My guest today is Nathan Carlos Rupley. A member of my permaculture community, he spends his time as a stay-at-home dad, self employed-artist, and aspiring hunter-gatherer.
When not hanging out with his family or walking in the woods, you can find him reading about a wide range of subjects including simple living, foraging, native agriculture, natural building, “primitive” technology, philosophy, applied ecology, theology, and much more. He brings this knowledge to the table today as we discuss what he’s learning from the native plants of his ancestors.
The exploration of these plants and the related cultures provide insights into his place in the world and where he comes from. This leads to a conversation that ranges around a variety of thoughts including how we can learn more about plants and their uses by studying folk and Latin binomial names. What understanding ancestral plants can teach us about our identity. The impacts of colonization, on the colonized and colonizer. And being good mentors and ancestors now and for the future.
You can email Nate at nathanrupley@yahoo.com, with any comments, or questions, if you want to rewild your yard, or, if you’re ever in Central Pennsylvania, would like to join him for a foraging class or plant walk.
Resources
Nathan Carlos Rupley (Website)
Nathan Carlos Rupley (Patreon)
Nathan_Carlos_Rupley (Instagram)
Gathering on YouTube
Samuel Thayer / The Forager’s Harvest
Steve Brill
Backyard Medicine by Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal
Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast by Peter Del Tradici
Fandabi Dozi (YouTube)
Ron Eglash - The fractals at the heart of African designs (TED Talk)
Functional Hedgerows with Jude Hobbs
Replay: Sandor Katz - The Art of Wild Fermentation
Creating a Permaculture Life and Livelihood with Michael Judd
Replay: Natural Building, Community, and Opportunity
Replay: The Mudgirls Natural Building Collective
Replay: For the Love of PawPaws
Replay: Stephen Barstow - Around the World in 80 Plants
Replay: Lisa Rose - Midwest Foraging
Replay: Jason Godesky - Myth Making and Storytelling
Replay: Katrina Blair - The Wild Wisdom of Weeds
Replay: Craig Sponholtz - Regenerative Earthworks
Replay: Right Livelihood - Ben Weiss, Dave Jacke, and Charles Eisenstein
Replay: Jude Hobbs - What is a Permaculture Teacher Training?
Replay: Dr. Talia Fletcher - Holistic Veterinary Medicine
Replay: Community Food Systems and Abundance
Replay: The Commons
Review: The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk
Replay: Peacemaking and Permaculture
Ben Falk - Whole Systems Design & the Resilient Farm
Replay: Mastering Cheesemaking
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