Ben Margolis

Taking new Diploma apprentices?
No
Individual or group tutorials
both
Notes about contacting me

E-mail me at [email protected]

About me

I live in Norwich with my wife and daughter. I am a permaculture teacher, designer and diploma tutor. Until 2017 we lived at The Grange in West Norfolk (www.thegrangenorfolk.org.uk) where we welcomed refugees and asylum seekers to our 10 acre permaculture smallholding.
I am passionate about exploring the People Care ethic and integrating it with Earth Care and Fair Shares. I currently work for City of Sanctuary (www.cityofsanctuary.org), and am leading on two other projects - Gardens of Sanctuary (www.cityofsanctuary.org/gardens) and Thriving Communities (a project looking at how permaculture can reach people on the edge of our communities and society). .

Diploma Tutor Experience

I have a range of experience including
- Teaching PDCs and intro courses
- Smallholding management on my own 10 acre smallholding
- Some experience with forest gardens and various allotments and vegetable gardens
- Designing for all scales from balconies to smallholdings
- Transition and building strong communities
- Alternative economies and finance
- Zone 00 designing
- Working with a range of design processes and tools

Diploma Tutor Skills

- I was very involved with the UN climate change and MDG negotiations for a number of years and have a lot of campaigning, policy and lobbying experience
- Working with refugees and asylum seekers
- Running small projects and charities
- Designing forest gardens
- Resilience for soil, soul and society - some of this work can be seen on my web site at www.thegrangenorfolk.org.uk
- Composting and basic kitchen gardening
- Teaching and communicating