About Permaculture Impact
Permaculture Impact is created by permaculturists for permaculturists.
We have been helped by several community based permaculture projects who have worked with us to develop ideas and test course content.
Meet our Team
Kate Swatridge
Co-Founder and Core Contibutor
Kate is an analytical consultant, project manager and permaculturist. Alongside her work at Permaculture Impact, she works on evaluation at the International Permaculture CoLab, and is a director and fellow at The Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems in the UK. She studied permaculture in Malawi, and helps to steward the Malawi Schools Permaculture Clubs project.
Aimee Fenech
Core Contibutor
Aimee Fenech is a member of the Digital Circle team supporting the Permaculture Impact Project.
An experienced freelance project manager, land steward, group process facilitator, permaculture teacher and student.
Mayi Lekuona
Core Contibutor
Mayi is a Basque biologist, permaculture designer and diploma tutor. She is the co-founder of Maïa Permaculture Cooperative (www.maiapermaculture.com) where she applies integrated systems design thinking and permaculture ethics to promote nature-friendly, regenerative lifestyles by designing sustainable spaces based on permaculture, empowering agents of transformation, both through training and nature experiences, and facilitating participatory processes to promote community transformation.
Her multilingual abilities and her interest in social permaculture led her to the Permaculture Impact project where she can help other projects developing resilient and regenerative communities.
Candida Shinn
Research & Analysis
Candida Shinn joined the Permaculture Impact team in 2024.
Elodie da Silva
Course Writer
Elodie holds a PhD in Soil Sciences with extensive research and working experience in soil quality, monitoring, and evaluation in Brazil and Portugal. At Mud Valley Institute, she is responsible for setting up and executing tests and experiments, and monitoring and evaluation of soil-related metrics. She is passionate about sharing soil and compost topics in different educational contexts and programs.
Alejandra Garcia
Communications and Marketing
Alejandra is a communications and digital marketing consultant with a creative background. An advocate for a positive and interconnected relationship with nature. This belief informs her work in both the corporate and charitable worlds. She is an expert in digital strategy and IT and is skilled in delivering high-performing domestic and international campaigns across multiple online and traditional platforms.
Anne-Marie Mayer
Co-Founder
Anne-Marie was a co-founder of ‘Permaculture Impact’.
She is a Nutrition and Agriculture Consultant providing Research, Design and Training for Sustainable Development.
She is currently providing training and consulting on nutrition and the links to permaculture and evaluation.
Luis Tiago
Branding & Tech Support
The Digital Circle Team
Web Development & Tech Support
All the projects, communities & fantastic volunteers!
Course Reviews and User Experience Feedback
PARTNERS
Permaculture Impact is a project of The Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems, in partnership with Permaculture Association Britain. Its development has been funded through a grant from a charitable foundation, and materials are free to use for all.
You can make a donation to support this project here.
