by Alejandra Garcia | Jun 15, 2026
A podcast series that wants to inform, share, and create an archive about Permaculture Convergences and how the very existence of the CoLab is linked to those in real life events that try to keep the momentum in an ever changing fast-paced world. Our team will interview various key figures in the Permaculture movement with the objective of sharing their journeys, collecting testimonies, and offering once more the case for coherence in the global movement.
Charlie Wilson
Alejandra Garcia
Anton Oussik
Emergent festival, Grow project
Produce a podcast series documenting Permaculture Convergences and their relationship to the CoLab through interviews with key figures in the movement. The project will deliver seven edited podcast episodes in mp3 format, each published with a brief bio on the CoLab website. It is achievable within the capacity of our 3 members working group during the Emergent Festival timeframe, based on pre production, postcast sessions and post-production plus website update. The series is relevant to CoLab’s work and its VMAs as it contributes to strengthening shared understanding of permaculture convergence history, practice, and coherence across the wider movement. All episodes and associated materials will be completed and publicly shared by the end of the Emergent Festival. And could be use for future outreach by the CoLab circles.
contact links
contact@perma.earth
by Alejandra Garcia | Jun 15, 2026
This project will open a conversation with organisations aligned with permaculture to explore how existing maps and datasets can be linked. By doing so, it supports collaboration, reduces duplication and makes the movement and its allies more visible and accessible worldwide. Ultimately, it helps communities see the many initiatives driving change, all in one shared map. This builds on important work already developed for the existing Global Permaculture Map and involves moving it to a platform where hosting costs are covered, helping reduce ongoing expenses while ensuring long-term sustainability.
Current map can be found at https://map.perma.earth/
Details of the previous project that produced it can be found at https://perma.earth/project/global-permaculture-movement-map/
Aimee Fenech
Anton Oussik
Maria Paez
Emergent festival, Grow project
• Migrate the map to the CoLab website to reduce project costs and ensure long term sustainability of the project by the end of the project.
• Convene organisations and networks hosting their own maps to discuss how we can use Murmurations protocol effectively, enabling 1 map – many ways of displaying it – each network maintaining their own dataset. This reduces maintenance overhead for the team and forge close knit collaborations within the permaculture and aligned movements. Some candidates EUPN, GEN, ECOLISE, Transition Movement, Agroecology Map.
• By the end of this project we will have some clear next steps to move this project forward as an important asset to the permaculture movement and everyone involved.
More information about this project can be found here: https://map.perma.earth/about/ & https://perma.earth/project/global-permaculture-movement-map/
contact links
contact@perma.earth
by hansryding | Mar 27, 2026
Project description
Tech support & hosting fund to cover digital services and hosting costs provided by the Digital Circle Services to 3rd party initiatives which may qualify as movement assets.
Tech support & hosting fund to cover digital services and hosting costs for the CoLab and it’s circles including web hosting and other support software.
Expected outcomes
Tech support & hosting fund to cover digital services and hosting costs provided by the Digital Circle Services
CoLab websites remain live. CoLab members and GROW contributors are able to work and collaborate efficiently and effectively.
Open Collective
Aimee Fenech, Anton Oussik, Julius Pisch-Johannsen
Group Acountability Officer: Anton Oussik
Digital services, GROW project
by charliewilson | Mar 27, 2026
Project Description
Ethical digital tools awareness and literacy training to support CoLab members and the extended permaculture movement.
Expected Outcomes
Increased ethical literacy in the movement with a resulting reduction in carbon footprint.
Open Collective
Aimee Fenech, Anton Oussik, Dominik Jais, Alejandra Garcia, Julius Pisch-Johannsen
Group Accountability Officer: Anton Oussik
GROW Project, Training and eLearning
by charliewilson | Mar 20, 2026
Project description
To carry out permaculture enterprise activities, including incubation support, and promoting and enhancing already existing services for innovation and business development.
Expected outcomes.
The development of new businesses and supporting existing ones to flourish.
Open Collective
Aimee Fenech, Paul Phillips, Hans Ryding, Alejandra Garcia, Anton Oussik
Group Accountability Officer – Aimee Fenech
Prototyping, Diversity, participation and engagement, Grow Project
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