I was interviewed for a podcast

[paul wheaton]

So I blather on for 90 minutes about permaculture, eco building,
rocket mass heaters, hugelkultur, raising chickens (and other animals)
in a paddock shift system, and lots more.

Podcast is something I don't really understand, but the guy says that
20,000 people will listen to this in one day.  Yowza.

http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/paul-wheaton-permaculture-hugelkultur-more

Maybe people load this sort of thing in their mp3 players and listen
to it when they commute or something.

Well, if nothing else, I kinda feel like I did an okay job of giving
an overview of a lot of permaculture stuff in 90 minutes. 

[peternap]

Good for you Paul!

FWIW, Podcasts are just another form of blogging and Blogs are the only real news organizations left in this country.

I've been doing video's of the General Assembly for a couple of reasons....but they are the only audio/video record of what our elected representatives are really doing in Richmond.
It's not unusual to get ten thousand views of short clips in the first few hours.

[paul wheaton]

So, I guess a lot of people listen to podcasts all the time?

[peternap]

You'd be surprised!

Most Podcasts are video so they not only listen, they watch. The new smart phones have really kicked them into high gear.
Lots of equipment is being designed primarily for Podcasts...like the new Zoom video cameras.

[glenn kangiser]

I listen to the occasional podcast, and sometimes watch them.

[ajbremer]

Thanks Paul,

I really didn't know if I totally understood what 'permaculture' was so I read the def. here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

Seems like most of use here on countryplans try to stick with those principles? Like, solar, composite toilets, water catchment systems. living off the land, etc.?

[paul wheaton]

I guess podcasts are much bigger than I thought.

wikipedia has a good intro to permaculture - although I'm still mad at them for cutting my site out of the external links.

[paul wheaton]

Another one came out today.  This time we talk about rocket mass heaters, cast iron cookware and CFLs:  http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/paul-wheaton-on-cast-iron-cooking-cfls-and-rocket-mass-heating

[MountainDon]

I listened to a large chunk of it while driving between errands.

I do take issue with the statement that the Amish eschew electricity because the electricity might be coming from coal fueled plants with their attendant emissions issues, in other words that it is dirty and harms the environment. I was taught decades before green became more than a name for a color, that the Amish did not use electricity because of the connection it made to the outside world. That the use of electricity would bring things like radio, television appliances that would take away from their close knit family and community life.

Amish do not use power from the public electric grid due to a belief that too much reliance on public power ties one too close to the world.  Amish are cautious about worldly influences and ideas which may run counter to Christian values.  Amish are careful about what they let into their homes, a fundamental sphere of Amish existence. Additionally, too much reliance on labor-saving devices, Amish feel, may deprive children of character-building opportunities to work. They seek to remain off the public grid in order to prevent worldly influences from entering the home, and as a symbolic means of remaining separate from the world

At least that was what I was taught. Was that incorrect or has the reason for no electricity in Amish home life been morphed to suit some more modern agenda?

[StinkerBell]

MtnDon, Thats my understanding.  Have read a good deal about the Amish and Mennonites along with the reformation period. That said there are a few different levels or views.