Position: Tutor
Course: Building with hemp lime
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STAFF INFORMATION
Andy Reynolds
Position: Tutor
Courses: Introduction to photovoltaics, Wood fuel and home heating
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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
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Dan Lake
Position:
Apple Day production manager
Daniel Holloway
Position:
Tutor
Dave Florence
Position:
Website and Database manager
Duncan Baker-Brown
Position:
Speaker, Green Architecture Day
Fran Pickering
Position:
Food production, catering and green building
Gillian Trott
Position:
Tutor on Self-building an Earthship course
Hannah Wilde
Position:
Plot team, course tutor
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 ...Jan Mulreany
Position:
Trustee
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: Trustee and Orchard projects About John: Starting with a Permaculture Design Course in 2007, John’s involvement with Brighton Permaculture Trust has included teaching on the Intro course and setting up Worthing Eco Open Houses. He now works mostly on orchard projects and became a trustee in 2019. An advocate for cycling…
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 Building with…
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
Position:
Volunteer coordinator
Kirsty Sloman
Name: Kirsty Sloman Position: Volunteer leader, Racehill Community Orchard About Kirsty: Kirsty has been involved with the Racehill Community Orchard for nearly five years, firstly as a volunteer where she would help Neil Smith and learn from him. Now she is a volunteer session leader and general all round Orchard groover having taken over Neil’s…
More information ...Liz Ashforth
Name: Liz Ashforth Position: 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 designs on the way…
More information ...Mischa Hewitt
Position:
Sustainability consultant, tutor
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.
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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: Communications 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…
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Event co-ordinator – Green Architecture Day
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Position:
Eco schools project manager, course tutor, scrumping project
Susan White
Trustee
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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
Position:
Tutor