Children in Permaculture Team

Meet the team

Lusi Alderslowe

Trainer, Facilitator, Co-Founder, CiP Coordinator for PA

Lusi is a permaculture educator living in SW Scotland, facilitating learning for both adults and children. The Children in Permaculture Coordinator and an educator member of the Permaculture Association, a Forest School Leader, a tutor for the Diploma in Appled Permaculture design and an author of the book 'Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share in Education: the Children in Permaculture Manual'.

Rakesh

Facilitator, Trainer, Co-Founder, Web developer

An experienced Permaculture designer and teacher; Forest Garden specialist; Yoga teacher; Homeopath and Reggae DJ. He has been growing food since he was a child, and has been designing and teaching edible landscaping, permaculture, forest gardening, etc since 2009. He is one of the founders of Children in Permaculture, Youth in Permaculture and the Roots n Permaculture project.

Gaye Amus

Trainer, Co-founder

Gaye Amus is an environmental educator specialized in early childhood education and is based in Helsinki, Finland. She is the Founder of Learning In Nature Ltd and is currently training educators internationally in nature pedagogy and outdoor education. She pioneered and co-founded the Children in Permaculture project.

Adéla Hrubá

Trainer

A Czech Permaculture designer, consultant and teacher; Specialist in the design and implementation of outdoor educational spaces for children. Her property is one of the Czech demonstration permaculture sites. She is a founder of Old varieties for schools and Garden without Fences community project. She is a co-author of the book Observe and Interact: How to share Permaculture with Children.

Nim Robins

Trainer

I am passionate about sharing permaculture and work with both children and adults in a range of settings. One of my specialisations is in permaculture design and education for children, and I spent several years re-wilding school playgrounds across the UK. I am now a trainer with Children in Permaculture, and co-teach on a variety of different courses.