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Permayouth Youth-led global network of young permaculture people

  • Regions: GEN Africa, GEN Europe, GEN International, GENNA, GENOA
  • Impact: Global
  • Areas of Regeneration:
    • Social
      • Diversity & Cohesion
      • Leadership & Governance
      • Trust & Communication
    • Culture
      • Art & Celebration
      • Defend & Protect
      • Mindfulness & Self Reflection
      • Nature Connection
      • Vision & Purpose
      • Wisdom & Innovation
    • Integral Design
      • Alliance Building
      • Contextualised Design
      • Leading from the Future
      • Whole Systems Thinking
    • Ecology
      • Ecosystem Restoration
      • Green Building
      • Renewable Energy & Transport
      • Seeds, Food & Soil
      • Water Cycles
      • Zero Waste
    • Economy
      • Planetary Boundaries
      • Responsible Consumption
      • Sharing & Collaboration
      • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Stage:
    • Opening to the Unexpected

Each week young people from around the world gather together via zoom to explore what permaculture means in their local context, to learn about different ways of thinking about it and applying it. We are based at Crystal Waters Permaculture village and connect young people in other ecovillages and permaculture communities and projects around the world. This group is led by young people for young people, with Mentors from around the world too - Morag Gamble, Rosemary Morrow, Hannah Apricot … Read more

Feedback skills Giving or receiving feedback is the Art of keeping our mind and our heart open to always be a student.

    • Areas of Regeneration:
      • Social
        • Diversity & Cohesion
        • Leadership & Governance
        • Trust & Communication
      • Culture
        • Vision & Purpose
      • Integral Design
        • Leading from the Future
    • Stage:
      • Opening to the Unexpected

    Increase our ability to give and receive feedback as a team will help us grow. Developing this capacity will help us face major conflicts or prevent them escalating. However, we need to be careful with the context in which people are not used to give and receive feedback. It is important to note the target goal, and my intention: am I releasing something and feeling better, or will this feedback serve to the common good? REFERENCES: https://www.cnvc.org/ … Read more

    The Money Game What does money really represent?

      • Areas of Regeneration:
        • Social
          • Trust & Communication
        • Economy
          • Planetary Boundaries
      • Stage:
        • Opening to the Unexpected

      Play the money game! Rules as follows: 1. Each participant is asked to bring a sum of money that it would be an ‘edge’ for them to lose 2. Each participant reflects on what money means to them 3. Sitting in a circle, each person puts their money in front of them on, visible for all to see There are then three rounds (7­15 minutes each, usually around 10 minutes / round) 4. First round – in silence. Each person takes money as they need. There is no order of play ­ people simply take as … Read more

      Social Franchising Social franchising is a method for scaling up social enterprises by replicating existing well­functioning good examples.

        • Areas of Regeneration:
          • Economy
            • Planetary Boundaries
            • Sharing & Collaboration
            • Social Entrepreneurship
        • Stage:
          • Opening to the Unexpected

        The European Social Franchising Network (ESFN) has found some 65 social franchises in Europe. The largest of these, the Kringwinkel second­hand shops in Flanders, employs nearly 5,000 people, of whom 80% are disabled. Social franchising comprises three phases: 1. Pilot: identification of a business model which works well in at least one instance, and is transferable to other contexts 2. Development: codification of business processes to create tools such as a franchise agreement, … Read more

        Project Management Making things happen on time, on budget and with ease

          • Areas of Regeneration:
            • Social
              • Diversity & Cohesion
              • Leadership & Governance
            • Culture
              • Vision & Purpose
            • Economy
              • Social Entrepreneurship
          • Stage:
            • Opening to the Unexpected

          Planning and managing projects are core to your work as a social entrepreneur. Within any project, you will have to manage your resources ­ people, time, money, materials, tools ­ and combine them to get things done. And you need to do all this in a way that ensure you do not run out of money, lose your team, or become despondent. Ultimately, you are doing what you are doing because you love it! So, if you are not loving it, it is a good sign that something is wrong. Setting up a project … Read more

          The Laws of Manifestation How to attract the resources necessary to do what you need to do.

            • Areas of Regeneration:
              • Culture
                • Wisdom & Innovation
              • Economy
                • Banking & Exchange
            • Stage:
              • Opening to the Unexpected

            Working with spiritual principles can be very helpful here. David Spangler, one of the pioneers of the Findhorn Foundation community, set out some key principles in publications on “The Laws of Manifestation”. It is not simply a case of invoking and inviting money and resources to achieve whatever you want. It is more a case of ‘tuning in’ to what the universe, or Spirit, is asking for. If your project is really in the service of something greater, and if you are really fully aligned in … Read more

            Finances ­ Money & Resources The Blood of your Business

              • Areas of Regeneration:
                • Economy
                  • Social Entrepreneurship
              • Stage:
                • Opening to the Unexpected

              Money and how we use it is currently an essential element within the social fabric of our world.. So, the first step to accessing it is to think about money and research some theories about what it is. The second step is to know how much money you need to set up your business and then to make it flow. The third step is to know where to get money from...where are the various sources? The fourth step is to know how to attract it and keep it flowing. Core idea : One core idea that is at the … Read more

              Crowdfunding The practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people.

                • Areas of Regeneration:
                  • Economy
                    • Banking & Exchange
                    • Social Entrepreneurship
                • Stage:
                  • Opening to the Unexpected

                The crowdfunding model is fueled by three types of actors: the project initiator who proposes the idea and/or project to be funded; individuals or groups who support the idea; and a moderating organization (the "platform") that brings the parties together to launch the idea. These sites allow businesses to pool small investments from a number of investors instead of forcing companies to look for a single investment. It's a good way to involve your network in your project. It goes beyond … Read more

                Co­working Space Creating fertile Working space together

                  • Areas of Regeneration:
                    • Economy
                      • Social Entrepreneurship
                  • Stage:
                    • Opening to the Unexpected

                  To “start doing” what you want it is much easier when it is done together. Get a room, some chairs and a diverse group of people and you can create a co­working space. This means creating settings where there is no “new input” or “stuff to be done”, but a creative space where people can do what they need or want to do for their own project. This is what we call “Co­working Space. It can be a fixed space with table, chairs, meeting rooms and all that is required in an office structure. You … Read more

                  Collective Wisdom How the whole becomes more than the sum of the parts

                    • Areas of Regeneration:
                      • Social
                        • Diversity & Cohesion
                      • Culture
                        • Wisdom & Innovation
                    • Stage:
                      • Opening to the Unexpected

                    We need to reinstate meaningful conversations at every level of society. We need to learn how to creatively express our individual diversity and potential, without attachment to being right, contributing our piece to the jigsaw puzzle of life. We start listening for new connections and win­win­win outcomes instead of holding onto knowledge we already have. References: ● Briskin, Alan, Sheryl Erickson, John Ott, and Tom Callanan. The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective … Read more

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