12/08/2026
Integrating after an incredible experience on this year’s Permaculture Design Course at Gaiasenter. I’m humbled by the wonderful humans who participated wholeheartedly!
My 13th PDC in 5 years - full of adventure, purpose, learning & unfolding as a facilitator.
When I took the course myself in 2015, I could sense that one day I would lead this training. It felt like my life had prepared me for it. My kinda thing!
The course is about remembering & learning how to think & design like nature - for all aspects of life.
My courses have extra focus on social permaculture - the tools & skills we need for the new paradigm, what Joanna Macy called “The Great Turning”.
How we organise, communicate, make decisions, navigate conflict, regenerate inner landscapes & create conditions for people and projects to thrive.
Most people come to the course for the gardening, but social permaculture is a large part of it. And living on site gives us a chance to actually practise together.
I love the magic that happens when we use these social tools to create spaces where people feel safe enough to be more of themselves - where they feel valued, seen & heard. To sit in circle, sing together, eat, share, create & work together.
We humans have all sorts of extraordinary practices for Earth Care, but are notoriously challenged when it comes to People Care! It may be uncomfortable sometimes, but social permaculture is the invisible weave holding our life-sustaining & world-changing movements & projects together.
And there’s no Earth Care without People Care. These times are calling us to step up our game. To practice with the tools & structures that create groups, organisations and relationships that last - and that support The Great Turning.
I am thrilled to have chosen this path of service to life. Supporting new generations of changemakers, parents, teachers, leaders, gardeners, activists and dreamers to keep your hearts open, follow your calling, be more authentically you - choose to laugh & feel alive as you play the part you’re here to play.
Thank you Gaiasenter. Thank you participants. Thank you co-teachers. Thank you life!