Charlene Rowland

Graduated from: Permaculture Design Course 1996

Ten years ago I took my first Permaculture Design Course with Penny Livingston. I was far far away from my homeland in the gorgeous Canadian prairies, but I hoped that the principles and skills I learned would be transferable to my northern bioregion. Were they ever! 

Since I have returned to Manitoba, I have helped create a small eco-village on the dynamic edge of the Boreal Forest and prairie farmland, I teach Organic Agriculture & Food Security issues at high schools around the province, I coordinate an Organic Farm Mentorship Program which runs out of a reclaimed rural school & have recently started teaching Permaculture workshops at the University of Manitoba. I co-taught the very first Permaculture Design Course in Manitoba with my friend Gregoire Lamoureux from the Kootenay Permaculture Institute. What an honor!!
I have also started to do Permaculture consultation work on farms in southern Manitoba. I constantly feel amazed that this passion & dream has become a solid reality for me!

During fall 2006 I journeyed back to the West Coast of the U.S. This time it was to take a Permaculture Teacher's Training. I look forward to continuing my education about this vast concept as well as sharing my excitement about how Permaculture Design can help to heal the prairies.

Email: prairiepermaculture@yahoo.ca
Snail mail: 711 Madeline St. Wpg, MB R2C 2S7 Canada