BONUS EP three days early whaaaaat
I’m bringing you this inspiring chat with Kate Nottingham (founder of the Off Grid Living Festival and director of the 2027 Permaculture Convergence/Return to the Village Festival) ahead of schedule because it contains time sensitive information! Last minute early bird tix to Return to the Village are available till midnight on October 31… so hop to it.
In this episode I share a story about a spring love festival held in our local community, before quizzing Kate Nottingham on how the heck she makes such big shit happen, and why the #1 thing we need right now is TOGETHERNESS.
Opting out when your career is taking you in a sickly direction
Headstrong and confident in being different
Relentless optimism as a superpower!
Ecovillage immersion at Findhorn
How to facilitate instant human connection
We need to work harder on creating open hearted spaces where people can be themselves
What makes a village work… or not
De-emphasising failure
Warehouse experiments in the city
Creating the School of Self Sufficiency
Do you need to be an expert to run a workshop?
We need generalists/bumble bees!
Heading up the Off Grid Living Festival
Frugality and financial hacks to fund your passion
Crowd-funding a property
Running events under the radar
It doesn’t really matter what you teach, just get people together!
Top tips for successfully gathering people without awkwardness
The commercial tension in running Off Grid Living
Returning to the Village
50 years of permaculture!
Kate’s POV on the near future and what we desperately need
🧙♀️ LINKY POOS
[early bird tix till Oct 31] Return to the Village ~ April 2027
Return to the Village on Insta
The Off Grid Living Festival
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Thanks to field recordist Romuald Mikusek for the birdsong