Charlie Mgee is a songwriter, ukulele-player, permaculture educator and founder of the world-renowned ecological funk/swing band, Formidable Vegetable. Growing up in a tin shed with a veggie garden, rainwater tank and one solar panel for power in the south-west of Western Australia, Charlie lived the low-impact life from a young age, with a composting toilet, chickens for entertainment and the basic requirements for a simple, happy existence.
Formidable Vegetable’s music has since garnered acclaim from the UN FAO, who praised the band for writing about the ‘important issues of our time’, made it onto the stages at Glastonbury Festival alongside such acts as Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry and The Rolling Stones and has inspired much regenerative community action at events around the world.