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Can Advocacy and Listening co-exist? — the Art of Conversation – part 2
First published on Medium - Aug 20, 2022, written by Aimee Fenech Bringing my question whilst being myself, listening with my experience, my identity, my context and my emotional state. When the starting point may already be laborious, in cases where we already know...
Listening with Presence, the Art of Conversation (part 1)
First published on Medium - Aug 19, 2022 & Written by Aimee Fenech In a world full of distractions, how are we doing at listening? When we listen, what is it that we are hearing? What questions are we asking to better our understanding? I recently enrolled in a...
Recruiting: Financial Administrator
📢 We’re recruiting – Financial Administrator for the Next Steps Project The Next Steps project within the International Permaculture CoLab is looking for a detail-oriented and collaborative Financial Administrator to join our remote team from August 2025 to January...
Inclusive Writing in Permaculture – Now Available in English, French, and Spanish
At the heart of permaculture is a commitment to care for people, the earth, and ensure fair share. But how often do we reflect these values in the way we write and communicate? We’re excited to share a new resource that will help you do just that: Inclusive Writing in...
Fellowship at Finca Verde: Regenerative Agri-Food Residency Program – Closed
Introduction Finca Verde, located in Lanjaron in the Alpujarras region of Granada, Southern Spain, is inviting applicants for our Regenerative Agri-Food Fellowship Program. This is a residency-style program designed for individuals interested in learning about...
Freelance Communication Strategist – Next Steps Project within the International Permaculture CoLab – Closed
About the RoleThe International Permaculture CoLab through Next Steps Project is seeking a collaborative and impact-driven Communication Strategist to join our team in 2025. This is a part-time freelance position paid by the hour using equitable wage calculation. The...
Freelance Funding Strategist – Next Steps Project within the International Permaculture CoLab – first round of applications closed
About the RoleThe International Permaculture CoLab through Next Steps Project is seeking a collaborative and impact-driven Funding Strategist to join our team in 2025. This is a freelance position paid by the hour using equitable wage calculation. The team requires...
Beta readers wanted! Voluntary Position
This is a voluntary position for people interested in the intersection between Permaculture, Business and Self-Organization / Flat organisational structures. I am looking for feedback about structure, use of graphics, use of language, content and any other...
Closed: Emerging Festival Coordinators / Festival Crew
The International Permaculture CoLab is actively looking to appoint 2 people for the Emergent Festival within the Next Steps Project. Perhaps one could lead and the second could support. The Festival Coordinators Team will be comprised of people who are skilled...
Closed: Diversity & Decolonization Community Pot Coordinator
The Diversity Coordination team will be comprised of at least 2 persons (coordinators) who are themselves eligible for a diversity stipend and have interest and motivation to attract and support projects and individuals in this theme of work. The coordinator will work...
Closed: Financial Administrator
Job Title: Financial Administrator Project: Next Steps - International Permaculture CoLab Position Type: Freelance, 11 month duration March to January 2026 Location: Remote About the Project: The Next Steps project within the International Permaculture CoLab is taking...
Charting a route for online RC trainings in a complex and busy international network
Flowchart of RC Pathways developed by Siobhan Vida Ashmole for Gaia U Beginning in 2023 the Permaculture Colab sponsored Andrew Langford, assisted by Vida Ashmole, both of Gaia U International, to work-up online Re-evaluation Counseling (RC) training...
Fractals of Neurodiversity: Reflections from the Wired Differently Workshop
Note: This article veers off wildly from my learnt writing style of trying to create a cohesive narrative with limiting sentence structure and instead explores the plotlines & images my mind was drawn to over the course of this work, without trying to overexplain...
Wired Like Me: The Dyslexic Joy’s Experience
When I first signed up for the Wired Differently: Creating a Team Culture Where All Minds Can Thrive workshop, I approached it with optimism and a sense of purpose. The training, hosted outside the International Permaculture CoLab, was also attended by a fellow...
A Strength-Centred Approach to Designing Workplaces that Work (For All of Us)
The idea that we are each having significantly different experiences of the world around us due to differences in our brains, experiences, upbringings, cultures, and world-views can go a long way in our mission to create spaces which are truly diverse and inclusive....
CLOSED: Diversity & Decolonization Community Pot CoordinatorÂ
We are looking to open up the position of Diversity Community Pot Coordinator that would run from now until the end of October. The ideal person for this role would be someone who qualifies for a stipend and already knows the CoLab ecosystem well. Someone who is a...
Permaculture Convergence Team Member – Communications and Marketing – CLOSED
The Permaculture Convergence team is looking for a motivated person to help the project communicate with the outside world, create communication materials, develop a marketing strategy and reach out to potential clients. Check out more about our project here:...
Convergence Research Team Member – CLOSED
We are looking to open our team for an additional team member to help us achieve the objectives set out for this year listed below. Training for event organisers Outreach from the research team External Research through...
📢 Join the Digital Circle Research Team! – Position filled
We're looking for someone to help populate our open source tools database. If you have 10 hours available in the next 2 weeks, this could be the perfect task for you! Job Details: Task: Populate the open source tools database Tool: Baserow (training provided; prior...
CLOSED: Diversity & Decolonization Community Pot Coordinator
The CoLab is recruiting: A Diversity & Decolonization Community Pot Coordinator The Diversity Coordination team will be comprised of at least 1 person (coordinator) who are themselves eligible for a diversity stipend and have interest and motivation to support...
CLOSED: Emergent Festival Coordinator / Festival Crew
The International Permaculture CoLab is actively looking to appoint 2 people for the Emergent Festival within the Next Steps Project. Perhaps one could lead and the second could support. The Festival Coordinators Team will be comprised of people who are skilled...
ECOLISE is recruiting – Policy role, Content and Social Media role and Fundraising role
We are thrilled to announce three exciting opportunities to join our passionate team at ECOLISE. The vacancies that we’re looking to fill are in: Policy role, Content and Social Media role and Fundraising role. As a team, we are a group of passionate, purpose-driven...
PermaPuheet Lecture Series Coming to EuPN: Join Us as a Teacher
About the PermaPuheet PermaPuheet, the Finnish term for "permatalks," is a permaculture online lecture series which runs in Finland since 2020 - every year in the beginning of the year - one lecture a week - usually every Thursday at 18:30 CET. Teachers...
POSITION FILLED – Data Processing
The permaculture convergence team is working on a timeline of history of permaculture convergences, we have already a large spreadsheet of events and would like to hire someone to work a maximum of 10 to 15 hours this coming week and the next on the following tasks:...