscape be turned into gardens

Show Links:

• Erik Ohlsen’s website
• Permaculture Skills Center
• Permaculture Artisans