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Geoff Lawton, International Permaculture teacher and designer from Australia looks at applying permaculture to engage the world's challenges of peaking fossil fuels, global warming, and a fragile global food system – and comes to the conclusion "All the worlds problems can be solved in a Garden".
 Geoff's Convergence Blog
From working with the aboriginals in the Australian outback, to greening the desert in the Dead Sea of Jordan (view video), to providing post-tsunami reconstruction in Thailand and New Orleans, Geoff Lawton has done it all; thinking and acting both locally and globally. Geoff's work takes you on an adventure you won't forget. Hear about his life and times in permaculture, his journey, work, challenges, and opportunities.
Geoff’s career in permaculture started in 1983, when he received his
Permaculture Design Certificate. He started developing his own suburban
backyard before venturing to large scale properties and overseas
projects. He developed ”Permaculture Noosa” on Queensland’s Sunshine
Coast as a thriving, active community. In 1995 Geoff achieved his
Permaculture Diploma in areas of Education, Design, Implementation,
System Establishment, Administration and Community Development. Geoff
is renowned for his earthworks designs and projects.
In 1997 Bill Mollison, the founder of the Permaculture
movement, retired and asked Geoff to establish a Permaculture Research
Institute at Tagari Farms in Australia. The Permaculture Research
Institute operates as a global networking center for permaculture
projects around the world, including most recently, Quailsprings
Permaculture Farm & Learning Oasis in New Cuyama, California.
Geoff Lawton is one of the world's foremost experts in
permaculture, providing consulting, designing, teaching and project
implementation for clients that include private individuals, groups,
communities, governments, aid organizations, non-government
organizations and multi-national companies. Lawton has served clients
in 17 different countries, including Jordan , Iraq , Egypt , USA ,
Mexico , Macedonia , Vietnam , Costa Rica , Brazil , Ecuador, Peru ,
England , Denmark , Australia and the South Pacific.
Permaculture
Research Institute
www.permaculture.org.au
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