Stella Peyerl

Eco-building course convenor and tutor Event co-ordinator

Stella is happiest when immersed harmoniously in nature. Her background is in art, education and permaculture, and she is experienced in adult education and event-organising.

Stella is a green builder and craftsperson, specialising in living roofs, low-impact building, and work at height. She has designed and built clusters of off-grid, small holdings for the Ecological Land Co-op

Stella is also a regenerative farmer and plants woman, focusing on growing crops for food, medicine and nature.

Publications and appearances:

“Common Treasures, volume 1”, chapter ‘A living, working countryside, movements Towards a Small Farm Society’ published Little Toller 2025

Heart, hearth and housing symposium Lewes 2023 – Speaker

Oxford Real farming conference 2022 – Speaker “Getting people back on the land”

UK Permaculture podcast, 2019 – Living roofs and women in natural building

Ilya Schippers

Ilya works with DH Solar Engineering designing, installing and servicing renewable energy systems. He is also an experienced youth outdoor education instructor.

Ttai Morra

Permaculture tutor Ttai was born in Brazil, grew up in Italy and travelled the world with a circus before ending up in Brighton in 2012. She completed her Permaculture Design Course in 2023, and she’s now working on her Permaculture Diploma designs. She’s particularly...

Alex Penn

Tutor Dr Alex Penn is an evolutionary ecologist and complexity scientist specialising in integrating scientific and permaculture thinking. Alex works with government, local authorities and communities to develop systems approaches to Net Zero, food systems and...

Lex Titterington

Orchards Team, Tutor Lex is an artivist, land worker and creative facilitator. They are passionate about creating the conditions for all life to flourish with a particular focus on social permaculture, biodiversity and belonging. Inclusivity and diversity are at the...

Polly Charlton

Course convenor and tutor on Intro to Permaculture Polly completed her Permaculture Design Course in 2018 and is currently on her Applied Permaculture Diploma Pathway with five designs signed off and implemented. Her passion is for urban greening and finding positive...

Mischa Hewitt

Sustainability consultant, Tutor 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)...

Jon Kalviac

Tutor Jonathan Kalviac is an Ecological and Natural Building Artist, originally from Baltimore, Maryland in the USA, now living in Forest Row, UK. From a foundation in building 'earthship' homes and commercial buildings, he has passionately pursued the art of building...

Ian Brown

Tutor 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...

Daniel Holloway

Tutor Daniel Holloway runs dh Solar Engineering, he designs and installs renewable heating systems. He is a designer and maker of sustainable systems, mechanical and ecological with permaculture as an underlying influence. Daniel teaches on the following courses: Rain...

Bryn Thomas

Course and Event Manager, Tutor Bryn has been teaching permaculture since 1994. He is one of the founders of Brighton Permaculture Trust and is now our Course & Event Manager and a course tutor. Particular areas of interest include fruit growing, pruning, forest...

Eco-building course convenor and tutor Event co-ordinator

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