Sam Parker-Davies, known for his incredible work 'greening the desert' with communities in the Middle East, is our special guest for the first Farm Yarns of 2024: Regenerating the Planet through Permaculture.
Sam will be sharing insights and wisdom from his work in drylands and aid, whole system designs, food forests, self-sufficiency gardens, ecovillage designs and more, drawn from years of creating and establishing regenerative environments across the globe.
Sam's unique experience in optimising permaculture practices specific to each climate will come into play, as we explore the possibilities of permaculture in our local Northern Rivers region.
Sam will be joined by The Farm's resident agroecologist, Bunya Halasz, and world-renowned permaculturalist, Geoff Lawton, sharing their wealth of knowledge on growing food within ecologically regenerative systems.
About the speakers
Sam Parker-Davies
Sam has worked in every climate across the world, with billionaires and refugees, governments and individuals, in deserts and forests. Working as an educator, designer, aidworker, project manager and farmer, he is on the front line in planetary regeneration with the absolute best in Permaculture Design.
Working closely with Geoff Lawton for over half a decade, Sam has a primary residence at Zaytuna Farm, (the Permaculture Research Institute of) Australia, and currently lives at the Greening the Desert Site in Jordan. He has practiced permaculture as his sole profession for almost a full decade, coming from a family of farmers, gardeners, and eco-village builders.
Geoff Lawton
Geoff Lawton is a world renowned Permaculture consultant, designer and teacher. He first took his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course in 1983 with Bill Mollison the founder of Permaculture. Geoff has undertaken thousands of jobs teaching, consulting, designing, administering and implementing, in 6 continents and close to 50 countries around the world. Clients have included private individuals, groups, communities, governments, aid organizations, non-government organisations and multinational companies under the not-for-profit organisation.
Bunya Halasz
Through the lenses of Permaculture, Regenerative Agroecology, and successional Agroforestry, Bunya's works as a designer, educator and gardening mentor. His work supports individuals and communities to grow food, fuel and fibre within ecologically regenerative systems as well as facilitating pathways of knowledge and skill sharing through courses and traineeships.