Skill Mapping

by | May 18, 2023

Skill Mapping

Maintenance of existing community database and making this accessible to the community.

Provide and enhance a database of members and their skills to enable better connection between members.

 

Please note that from 2024 this project was merged with the Welcoming Gardening Project. 

Funded with 3, 000 GBP through next steps
STATUS : ongoing

Team

Daniel Atwell, Pushpak Parmar

Reporting Officer: Pushpak Parmar

Area

Diversity, participation and engagement, Next Steps project 

objectives 2023

1. Create/Update a Google form to gather user database focused on Skill & Language.

2. Keep an eye on activity in the form.

3. Follow-up with all members through email (Twice) as well as Slack messages (Once) per quarter.

4. Feed the data in skill-mapping visualization tool.

5. Make sure it is accessible to everyone.

OUTCOMEs 2023

We are preparing the next round of forms to collect the database. We are planning to release it in the last week of April.

resources created

contact links

contact@perma.earth

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Diversity and Decolonization Community Pot

by | May 18, 2023

Diversity and Decolonisation Community Pot

The diversity and decolonisation community pot supports diversity and decolonisation work within the CoLab using two methods of access: diversity stipends for participation of people from a diverse background to contribute to existing projects and diversity grants which cover training and aligned events.

Project Aims 

For the diversity stipend: to provide funding assistance to individual CoLab members access to paid work within CoLab projects teams already in place.

For the diversity grant: to provide funding to groups working on training and education with the theme of diversity and decolonisation.

Funded with 15, 000 GBP through next steps
STATUS : ongoing

Team

Aimee Fenech, Jyo Maan

Reporting Officer: Aimee Fenech

Area

Diversity, participation and engagement, Network weaving, Next Steps project

objectives 2023

Support diversity & decolonization activities, training & participation in the International Permaculture Colab.

OUTCOMEs 2023

Stipends provided in 2023:

2 Stipends to work in the Tepla Gora Eco-Market Team
1 Stipend to work on reviewing diversity course within the Learn Team
1 Stipend for individual to manage the Diversity Grant within the Next Steps Project Manager function

Grants provided in 2023:

3 person team to work on Stories to Decolonize Permaculture
2 person team to work on online training course material – Designing Work Spaces for All
2 person team to work on digitizing the In-person Workshop around Inclusion in Workplace to online workshop

objectives 2024

Support diversity & decolonization activities, training & participation in the International Permaculture Colab.

OUTCOMEs 2024

resources created

Designing Work Spaces For All online course

Form for Stories to Decolonize Permaculture

contact links

contact@perma.earth

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Emergent Festival

by | May 18, 2023

Emergent Festival

 

The Emergent Festival is an opportunity for active members of the International Permaculture CoLab to test out and bring to light micro projects, enhancements to existing activities, or explorations of new ideas over a short period of time – 6 months + supporting events.

 

It is also an opportunity to bring new people into the CoLab, as long as they are supported and held by current active members with the intention to remain active in this space.

 

Project Aims

To make visible what is emergent in the community within the agreed International Permaculture CoLab Vision Mission and Aims.

To allow active members of the International Permaculture CoLab to support emergent projects within and on the edge of the CoLab

 

Funded with 18, 800 GBP through next steps
STATUS : ongoing

Team

Jyo Maan, Jorge Barbosa, Aimee Fenech

Area

Diversity, participation and engagement, Emergent Festival, Next Steps project

objectives 2023

CoLab members can pitch their ideas and will receive funding through a process of allocation of monies by the most active CoLab members.

OUTCOMEs 2023

Teams that went ahead and their received budgets 

Communicating Permaculture in Spanish
Budget: 510.45 GBP

Stories to Decolonise Permaculture
Budget: 610 GBP

Domestic Waste Water Systems – Legislation?
Budget: 876.15 GBP

CoLab Podcast
Budget: 914.35 GBP

Designing Work Spaces For All 
Budget: 682.15 GBP

Permaculture Places in the Metaverse
Budget: 612.30 GBP

Tepla Gora Eco Market
Budget: 294.30 GBP

objectives 2024

CoLab members can pitch their ideas and will receive funding through a process of allocation of monies by the most active CoLab members.

OUTCOMEs 2024

resources created

contact links

contact@perma.earth

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Welcoming and Community Garden Conversations

by | May 12, 2023

Welcoming and Community Garden Conversations

Welcoming and induction in the CoLab community using different modes of engagement (eg one to one, on-boarding, events etc). Monthly onboarding calls, adhoc one to one calls, mid-yearly events to promote and highlight projects and initiatives in the colab and the wider network.

An invitation to come to the table, weaving projects and connections for resilience, collaboration, and scaffolding.

 

Please note that from 2024 the Welcome Gardening Project also encompasses the Skill Mapping and Community Platform Facilitation projects. 

Funded with 15, 000 GBP through next steps
STATUS : ongoing

Team

Jyo Maan, Aimee Fenech, Daniel Atwell

Reporting Officer: Jyo Maan

Area

Circle incubation and nourishment, Diversity, participation and engagement, Network weaving, Next Steps project

objectives 2023

1. Co-design facilitated calls in line with the frequency outlined in the higher objectives:
– Monthly onboarding.
– Mid-yearly community weaving.

2. Offer adhoc one-to-one calls to members of the CoLab when needed e.g. if they express a wish to become active quickly in one or more circles or working groups.

3. Raw meeting recordings, chat history & any notes accessible through a shared drive for half yearly community contributors gatherings.

4. Digestible artifacts, eg. Pre-call welcoming email with the Communications Coordinator: who we are, what we are doing, what you can expect and what we expect of you and after an onboarding call: what now, who to talk to, where to go, skills mapping update request.

5. Closing triangles – matching people coming in with spaces and people in the ecosystem to help them orient themselves e.g. project / person looking for funding refer to Tanya in the funding circle, add person to the channel and show them how to find the funding opportunities database.

6. Brief follow up some months in, how are people doing, are they active, if no, why not, what additional support could be available?

7. Retrospective of on-boarding and engagement process to turn learnings into process improvements ongoing and annual.

OUTCOMEs 2023

Midyear community weaving completed.

 

objectives 2024

1. Promote and participate in Conversational Community Gardening. – present in research, education, digital and human technology, on-boarding & engagement.

2. Welcoming and induction in the community using different modes of engagements.

3. Maintenance of existing community database and making this accessible to the community.

4. Community platform facilitation.

OUTCOMEs 2024

 

 

resources created

contact links

 

Welcome Gardening Web Page

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Communications, Outreach and Engagement

by | May 12, 2023

Communications, Outreach and Engagement

The Communications, Outreach and Engagement project is quite broad and wide-reaching. 

It has several aims;

  • To enhance communication within the CoLab and associated networks. To connect individuals and organizations. To try to create a sense of belonging.
  • To do engagement research into network weaving practices and processes, from the local level to the international level. 
  • Focusing on network weaving, in particular offering cross-network training and knowledge sharing events. 
  • To do outreach work from the CoLab to the wider permaculture audience. This will bring attention to the work we are doing in the CoLab and the resources we offer.
  • To prototype bringing in national and regional networks in order to support the CoLab and the wider permaculture movement. Aiming to bridge projects across bioregions through resources and cross-community engagement.
Funded with 21, 000 GBP through next steps
STATUS : ongoing

Team

Kate Swatridge – research, outreach
Charlie Wilson – comms, copywriting, reporting officer
Hans Ryding – research, outreach
Aimee Fenech – training & supporting, outreach

Area

Network weaving, Diversity, participation and engagement, Next Steps project

objectives 2023

Objective 1: Identify our audiences and prioritize audiences for the first part of the work as a prototype. Until August.

Objective 2: Put together a persona/s for the identified prioritized audiences. Until end of October.

Objective 3: Collate information from around the colab about services, circles and projects in order to update the website – to be used as a basis for the outreach package – ongoing work until end of year.

Objective 4: Collate information about current outreach. Until end of year.

Objective 5: Collate feedback and consent from relevant teams on updates to the website pages, including circle pages, services, resources and onboarding. Until the end of the project.

Objective 6: Writing monthly newsletters. Releasing new and edited webpages (projects, services, resources, etc.), on a half yearly basis.

OUTCOMEs 2023

Objective 1: This was completed. A taxonomy was created.

Objective 2: We identified several personas and which were the most important to target. Persona pages have been created on the website speaking to each persona with a different “voice” and offering them different links. These need to be reviewed and finalised. 

Objective 3: A major overhaul of the website has been completed. This took a major part of our time and budget for the year. It was realized that the website was going to be a major tool for outreach work and that it needed a lot of work done on it. This work will continue in the second year of the project but to a lesser degree. Services pages have been added. A resources page has been added. The circle pages are up to date. The projects pages have all been updated, with new projects added. 

Objective 4: I am not sure that this objective was met. It will be added to Year 2 objectives. 

Objective 5: Consent was obtained and updates were given from teams. This was sometimes a difficult task with a lot of chasing up needed. 

Objective 6: The monthly newsletters were all completed and sent out on time. Many new web pages have been released. Some of them will be added to the resources tab below. 

objectives 2024

Objective 1: Enhance communication within the (CoLab) network and externally to connect individuals and organisations.

  • Writing monthly newsletters.
  • Releasing new and edited webpages (projects, services, resources, etc.), on a half yearly basis.
  • Add adhoc events and job openings as request in #colab-communications-engagement.
  • Quarterly roundup of NS project updates.
  • Representation in the General Circle monthly meetings (good for weaving).
  • Video to introduce CoLab.

Objective 2: Engagement research into network weaving practices and processes across from local to international – focusing on pinpointing needs.

  • Picture forming – What is the objective of this exercise? – Who is engaging (with CoLab) and how are they engaging (from inside / outside). How and what are we measuring? How do non-engagers (with CoLab) engage with one another and with resources (more generally) (so that we can work out how to help them engage with CoLab resources). What are the needs of different users? Output useful to this team and others.
  • Plan work according to outcomes of picture forming and needs and according to budget allocation.

Objective 3: Outreach work from CoLab to the wider permaculture audience.

  • Review persona work from year 1.
  • Collate information from around the colab about services, circles and projects in order to update the website – to be used as a basis for the outreach package – ongoing work.
  • Collate information about current outreach.
  •  Collate feedback and consent from relevant teams on updates to the website pages, including circle pages, services, resources and onboarding. 
  • Finish work on the website started last year (review and implement).
  • Write outreach pieces to be published in permaculture magazines / social media and network websites & mailing lists. (what’s our aim? Increase membership, join mailing list, or increase engagement with resources).
  • Mail out to target organisations by persona type. (collate email list, draft copy of email, possibly translate to eg. Spanish).
  • Publish and curate resources from NS and other working groups artefacts.
  • Set up Outreach Database (and use for prioritising, categorising, tracking etc).

Objective 4: Prototyping to bring in national and regional/other networks to support the wider permaculture movements & the CoLab

  • Outreach prototype with Nordic permaculture (capped budget as per slack convo about this at 22 hours).
  • Outreach meetings with external community network eg. EUPN.

Objective 5: Network weaving and building on the work started with capacity plus in particular cross network training and knowledge sharing events.

 

  • Training to CoLab members who wish to represent CoLab / promote services.
  • Representation in the General Circle monthly meetings (good for weaving).

OUTCOMEs 2024

resources created

Taxonomy of the permaculture movement

Updated history of the CoLab website page

Project pages kept relevant and up-to-date

New – downloadable resources page

New – digital services page

Events page updated

New – onboarding page

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