PERMACULTURE MOVEMENT

Project description:

Permaculture Movement aims to to bring together people, communities and organizations (working with youth in ERASMUS+ field), which share dreams, knowledge and methodologies focused on sustainable, resilient futures.

The project creates spaces where participants can use permaculture theory and practice to co-design meaningful and innovative pathways forward. Instead of relying on hierarchical models, where one person is expected to provide all the answers, we cultivate participatory leadership, valuing each individual’s skills, perspectives, and creativity. In this way, crises become opportunities for growth, and uncertainty becomes a driver of collective innovation. To achieve this, we will focus mainly on these following topics:

Permaculture as a design backbone, offering practical tools and principles such as Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share to design your organisations/working environments as resilient living systems.
Art as a catalyst and communication tool, using theatre, contact improvisation, land art, and storytelling to process challenges, strengthen empathy, and make permaculture accessible and inspiring.
Non-hierarchical leadership practices, including Dragon Dreaming, The Way of Council, and cooperative decision-making methods that foster shared responsibility, dialogue, and consent-based processes.

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Permaculture Movement I. and II.

The entire project will last two years and consists of two in-person activities and several online meetings.

After the participant selection process is completed, the first online meeting will follow, where participants will become more familiar with the intentions and the detailed plan of the entire project. Selected participants will have the opportunity to present specific sites where they would like to apply redesign in line with permaculture principles.
The first in-person activity will take place from 29th of July till 7th of August 2026 (including travel days). It will include an introduction to permaculture and participants will learn the basics of permaculture design, which they will then apply to specific sites in their countries, organizations, or communities. The program will be enriched with artistic, movement and self-care practices such as contact improvisation, theatre, and eco-somatics.
After completing the first activity, participants will return home and work on their own permaculture designs under the guidance and mentoring of experienced designers, supported by several online meetings.
The second in-person activity will take place one year later. Participants will present the implementation of their designs carried out in their home countries. The main part of the program will focus on co-creation and preparation of an artistic performance for Atmosféra Festival 2027, where the project and permaculture will be presented to the wider public through an artistic performance. This will be done under the guidance of experienced artists and performers.
After returning home, participants will share the results of this project on social media and within their countries, organizations, and communities, so that the permaculture movement can continue to spread beyond the scope of this project.