The Sustainable Living Podcast

Episode 99 Permaculture and agorism. Both offer methods for changing the world for the better. And both have become hot topics over the last several years, thanks to independent thinkers and alternative online media. In this week's episode of the podcast, I had the chance to engage in an exhilarating discussion about these topics with Eric McCool. , Eric is using his webisite, Permagora,  to highlight ways in which people can combine permaculture with agorism for the betterment of humans and planet Earth. Non-Agression, Permaculture and Agorism During the chat, I explain how I have been exploring the ideas of voluntaryism (sometimes referred to as anarchism) and agorism and what spurred this exploration. I've learned that, voluntaryism, is not the absence of rules. Rather, it's the absence of authority or hierarchical structures.  At its core, is the non-agression principle which decries the use of violence or coercion on others for any reason except self-defense. My "wake up" moment  came when my son, throug