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