Yuramin - Guardians of the Land

Lola Byron is a Permaculture and Natural Building facilitator, practitioner and consultant. After traveling the globe with her young family, she now lives, works, teaches, builds and raises her 2 children in Southern Portugal. In 2020 Lola created  The Women Natural Builders Collective, a safe and empowering learning space and network for women builders worldwide. She has built and taught internationally for the past 9 years, spent 3 years as the Natural Building Manager at Panya Project, Thailand, and has been a consultant and project manager with Surplus Permaculture Design since 2017. This interview was recorded in September 2022 during a 10 days Natural Building Workshop, at A Quinta in south of Portugal, lead by Lola and her incredible team. We took part on this learning adventure and the opportunity to spend time in a very unique environment with people from all over the world, finishing the days full of mud. In this episode Lola shares with tears in her eyes her journey and motivation to be a natural builder with all heart and feet on the earth.  More infos https://www.womensnaturalbuilding.org Interview by @marco.sukop Illustration by @agua_bel Musicby Terra Livre and Nanan - **Yuramin is a community-powered, in(ter)dependent podcast driven by the direct support of our listeners and readers. If you like our work please leave a contribution : www.yuramin.org/support-us**

Helder Valente is acting as a recognized permaculture teacher for more than a decade, researching & implementing sustainability principles in a wide variety of environments. He has been learning and working with recognized elder permaculturists Bill Mollison, Geoff Lawton, Sepp Holzer and many more in the major world climatic regions and we are super happy having had the opportunity to meet and exchange with him at Festança Permaculture festival in Portugal 22. In this episode Helder shares about his journey to the Amazon jungle and reveals unexpected realities and challenges some of the indigenous tribes are facing to survive in these times. Interview with Helder Valente Music by Luiz Gabriel Lopes Illustration by Aguabel - **Yuramin is a community-powered, in(ter)dependent podcast driven by the direct support of our listeners and readers. If you like our work please leave a contribution : www.yuramin.org/support-us**

Benji Paola, also known as Sister Benji or "Reggae Queen" has inspired us and many people to live joyfully with nature in a sustainable way. In the 90´s she and her partner returned from Holland to the countryside of Portugal without financial resources. With nothing more than love and confidence they managed to get some land and a ruin where they built up a healthy base to raise four children. Together they got known as the ONE LOVE Family, one of Portugals first reggae bands. Nowadays she takes care of the land by herself and frequently receives people who come to learn and experience her way of life – always seeking truth and love for the divine creation. Music by One Love Family Band Illustration by Aguabel - **Yuramin is a community-powered, in(ter)dependent podcast driven by the direct support of our listeners and readers. If you like our work please leave a contribution : www.yuramin.org/support-us**

Annelieke van der Sluijs was born in the Netherlands and moved her life to Portugal many years ago, where she lives now in a lovely tiny house where she cares for several bee hives including the bees of Tamera EcoVillage. As a co-founder and holistic researcher of the BeeWisdom network she shares her passion and teachings of healing the relationship with the land through bees and trees. We are grateful and honored for this interview, in which she is talking about her deep love journey with the "bee deva". more info at www.beewisdom.earth Interview with Annelieke van der SluijsIllustration by AguabelMusic by Romana Asherah, Gabriella Songbird & Daniel Bornmann **Yuramin is a community-powered, in(ter)dependent podcast driven by the direct support of our listeners and readers. If you like our work please leave a contribution : www.yuramin.org/support-us**