Aranya - Training of Teachers

Aranya - Training of Teachers

Aranya first came across permaculture back in the late 1980s being fortunate enough to meet one of the first designers working int he country. He found the subject full o common sense ideas that immediately inspired him to apply the principles in his own life. During the 1990s he regularly lectured and debated on environmental issues in schools and colleges and in the media for a national campaigning group over a period of five years After completing the 72 hour Design Course, he went on to participate in a week-long Teaching Permaculture Creatively course and to complete Stage One of the City and Guilds Adult Education Teaching certificate. He has also designed and implemented several major garden projects during the last decade, which formed a major part of his Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design portfolio, completed in September 2003. 

Aranya currently supports apprentices on their own Diploma pathways, is a busy permaculture teacher as well as co-teaching on the Training of Teachers courses. He feels that permaculture has a lot of solutions to offer us and enjoys teaching 'something that can really make a difference in all our lives.' His book Permaculture Design: a step-by-step Guide to the Process was published in Spring 2012. In the same year, he also set up a YouTube channel where he regularly uploads his own videos around a permaculture theme.