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.
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