Show Notes
Real good fun with this one! Join me and Formidable Vegetable [https://formidablevegetable.com.au/]'s kind and charismatic frontman Charlie McGee for a swashbuckling convo about pirate bananas, working the edges, growing up in Arnhem Land, dumpster diving to feed your art, staying in your integrity (while saying yes to flying), the deep discomfort of home ownership and remembering your interconnectedness.
🧙♀️ LINKY POOS
Formidable Vegetable's home on the web [https://formidablevegetable.com.au/]
Grow Do It [https://www.growdoit.org/] (Charlie & Brenna's hub of ecological goodness)
Find secret track Pirate Banana on Formidable Vegetable's Micro Biome CD, only available in person at gigs!
Vandana Shiva [https://vandanashivamovie.com/]
Bill Mollison & David Holmgren ~ Permaculture One [https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/permaculture-one-ebook/]
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