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STAFF INFORMATION
Alex Sparrow
Andy Reynolds
Position: Tutor
Courses: Introduction to photovoltaics, Wood fuel and home heating
More information ...Anne-Marie Bur
Position: Orchard projects
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Bill Knight
Bryn Thomas
Caroline Schofield
Position: Trustee
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Position: Administrator
More information ...Chloe Anthony
Position: Tutor
Courses: Introduction to permaculture, Permaculture design course
More information ...Christine Wiltshire
Dan Lake
Name: Dan Lake Position: Apple Day coordinator About Dan: Dan is a freelancer working in events, arts and education. He is currently getting excited about permaculture! Based in Brighton, his passion for community participation leads him to be closely involved with the production of many celebratory events. Local examples include Brighton Festival Children’s Parade, Pride,…
More information ...Daniel Holloway
Name: Daniel Holloway Position: Tutor About Daniel: Daniel Holloway is a designer and maker of sustainable systems, mechanical and ecological with permaculture as an underlying influence. Courses: Daniel teaches on the following courses: -:- Permaculture design course
More information ...Dave Florence
Name: Dave Florence Position: Website and Database manager About Dave: Dave helps keep the Brighton Permaculture Trust website up to date and manages the online booking/payment and email system. As a result, he spends more time in front of the computer than outdoors in nature. His other job is helping with 3 very active grandchildren. Neither…
More information ...Duncan Baker-Brown
Name: Duncan Baker-Brown Position: Speaker, Green architecture day About Duncan: Duncan is a regular speaker at our Green architecture day event. He has been a director of award-winning architects BBM Sustainable Design since 1993. He also teaches and researches around green ideas at the School of Architecture in Brighton. He has had the good fortune to work…
More information ...Fran Pickering
Name: Fran Pickering Position: Food production, catering and green building About Fran: Fran Pickering has been with Brighton Permaculture Trust since 2003. She has been a director for five years and is on the Management Committee. She received her Permaculture Diploma in 2009. Her main areas of interest are local food production, grass root catering, green…
More information ...Gillian Trott
Name: Gillian Trott Position: Tutor on Self-building an Earthship course About Gillian: Gillian is a qualified teacher and facilitator with over 25 years experience in education. She also holds a Permaculture Diploma. She co-project managed the construction of an Earthship home in 2007. Following this, she managed the teaching of Earthship-building courses across Europe, in…
More information ...Hannah Wilde
Name: Hannah Wilde Position: Plot team, course tutor About Hannah: Hannah completed her Permaculture design course in 2014 and has been involved with Brighton Permaculture Trust ever since. She has been part of The Plot team since 2014, running sessions with volunteers, coordinating the forest school nursery and helping run stalls at events. She completed…
More information ...Ian Brown
Name: Ian Brown Position: Tutor About Ian: Ian Brown has been teaching low impact building and sustainable construction for many years. He currently teaches carpentry at Sussex Downs College Eastbourne. He has built various low impact projects specialising in straw bale building and now heads up ecobuilding projects for Hartley Quinn Wilson. Courses: Ian teaches on the…
More information ...James Farrell
Name: James Farrell Position: Tutor About James: James Farrell is an environmentalist and founder of community group Brighton & Hove Building Green, which promotes green roofs and walls in the city. As policy advisor to the Mayor of London, he developed the first planning requirements for green roofs and walls in the UK, and was involved…
More information ...Jan Mulreany
Name: Jan Mulreany Position: Trustee About Jan: A Permaculture Association registered diploma tutor, Jan has been working with Brighton Permaculture Trust since its creation in 2000 when she was a founding member trustee. Jan’s design and teaching skills are mainly in the “invisible structures” aspects of People Care & Fair Shares. Her garden, living spaces…
More information ...Jeremy Field
Name: Jeremy Field Position: Schools and community orchard programme About Jeremy: Jeremy Field is a director of F and B Gardens Ltd and has a particular interest in Forest gardens and unusual, useful plants. He has been involved with planting school and community orchards around Sussex with Brighton Permaculture Trust.
More information ...John Coote
Name: John Coote Position: Orchard projects About John: Having escaped from a career in IT, John has had varied roles in education and sustainable living with the Open University, Sustrans, and Transition Town Worthing. A permaculture design course with Brighton Permaculture Trust in 2007 was followed by volunteer work in the orchards at Stanmer and…
More information ...John Matthews
Name: John Matthews Position: Admin and fruit projects About John: John joined our team in November 2010 to help out with some of our administrative work. However, having worked hard as a volunteer on our scrumping team that autumn, he became familiar with various tasks and now works with Bryn and Stephan on some of…
More information ...Jon Kalviac
Name: Jon Kalviac Position: Tutor About Jon: Jon Kalviac has worked on Earthship Brighton and also on the Zwolle Earthship built in Holland last year. He is a regular tour guide of Earthship Brighton and has much experience of working with rammed tyres. Courses: Jon teaches on the following courses: -:- Self-building an Earthship -:-…
More information ...Julian Howell
Name: Julian Howell Position: Graphic designer About Julian: Julian is a freelance graphic designer who produces much of the printed materials for Brighton Permaculture Trust and helps with the website. He began his design career in the 1970s working on education materials for Birmingham Friends of the Earth and has many years experience working in…
More information ...Kate Greenhalf
Name: Kate Greenhalf Position: Volunteer coordinator About Kate: Kate Greenhalf began working for Brighton Permaculture Trust in the early part of 2008 and has had a number of administrative roles within the charity over the years. She now mostly works as a self employed gardener but still enjoys her role as volunteer coordinator for our…
More information ...Liz Ashforth
Name: Liz Ashforth Position: Volunteer Plot Leader, Apple Day Coordinator About Liz: Liz completed her -:- Permaculture Design Course in April 2016 after a lifetime at Newcastle Uni, and few years living in China doing microbiology, event organising and performing on stage under the descriptive name “The Dreaded Liz”. She has implemented 3 additional permaculture…
More information ...Mischa Hewitt
Name: Mischa Hewitt Position: Sustainability consultant, tutor About Mischa: Mischa Hewitt is a Sustainability Consultant and Project Manager with a particular interest in affordable low energy buildings from natural materials. He has MSc Architecture: Advanced Energy & Environment Studies (Distinction) from the Centre of Alternative Technology. He is also a Passivhaus Designer, a commercial energy assessor,…
More information ...Natasha Padbury
Name: Natasha Padbury Position: Apple day project support About Natasha: Natasha is a creative project and production manager incorporating a wide range of projects and events in the arts, community, leisure and environmental sectors, from the intimate to large scale. A majority of her work is based outdoors in all kinds of settings – urban,…
More information ...Pam Watson
Name: Pam Watson Position: Finance officer & bookkeeper About Pam: Pam joined us in 2012 as our bookkeeper and finance officer. She is AAT qualified and has over 15 years experience in her area of expertise. In her spare time, Pam enjoys gardening and voluntary charity work.
More information ...Peter May
Name: Peter May Position: Propagation and orchards About Peter: Peter May is a horticulturalist who has propagated over a thousand Sussex apple trees. He is jointly responsible for the management of several community orchards and runs regular courses for Brighton Permaculture Trust and Plumpton Agricultural College on a range of orchard skills. He is also…
More information ...Rebecca Sarll
Name: Rebecca Sarll Position: Tutor About Rebecca: Rebecca has an Msc in Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies from The Centre for Alternative Technology (Distinction). She is a qualified trainer and has taught eco-building since 2009. She has worked on a range of projects, including hemp and lime, straw bale and eco-renovations. She lives off-grid…
More information ...Robin van Creveld
Name: Robin van Creveld Position: Leads workshops and does cookery demonstrations at Apple Day About Robin: Robin van Creveld runs Community Chef, an organization based in Lewes that offers community food consultancy, cookery training, cookery classes, cookery workshops and cookery demonstrations in a variety of settings. Courses: Robin has taught on the following courses: -:- Fruit…
More information ...Rowland Keable
Name: Rowland Keable Position: Tutor About Rowland: Rowland Keable has been building earth structures since 1985 and has worked extensively in Africa and the UK. He has worked for public and private clients and published two books, including Rammed Earth: design and construction guidelines. He is a founder and Project Officer of Earth Building UK(EBUK). He is…
More information ...Sarah Davenport
Name: Sarah Davenport Position: Plot coordinator
More information ...Simon Parker
Name: Simon Parker Position: Scrumping project, apple pressing About Simon: Simon did his Permaculture Design Course with Brighton Permaculture Trust in 2007. He is passionate about proper local food. His day job is as an organic baker at Infinity Foods Worker Co-op. His passion for bread comes across in this video: https://wearetilt.com/wake. Simon has volunteered with…
More information ...Stella Peyerl
Event co-ordinator – Green Architecture Day
More information ...Stephan Gehrels
Name: Stephan Gehrels Position: Eco schools project manager, course tutor About Stephan: Found in our Stanmer Home Farm Orchard (during a pruning course), living in a nook in an apple tree, Stephan had been abandoned by his Pixie parents, and was immediately adopted by Brighton Permaculture Trust. Having been fed for several years on our organic apples, he…
More information ...Susan White
Trustee
More information ...Suzi Silva Cumiskey
Name: Suzi Silva Cumiskey Position: Trustee About Suzi: Living in Norwich in the late 1990’s a friend did a weekend permaculture course and shared her experience with me, the first time I heard of permaculture design. I did the Intro and gardening courses with Brighton Permaculture Trust a good few years before doing the Permaculture design course in 2014. Supporting courses…
More information ...Tracy Hind
Name: Tracy Hind Position: Tutor About Tracy: Tracy teaches on the Permaculture design course: Building sustainable communities. She is also on the Trainee Teacher pathway for Brighton Permaculture Trust, studying for her Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design, is part of Brighton Permaculture Trust’s People Care group, co-hosts the monthly Permaculture in Pubs gatherings, and volunteers for Brighton…
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