Richard is regarded as one of Europe's leading Permaculture designer-educators & Keyline practioners, working professionally in every major climate zone across several continents consulting to projects, farms & industry. Having led over 35 PDC trainings as well as dozens of other specialist courses, practicums and seminars, Richard has designed for around 100 varied projects in more than a dozen countries. Highly regarded internationally as a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) teacher, Richard is a certified teacher with the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia (Certified Trainer No. 24) and the Permaculture Association of Great Britain. Having studied up to MSc level (IESD- Gaia U), leaving to establish the effective Integralpermanence (Design Consultancy & Education) internationally. Richard also holds a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design (UK), HND Organic Crop Production (UK) and has studied extensively in the fields of Keyline® Design, Holistic Management®, Ecology and Anthropology.
After leaving Organic Crop Production studies at Agricultural College in 1999 with more questions than answers, Richard began studying Permaculture & alternative ecological systems 14 years ago. Now focused primarily on Regenerative Agricultural design work, Richard has worked on extensive system design and implementation from Veg- box production through to whole- farm planning, agroforestry to edible forest garden systems, water catchment, treatment & irrigation systems, regenerative business design and overhaul through to edible landscaping & Keyline® design, Holistic Managed Grazing planning and community building work. Over the last 8 years his passion for Bio-Construction led to diverse experience in building; from yurts to houses/ utility rooms built of adobe, cob, straw-bale, timber and bamboo in cool, cold & warm temperate, semi- arid, sub- tropical and wet tropical climates. Building up a very diverse & rounded experience Richard also had the honour to run the first internationally accredited PDC trainings in Dominican Republic, Poland & Luxembourg, introduced Regenerative Agriculture in Poland, Belarus, Latv & pioneered Keyline Design and aspects of Regenerative Agriculture in cold-climate Scandinavia. Now primarily focused on establishing ridgedale PERMACULTURE, Richard is still available at times for trainings & consultancies internationally, especially in our winter season.