Applewood Permaculture Centre

Regenerating lifestyles, landscapes and livelihoods

Our big vision & how we are making steps towards it

Welcome to Applewood Permaculture Centre


Our big vision is for an abundant and fair world where Earth and people are treated with respect.


Our mission (i.e. our positive steps to reach this big vision) is to provide inspiration, motivation and tools to enable people to be proactive in growing the ethics of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Shares.

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What is Permaculture?

Permacultre is a way of thinking about ourselves and the world differently. Through shifting our thinking and using the permaculture principles and design tools we are able to create the world we want.

While permaculture is often thought of as just a gardening and farming methods, it has many more applications for our well-being, effectiveness, community building, social structures, education, health-care and businesses.

What is Cultural Emergence?

Cultural Emergence is an invitation to create cultures of personal leadership, collective wisdom and Earth care.
It is a toolkit and book written by Looby Macnamara Emergence initiates breakthroughs that expand our thinking and enable us to build personal and collective resilience, and embody new ways of being and interacting. It nourishes and empowers us to design the world we want to live in.

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Meet the Applewood Team

Looby Macnamara and Chris Evans own and run Applewood Permaculture Centre. They are highly experienced facilitators, designers and authors, who have dedicated their lifetime's work to developing and sharing regenerative solutions for people and the planet.

Looby has published 4 books; Cultural Emergence, People and Permaculture, 7 Ways to Think Differently and Strands of Infinity and also has created the CEED Deck - Cultural Emergence Empowerment & Design Deck

At Applewood we create learning environments that enable and empower people to bring forth their own gifts and wisdom to manifest positive change in their lives and communities. We run courses at our training and demonstration centre, Applewood Permaculture Centre as well as online and internationally.

Our Current Courses

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Here is our Course List for - online & in person

You can see our full in person 2025  list here

To let us know which course you would like to attend please email Emma at applewoodcourses@yahoo.com

Or Check out our FAQ page here https://applewoodcourses.com/applewood-faqs/

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Online Courses

We have 8 online courses: ongoing, starting in 2024 and some starting in 2025

Bursary Places on Online PEACE course - We have 4 bursary places on offer for the online PEACE course. To apply click here. Applications close on the 15/10/24. Once we close for applications, we will use a random number generator to select the 4 people for a Free place, and let you know as soon after.

2024: Online Courses starting soon

Live Leading Mother Nature Circles Course  with Emma Gorbutt enrolments close 12/10/24 www.cultural-emergence.circle.so/c/live-mother-nature-circles-course/

PEACE - Peace Empowerment And Cultural Emergence Course with Looby, Jon Young & Leona Johnson starts 16th October 2024 www.applewoodcourses.com/uk_courses/online-peace-course-peace-empowerment-and-cultural-emergence/

2025: In person Courses

We have 13 amazing in person courses and free volunteer weeks coming up at Applewood in 2025. Click above to see the full list including all the information you need to help you choose your next learning adventure with us. 

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Cultural Emergence Empowerment & Design Deck - The CEED Deck

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Looby has created a hand drawn card deck that shares thinking tools, design tools, connection tools and reflection tools. Each of the 96 cards has beautiful artwork and wisdom for playful engagement and easy access. While it is a great companion to Looby’s books, People and Permaculture and Cultural Emergence the deck is also accessible for those completely new to Cultural Emergence and permaculture.

The card deck is here and you can now order it directly from Looby! 

What is Permaculture?
What is Cultural Emergence?
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