Alex TudoseFarm Manager  | Ana DigónCommunicator and Regenerative Event Organiser  | Andy GoldringCEO Permaculture Association (Britain)  | Beat RölliBiologist, Permaculture Designer, Farmer  | Charlie GrayEthnobotanist, Food Systems Designer, Seed Steward  | Charlotte KottuschResearch Assistant/VFPC Speaker  | Graham BurnettPositive solutions for regenerative futures  | India HamiltonRegenerative designer and entrepreneur  | Iris KunzeGeographer, expert on intentional communities  | Iryna KazakovaProject coordinator at NGO Permaculture in Ukraine  | Jóvenes en PermaculturaFeaturing Auba Riera & Eddie Brown  | Julie MathesJournalist focusing on environmental issues  | Jyoti FernandesFarmer and land rights activist  | La BolinaEcological, regenerative and intercultural association  | Mark Ridsdill SmithContainer gardener, author and teacher  | Matt SwarbrickOptimist and Tea Maker at Henbant  | Matteo MazzolaRegenerative farmer, consultant and educator  |
Morag GambleFounder, presenter and educator  | Murad AlkhufashMarda Permaculture Farm founder  | Pat MooneyAuthority on issues of global governance, corporate concentration, and intellectual property monopoly  | Pavlo ArdanovResearcher and lecturer. Co-founder of NGO Permaculture in Ukraine  | PermaMedPermaculture educators and practitioners  | Permayouth Hubs UgandaFeaturing Brenda Nakafeero & Rolande Ansima Casinga  | Perrine Hervé-GruyerPermaculture and agroecology consultant  | Peter BrooksSpatial researcher  | Pippa ChapmanBackyard forest gardener  | Precious PhiriSmallholder farmer, regenerative agriculture practitioner and trainer  | Rob HopkinsFounder of the Transition movement.  | Sheila DarmosAdvocate for Regenerative Farming  | Stephanie HaffertyGarden writer, consultant and designer  | Steve CharterFunding Coordinator PAB, iACT Project Lead  | Suzy RussellSupporting and promoting Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the UK  | Valerie SeitzOrganizing the transformation as a trainer, project developer and designer  |
Iris Kunze
DAY 3 - COMMUNITY SCALE
3 March 2023
16:00 - 19:00 GMT (London)
17:00 - 20:00 CET (Paris)
18:00 - 21:00 EET (Athens)
Day 3 Programme
Growing & sharing food in ecovillages
:: self-sufficiency :: community food systems :: eco-communities ::
Dr. Iris Kunze will give an input on ecovillage living with the focus on food which means setting food ideals, growing food, self-sufficiency and community food practice and organisation. This is nurtured from results of several research projects and yearlong living in eco-communities, mainly the ecovillage of Sieben Linden with 70% self-sufficiency and a community food system.
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The community vision in terms of food production is to develop a conscious consuming: the idea is thus to increase awareness of the impact of purchasing decisions on the environment and society in general. It is partly based on self-sufficiency on various products.
Several agricultural activities are held in Sieben Linden in that sense, with cultivation of around 2.5 hectares of gardens to provide the community with vegetables, fruits and aromatics.
A community garden has been created for local production: around 1 hectare (the area will be extended in the next months) are cultivated to provide vegetables for the community and guests. 4 employees and several volunteers work all year in the garden, they are regularly helped by other community members and volunteers when needed.
3 greenhouses (with an area of around 350m²) enable the production of vegetables which need hot temperatures during the summer: tomatoes, cucumbers, squashes, peppers and eggplants and the production of seedlings.
In total, around 50 different plants are cultivated every year in the community garden, using ecological methods and trying to reduce the use of tractors.
Check the detailed programme of the 5 days of the Forum:
