Laurence Manchee

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Permaculture Homesteader, community manger and educator

About me

Laurence Manchee resides in Portugal on his 18-hectare homestead known as ‘Keela Permaculture Farm.’
This certified organic farm offers vegetable boxes, compost worms, worm castings, trees for food forests, homemade products, and eggs for sale.
It is set up for Permaculture and Natural Building courses and showcases their daily homesteading and permaculture practices.
Laurence’s responsibilities include:
Community leader
Being a certified educator for PDCs through the Permaculture Association UK.
Serving as the farm manager at Keela Permaculture Farm where he has established agroforests, natural buildings, livestock, and permaculture systems.
Leading courses on Natural Building, Food Forests, and Permaculture since 2017.
Consulting privately on Permaculture Design, Land Management, and Natural Building.
Supervising and teaching staff, volunteers, and interns to oversee the farm’s vegetable gardens, food forests, sheep, pigs, forest management, reforestation, and the growth of permaculture systems and natural buildings.
He has contributed as an author to various magazines, including Permaculture Magazine UK, which highlights his permaculture methods.
He is a speaker at numerous agricultural events throughout Portugal, discussing organic farming, agroforestry, and sustainable living.
Who should learn from Laurence? His courses are ideal for anyone looking to embark on an off-grid lifestyle, establish a homestead, agroforest, or permaculture farm.
They are hands-on courses designed to equip you for your project and assist you on your path.
His courses at Keela Permaculture Farm in Portugal are perfect because there is a diverse range of established and functioning permaculture systems for participants to observe and engage with.
These courses cater to individuals of all skill levels.
You can also learn more about Laurence by following his YouTube channel or watching his Instagram reels.

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  • English
  • Portuguese (Brazil)

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Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.

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