Netherlands

  • Country: The Netherlands
  • Organisation Name: Aardwerk (Key contact: Leo Bakx)
  • Created/ Founded in: 2009
  • Aim: Permaculture is for everyone
  • Objectives: Get professionals as well as general public to embrace and apply permaculture in their daily life
  • Activities: Permaculture Education & Design, Estate Management
  • Members (No. etc.):1-20+ (Leo Bakx with group of volunteers and independent collaborators)
  • Target Group: professionals, youth, adults, seniors

Participants (EPT Meeting Germany)

  • Belinda van der Pool – Green Happiness Academy (2012)
  • Irma Abelskamp – Leerschool Permacultuur Friesland (2009)
  • Monique Wijn – De Godin, eetbaar landschap (2002)
  • Fiona Morris - TTVallei (2010)/ Atelier Rabbit (2012)
  • Leo de Groot - Transition Town Parksjtad (2009)

Needs

  • National co-operation(an umbrella platform/network/organisation) to enable social gathering, training of trainers/advanced learning, financial strategies, access to land/ affect land laws.
  • Communication tools (nationally)
    • Newsletter
    • Common website
    • Gatherings
    • Umbrella organisation
    • Common protocol for communication
  • Conflict resolution tools (& finding connections) national level
  • Local group empowerment
  • Communication of diversity
  • Standardisation of certificates
  • Research (effects and results)
  • Collective and clear aims & objectives
  • Educational material in Dutch and for Dutch circumstances
  • International exchange – clarifying and collecting:
    • What’s happening
    • Who is who
    • What is where

Contributions (inc. strengths)

  • (official) Leading publishing of results (website/iBooks/PDFs)
  • (official) Collaborate/lead with Bulgaria to create educational permaculture game (working title: GreenDragons)
  • Diversity of pioneers and organisation (by region and topic)
  • Interactive digital plant database - translated and derived from PFAF database
  • Big, specialised network active on Google Groups and Facebook
  • Many PDCs (± 12 per year) and courses
  • Strong cooperation with Transition Towns movement
  • Many applied projects
  • Contact with universities/ schools/ agricultural colleges and universities
  • Translation NL-EN, EN-NL

Organisation Contacts

Contact PersonWebsite/sEmail/s
Leo Bakxaardwerk.org; atelier.aardwerk.orgleo [at] aardwerk [dot] org (leo[at]aardwerk[dot]org)

Work team

Leo de Grootwww.parksjtad.transitiontowns.nlinfo [at] parksjtad [dot] transitiontowns [dot] nl (info[at]parksjtad[dot]transitiontowns[dot]nl)
Belinda vd Poolgroengeluk.blogspot.comgroengeluk [at] yahoo [dot] com (groengeluk[at]yahoo[dot]com)
Irma Abelskampwww.leerschoolpermacultuur.nlinfo [at] leerschoolpermacultuur [dot] nl (info[at]leerschoolpermacultuur[dot]nl)
Monique Wijnwww.degodin.nlinfo [at] degodin [dot] nl (info[at]degodin[dot]nl)
Fiona Morristtpermatuin.wordpress.comttpermatuin [at] gmail [dot] com (ttpermatuin[at]gmail[dot]com)
Fransje de Waard nl.linkedin.com/in/fransjedewaardfdewaard [at] me [dot] com (fdewaard[at]me[dot]com)

Silent partners

Martin de WolffFontys Lerarenopleiding Tilburgm [dot] dewolf [at] fontys [dot] nl (m[dot]dewolf[at]fontys[dot]nl)
René ParéMAD emergent art centermad [at] dse [dot] nl (mad[at]dse[dot]nl)
  • Country: The Netherlands
  • Organisation Name: Aardwerk (Key contact: Leo Bakx)
  • Created/ Founded in: 2009
  • Aim: Permaculture is for everyone
  • Objectives: Get professionals as well as general public to embrace and apply permaculture in their daily life
  • Activities: Permaculture Education & Design, Estate Management
  • Members (No. etc.):1-20+ (Leo Bakx with group of volunteers and independent collaborators)
  • Target Group: professionals, youth, adults, seniors

Participants (EPT Meeting Germany)

  • Belinda van der Pool – Green Happiness Academy (2012)
  • Irma Abelskamp – Leerschool Permacultuur Friesland (2009)
  • Monique Wijn – De Godin, eetbaar landschap (2002)
  • Fiona Morris - TTVallei (2010)/ Atelier Rabbit (2012)
  • Leo de Groot - Transition Town Parksjtad (2009)

Needs

  • National co-operation(an umbrella platform/network/organisation) to enable social gathering, training of trainers/advanced learning, financial strategies, access to land/ affect land laws.
  • Communication tools (nationally)
    • Newsletter
    • Common website
    • Gatherings
    • Umbrella organisation
    • Common protocol for communication
  • Conflict resolution tools (& finding connections) national level
  • Local group empowerment
  • Communication of diversity
  • Standardisation of certificates
  • Research (effects and results)
  • Collective and clear aims & objectives
  • Educational material in Dutch and for Dutch circumstances
  • International exchange – clarifying and collecting:
    • What’s happening
    • Who is who
    • What is where

Contributions (inc. strengths)

  • (official) Leading publishing of results (website/iBooks/PDFs)
  • (official) Collaborate/lead with Bulgaria to create educational permaculture game (working title: GreenDragons)
  • Diversity of pioneers and organisation (by region and topic)
  • Interactive digital plant database - translated and derived from PFAF database
  • Big, specialised network active on Google Groups and Facebook
  • Many PDCs (± 12 per year) and courses
  • Strong cooperation with Transition Towns movement
  • Many applied projects
  • Contact with universities/ schools/ agricultural colleges and universities
  • Translation NL-EN, EN-NL

Organisation Contacts

Contact PersonWebsite/sEmail/s
Leo Bakxaardwerk.org; atelier.aardwerk.orgleo [at] aardwerk [dot] org (leo[at]aardwerk[dot]org)

Work team

Leo de Grootwww.parksjtad.transitiontowns.nlinfo [at] parksjtad [dot] transitiontowns [dot] nl (info[at]parksjtad[dot]transitiontowns[dot]nl)
Belinda vd Poolgroengeluk.blogspot.comgroengeluk [at] yahoo [dot] com (groengeluk[at]yahoo[dot]com)
Irma Abelskampwww.leerschoolpermacultuur.nlinfo [at] leerschoolpermacultuur [dot] nl (info[at]leerschoolpermacultuur[dot]nl)
Monique Wijnwww.degodin.nlinfo [at] degodin [dot] nl (info[at]degodin[dot]nl)
Fiona Morristtpermatuin.wordpress.comttpermatuin [at] gmail [dot] com (ttpermatuin[at]gmail[dot]com)
Fransje de Waard nl.linkedin.com/in/fransjedewaardfdewaard [at] me [dot] com (fdewaard[at]me[dot]com)

Silent partners

Martin de WolffFontys Lerarenopleiding Tilburgm [dot] dewolf [at] fontys [dot] nl (m[dot]dewolf[at]fontys[dot]nl)
René ParéMAD emergent art centermad [at] dse [dot] nl (mad[at]dse[dot]nl)