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  |
Steve Charter
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
iACT: How to design and run centres for activating community transformation
:: learning projects :: guidance & tools ::
This session will present the mission and outputs of the iACT project, which is focused on the vital role of learning and demonstration projects in growing our movements.
It will focus on the support system of tools, good practice guidance and related resources the iACT project has created for those that are establishing new or running existing permaculture / regenerative / sustainability learning and demonstration projects, whether these are following the LAND Centre model, or are ecovillages, transition hubs or other types of projects.
Participation activities during the session will be focused on determining the needs, opportunities and potential of both centres themselves, and national / European support systems.
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Steve has worked in the sustainability sector since the 1990s, particularly in the sustainable construction training sector, and has a long history of involvement in innovative and pioneering sustainability projects.
He did his PDC in 1994, completed his Diploma in 2001 and has led around 20 PDCs in Spain and the UK. Steve is Fundraising Coordinator at the Permaculture Association (Britain) and is a co-founding Director of Evolution Music Ltd, with a key role around sustainability, R&D project planning and strategy.
In his early career Steve was a successful export executive selling steel bars to Americans and Canadians, and buying them from Yorkshireman. He then returned to university to complete a prize winning MA Environmental Planning (University of Nottingham, 1992) in order to switch his work to the sustainability field.
Check the detailed programme of the 5 days of the Forum:
