Permaculture Teachers

The following pages are about the history of the European Permaculture Teachers Partnership - until 2024.

The European Permaculture Teachers’ Partnership (short: ‘EPT’, European PC Teachers) has 12 official Partnership organisations funded by the EU-programme Leonardo DaVinci and several non-funded Partner organisations all over Europe – the number is growing. Currently, more than 150 people are connected through this partnership.

On the following pages you will find:

What we want (aims and objectives of the EPT)
Who we were (partners and people)
How we collaborated (work structure, meeting reports, and more)
Funding opportunities (project applications for inspiration and collaboration)
Beyond EPT (further initiatives that evolved from the EPT)
- Apprenticing and Mentoring
- Children in Permaculture
- EU Core Curriculum
- Permaculture College of Europe
- PLAN
- PLANT
How to join (contributions, networking, information)
Links (related networks)

The EPT in numbers:

92 pages of application form filled in
220.000 Euros in European funding (Lifelong Learning Programme, "Leonardo da Vinci")
12 funded partner countries
11 additional partner countries
7 transnational plus several smaller bi- or transnational meetings over the course of 2 years
each meeting: 1 week, 50 people, a total of 150 different participants (half male / half female)
meetings accompanied by pre- and post-events (teacher trainings, site visits to permaculture projects)
7 major topics worked on: educational structures, methods for teaching, curricula, timetables and content of courses, best practice on pc sites, widening participation, livelihoods, publishing materials online (all with a number of subtopics)
250+ subscriptions to bi-monthly newsletter
4+ national PC organisations founded or in the making
10+ follow-up and side projects initiated
2015: continuation of EPT-network at the International Permaculture Convergence in London
... and loads more!