Applewood Permaculture Centre
Regenerating lifestyles, landscapes and livelihoods
Celebrating 10 Years of
People & Permaculture
Designing personal, collective and planetary well-being,
It’s been 10 years since Looby published People & Permaculture - Designing personal, collective and planetary well-being, in March 2012.
People & Permaculture is a pioneering book, it was the first book globally to explore how to use permaculture design and principles for people. It widened the definition of permaculture and takes it into the heart of our own lives, relationships and society. It helped launch and evolve the social permaculture movement.
People & Permaculture
Designing personal, collective and planetary well-being,
By Looby Macnamara
RRP £21 – buy signed copies at discounted price of £17
Over 300 pages filled with stories, illustrations and activities
Courses and Events Coming Up
PEACE Course 2022
16th to 21st August 2022
Facilitators: Looby Macnamara, Leona Johnson & Regina Paul
The PEACE Course - Peace Empowerment And Cultural Emergence, is an opportunity to deeply connect with ourselves, each other and the more than human world, finding peace and empowerment within ourselves.
Cultural Emergence Courses Connection Call
If you missed the Connection Call in July here is the recording with Looby Macnamara, Jon Young, Leona Johnstone and Regina Paul. They are sharing stories of Applewood and plans for the upcoming Cultural Emergence courses (PEACE, ACE and CEED) from August 2022 and to January 2023.
To find out when the next call is sign up to our newsletter here
Our big vision & how we are making steps towards it
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.
Corona Virus Update (edited 28th March 2022)
Like all of you we are living in a world where we now have the constant extra element to accommodate for when we schedule and plan our courses at Applewood. We have safely run in person courses in 2021, so that we can all feel safe, maximise learning and keep the social elements we all need and appreciate an integral part of our courses. We are fortunate that most of our courses take place in Spring, Summer and early Autumn and can be outside. We have a full season of in person courses booked this year, 2022 and will continue to work in the same safe way.
If when we get to the time of the course we have to cancel, we will offer the option of a full refund. If you have to drop out because you are ill or having to self isolate, we will also offer a full refund and you can always transfer your fees to another course.
E-mail Emma at applewoodcourses@yahoo.com if you would like to book on or be kept updated about a specific course and do sign up for our news letter to be kept up-to-date with all our news and coming course dates. Sign up to our news letter here.
Courses Available Now
2022 Courses
Sign up to our newsletter to be notified of new courses or email Emma to express interest in these ones below.
- PEACE Course - Peace, Empowerment And Cultural Emergence with Looby and guests at Applewood 16th-21st August 2022
- Forest Gardening Course with Chris at Applewood 3rd-4th September 2022
- ACE Course - Activating Cultural Emergence with Looby at Applewood 16th-18th September 2022
- Mothers as Natural Leaders Course With Looby and guest at Applewood 24th-25th September 2022
- Apple Picking & Juicing Week with Chris & Looby at Applewood 29th September- 3rd October 2022
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Applewood Permaculture Learning Adventure
A PDF Publication
Explore Cultural Emergence, Design Web, Permaculture, 8 shields and 7 Ways to Think Differently in this Applewood Adventure Folio.
Download this amazing resource of inspirations, photos, artwork and learnings created by one of our collaborators Delvin Solkinson.
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in - what more could they ask? A few flowers at their feet and above them the stars.
