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Paul Wheaton is a permaculture advocate who promotes its ability to solve many of the world's problems. He was dubbed the 'Duke of Permaculture' by both Geoff Lawton and Sepp Holzer.

Paul Wheaton spreads permaculture in many, many ways: his youtube channel, podcasts, presentations, facebook, workshops and events at Wheaton Labs, articles, appearances on radio shows, and much more. Paul is the owner of permies.com, coderanch.com, wheaton-labs.com, freeheat.info, wood-oven.net and richsoil.com. He also offers a Permaculture Design Course and organic Master Gardener Program available for viewing at home, The PDC course incorporates 133 hours of video taken from a Permaculture Design Course and Appropriate Technology Course held at Wheaton Labs.

He began his journey toward permaculture innovation in 1995. At that time, he had created Bananacom, a program used to communicate between computers. He received his Advanced Master Gardener certificate in 1997, and started writing articles about permaculture techniques in 1999 (he also started a forum to discuss java programming at the same time). Five years later, in 2004, Paul started up his permaculture forums.

Paul Wheaton presented at TEDx Whitefish in 2014 on the subject of Really Saving Energy. More recently, Paul spoke at the Idaho Panhandle Preparedness Expo in Sandpoint, ID on Oct 1-2, 2022. He gave presentations on rocket mass heater technology and another on passive solar greenhouses. The passive solar greenhouse utilizes Paul's innovative development of the wofati natural building techniques of Mike Oehler. These have uses beyond greenhouses, including food storage and nearly undetectable underground (or partially underground) dwellings.

Earlier this year in May, Paul spoke at the Exit and Build Summit in Austin, TX. He gave presentations on building permaculture communities and another program on connecting elderly people who have land (but no one to bequeath it to) with industrious young people (who want land but can't afford it.) The program is called SKIP: Skills to Inherit Property, and is an educational and training program designed to impart homesteading skills. These 'industrious young people' may not have all the skills needed to take over the responsibilities of a homestead. SKIP is unique in that there is a specific, dedicated curriculum geared for an intended practical outcome.

In early 2023, Paul presented a series of free talks at Missoula Public Library called Permaculture with Paul Wheaton. The talks were recorded by MCAT Community Media on the topics, Free, Earth Friendly Heat and Devious Experiments for a Truly Passive Greenhouse.

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