Permaculture Teachers

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

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

(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

Contact Person	Website/s	Email/s
Leo Bakx	aardwerk.org; atelier.aardwerk.org	leo [at] aardwerk [dot] org (leo[at]aardwerk[dot]org)
Work team
Leo de Groot	www.parksjtad.transitiontowns.nl	info [at] parksjtad [dot] transitiontowns [dot] nl (info[at]parksjtad[dot]transitiontowns[dot]nl)
Belinda vd Pool	groengeluk.blogspot.com	groengeluk [at] yahoo [dot] com (groengeluk[at]yahoo[dot]com)
Irma Abelskamp	www.leerschoolpermacultuur.nl	info [at] leerschoolpermacultuur [dot] nl (info[at]leerschoolpermacultuur[dot]nl)
Monique Wijn	www.degodin.nl	info [at] degodin [dot] nl (info[at]degodin[dot]nl)
Fiona Morris	ttpermatuin.wordpress.com	ttpermatuin [at] gmail [dot] com (ttpermatuin[at]gmail[dot]com)
Fransje de Waard	nl.linkedin.com/in/fransjedewaard	fdewaard [at] me [dot] com (fdewaard[at]me[dot]com)
Silent partners
Martin de Wolff	Fontys Lerarenopleiding Tilburg	m [dot] dewolf [at] fontys [dot] nl (m[dot]dewolf[at]fontys[dot]nl)
René Paré	MAD emergent art center	mad [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

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

(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

Contact Person	Website/s	Email/s
Leo Bakx	aardwerk.org; atelier.aardwerk.org	leo [at] aardwerk [dot] org (leo[at]aardwerk[dot]org)
Work team
Leo de Groot	www.parksjtad.transitiontowns.nl	info [at] parksjtad [dot] transitiontowns [dot] nl (info[at]parksjtad[dot]transitiontowns[dot]nl)
Belinda vd Pool	groengeluk.blogspot.com	groengeluk [at] yahoo [dot] com (groengeluk[at]yahoo[dot]com)
Irma Abelskamp	www.leerschoolpermacultuur.nl	info [at] leerschoolpermacultuur [dot] nl (info[at]leerschoolpermacultuur[dot]nl)
Monique Wijn	www.degodin.nl	info [at] degodin [dot] nl (info[at]degodin[dot]nl)
Fiona Morris	ttpermatuin.wordpress.com	ttpermatuin [at] gmail [dot] com (ttpermatuin[at]gmail[dot]com)
Fransje de Waard	nl.linkedin.com/in/fransjedewaard	fdewaard [at] me [dot] com (fdewaard[at]me[dot]com)
Silent partners
Martin de Wolff	Fontys Lerarenopleiding Tilburg	m [dot] dewolf [at] fontys [dot] nl (m[dot]dewolf[at]fontys[dot]nl)
René Paré	MAD emergent art center	mad [at] dse [dot] nl (mad[at]dse[dot]nl)