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.
Aimee Fenech, Paul Phillips, Hans Ryding, Alejandra Garcia, Anton Oussik
Group Accountability Officer – Aimee Fenech
Prototyping, Diversity, participation and engagement, Grow Project
Project description
Develop and deliver funding readiness training to CoLab members and allied networks.
Expected outcomes
Permaculture projects linked to CoLab and Allied Networks can access funding readiness training and are ultimately able to access more and better funding.
Aimee Fenech, Hans Ryding, Paul Phillips
Group Accountability Officer – Paul Phillips
Funding, Grow Project
(Previously named Digital Products Research and Development)
Expected outcomes for the GROW Project 2026-2028:
Research Report Published
Usable tools made available to the movement.
Aimee Fenech, Anton Oussik, Dominik Jais
Reporting Officer: Aimee Fenech
Aimee Fenech, Anton Oussik, Dominik Jais, Alejandra Garcia
Group Acountability Officer: Alejandra Garcia
Prototyping, Next Steps Project, GROW project
1. Identify CoLab / wider needs using information already available in the network, convergences report, previous meetings etc.
2. Document & Publish research already available & additional findings in the research phase.
3. Prototype new offerings, including installation, training and onboarding.
Some Digital products R&D happens in and around other work tasks, as and when small pieces of research into tools (eg best choices, alternatives etc) comes up. As such it can be tricky to track time accurately. Future larger pieces of more focused research will be simpler to track and log.
2. Record and release demos for tools used within the CoLab.
3. Support exploration into ethical digital tools for self-organised teams.
We have been working on increasing the data in our opensource tools database which can be found here: https://baserow.app.perma.earth/public/grid/rZ9jGD4PZEPpZHc5pBd3txQRbZ3XVA7is3iHqnTwdRM
People can contribute to the opensource tools database here: https://baserow.app.perma.earth/form/GAfk4jdzSjmEmO7NRoszF7PPhQ\_-5mDskj_EpXGO9aQ
We made a start at the research project for this year you can read about it here: https://cloud.perma.earth/f/715264
• Maintain the open source tools database through research and documentation- https://baserow.app.perma.earth/public/grid/rZ9jGD4PZEPpZHc5pBd3txQRbZ3XVA7is3 iHqnTwdRM (cap to 20% of the budget – 674 GBP)
• Complete research into slack alternative for the CoLab, facilitation of community consent process and implementation – 2696 GBP
• Team reporting, admin etc. (630 GBP)
September Update
The Digital Circle Research Team has nearly completed the Slack alternative report for the International Permaculture CoLab with two alternatives deployed for community testing. We will be looking to implement the solution in the coming months. You can read the report here: https://cloud.perma.earth/s/AZiwRxTaMJssfyf
Project description
To design and deliver a capacity-building permaculture e-learning program for the International Permaculture CoLab & its allied networks on an annual basis.
Expected outcomes
E-learning courses that are relevant to CoLab members and Allied Networks are developed and delivered and remain available as an on-demand resources at no cost to the learner.
Link to this project’s previous work as the MVA
Aimee Fenech, Jyo Maan
Group Accountability Officer – Jyo Maan
Training and eLearning, Grow Project
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