Who are we?
Currently, there are mainly three groups of people involved in the project.
The initial Stewards
Andrew Langford |
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Benjamin L. Vidmar |
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Hannah Apricot Eckberg |
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John Schinnerer |
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Judith Lashbrook |
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Katja Urban |
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Mugove Walter Nyika |
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Suzie Cahn |
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The Volunteers
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Erin YoungThrough my involvement with the CoLab, I am hoping to achieve a sense of contribution to an effective and thriving global permaculture movement that is relevant and shaping of modern times. I primarily do this through supporting the social infrastructure of the movement with whole-systems governance and decision-making; ranging from the broader levels to the more detailed in how we operate together. Designing our people systems with a whole-systems approach - through effective feedback loops, transparency and equivalence of component parts - will allow the permaculture movement to be collaborative, agile, productive, resourceful and on-target. |
Ian Lillington
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Javiera Carrion
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Lachlan McKenzieAs a volunteer for the Permaculture Association Britain, I didn’t step into the CoLab work intentionally, rather that with my international support role and with CoLab under development this was the work that most required attention and fitted with my skills. On a personal achievements level, I’ve met and worked with many amazing people and have many new friends. I’ve become much more computer savvy as well as thinking and operating at strategic and global levels. In terms of CoLab itself, as part of the Next Big Step workshops at the IPC London 2015 I participated in the education sub group (now called IPEN - International Permaculture Education Network) because I want to see permaculture education progress and accelerate, providing a wider range of courses and resources in a wider range of languages and at a consistently high standard. I am continuing with this and, with my clear understanding of CoLab’s objectives, can see how CoLab can help IPEN achieve these objectives much more easily and effectively. Through working with other CoLab groups and projects IPEN can also draw on other emerging permaculture fields and in-turn offer them support through our work. I want to see permaculture become much more understood and utilised in general society, as a design tool and practice, ultimately to help push society rapidly past basic sustainability objectives to local-to-global regenerative actions. CoLab can be an important medium for this urgently needed change. |
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Martjin van der Kamp
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Robin ClayfieldGlobally I'd like to support the CoLab team with facilitation, creative process and ideas to assist in growing a cohesive, collaborative and rapidly responsive network of Permaculture groups and people from every country. |
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Russ Grayson
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The Technicians
Andy Goldring
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Naomi van der VeldenI like to bridge gaps and connect dots. The CoLab offers some powerful opportunities to share, strengthen and augment what we're doing with permaculture to enhance people's lives and improve our world. For me, there are three main things I hope we can achieve: |
Philipp GrunewaldThrough my engagement with the CoLab I am working towards a more equitable and reslient socio-ecological future. I am supporting people to be their best selves when it comes to collaborative working and collective impact. |
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And the people that helped make things happen along the way
April Sampson-Kelly, Armen Kazaryan, Ben Habib, Diana Hammill, Dominik Jais, Ed Walta, Gillian Kozicki, Graham Calder, Grifen Hope, Hannah Smith, Irina Sardarova, Jacqueline Dawn Faulkner, Jennifer Dauksha-Morgan, Koreen Brennan, Martin Dagoberto, Mogomotsi Ketlhaetse, Nandor Tanczos, Paul Cook, Paval Karpalau, Ryan Sandford-Blackburn, Scott Pitman, Star Hawk.