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health healthy soil heart health hedgerow hedgerows hedging herbal herbal remedies herbal teas herbalist herbs holistic holistic planned grazing home homeless homemade wine homestead hope Hugelkultur humanure hummus hungry gap IBC tanks Idler Imbolc incense increase yields Indigenous indigenous knowledge indoor inexpensive influence inspiration International Womens Day jam keyline kingfisher kitchen garden lacto-fermentation Lammas land land restoration landscape landscapes leaf mould leverage points life lifestyle limeflowers livelihood livestock living labs logs Looby Macnamara lotion low cost low-impact lunar Lush Cosmetics Lush Spring Prize macerations Manda Scott Mangwende Orphan Care Trust Māori Maramataka market garden market gardening marmalade marshmallow mass heater meadow meadowsweet medicinal micro microbes microfarm Midwest Permaculture mimic mindset mitigation money moon phases Morag Gamble moringa Mother Earth movement mow mulch multifunctional mushrooms native plants natural natural building natural fertiliser natural skincare natural swimming pool nature nature connection nitrogen no dig no waste no-dig north-facing novel November nutrition nuts observe oca October off-grid oil cleansing Open Shell Farm orchard orchards organic organic flowers organic gardening outdoor shower oven oxymel oyster pallets pasture-fed patterns peat-free people people care peoplecare perennials permaculture permaculture design Permaculture Magazine permaculture magazine award permaculture projects permaculture week permaculutre permayouth pesto pests philippines pine tree pips pizza oven plant profile plants politicians doing nothing pollinators pollution polyculture polycultures positive change preserving principles prize projects propagating protection pruning prunings psycho-spiritual awareness psychospiritual transformation rainforest rainwater raspberries re-green recipe recipes reduce reed beds regeneration regenerative regenerative agriculture regenerative farming regenerative projects relative location relative matter remedy renewable renewable energy resilient resources restoration reuse revolution rhythms rootstock rootstocks roundhouse roundwood runner beans Rupert Read sage Sahel salad salads salve Samhain Savitri Trust schools Scotland scotts pine scythe scything seasonal seasons seeds selfcare Sepp Holzer september septic tanks sewage treatment shade shamanism sheet mulching shrubs silvopasture skincare sloes slugs small solutions small-scale smallholding social justice soil health solar solstice solutions sowing spiritual spring squash stacking functions stock-free straw straw bale summer support sustainable Swayyam Sweet Bay syntropic systems temperate terraces thistles thrutopia timber timber framing tincture tonic toolkit tools transformation Transformative Adaptation trees upcycle urban urban farm urban gardening veg garden vegan veganic verges vermicomposting vinegar visionaries walnuts waste water water cleansing watering weeds wellbeing wetland wild edges wild flowers wild food wild garlic wildflower wildlife wine recipes wings winter winter greens winter salads winter solstice wisdom wood stove woodburner woodland woodland management woodlands world is possible worms yarrow year round year-round food yield young people youth zai zai pits zone 00 zoning

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8 forms of capital active hope adaptation agroecology agroforestry alder buckthorn Amazon anxiety apples art arthritis austrian scythe UK autumn Autumn equinox award back yard Be The Earth beans Bec Hellouin beech tree bees beneficial berries biochar biodigester biodiversity biodynamics blackberries blackthorn book review brain brassica cage budget build building campesino capital card deck celebrate Celtic festivals change changes chemical-free chickens christmas circular city farm clay pot clean air cleansers cleansing milks climate change climate chaos climate collapse climate emergency climate grief climate solutions climbers climbing cob comfrey communities community Community Nature Network community projects compost compost teas conference connection consciousness conservation container cooking coppice coppicing cordial cosmology courgettes crafts creativity crisis crop protection Cross Quarter Festival cultural emergence culture cut flowers cycles degraded design diary diversity DIY do it yourself Donella Meadows drought dryland earth care earth's cycles Earth's energy earths cycles ecoculture ecological emergency economics ecopoetry ecosystem ecosystem restoration ecosystem restoration camps ecosystems edges edible edible flowers education efficiency elder elderflowers elements elixir emergence energy equinox Ethical Consumer ethics face mask fair shares Fairtrade farming farms feedback feminine ferns festivals figs film firewood floristry flower essence flower garden flowers food food forest food garden footbath forage foraging forest garden forest gardening forests fruit fruit leather fruit trees full moon funding fungi future future care gardening gardens garlic gift economy gin Give Nature a voice Glennie Kindred global poverty glut grapes grassroots green space greenhouse grief groundcover grow grow food grow your own growing growing food guilds habitat habits handcream harvest harvests hawthorn hazel hazelnut healing shrubs healing trees health healthy soil heart health hedgerow hedgerows hedging herbal herbal remedies herbal teas herbalist herbs holistic holistic planned grazing home homeless homemade wine homestead hope Hugelkultur humanure hummus hungry gap IBC tanks Idler Imbolc incense increase yields Indigenous indigenous knowledge indoor inexpensive influence inspiration International Womens Day jam keyline kingfisher kitchen garden lacto-fermentation Lammas land land restoration landscape landscapes leaf mould leverage points life lifestyle limeflowers livelihood livestock living labs logs Looby Macnamara lotion low cost low-impact lunar Lush Cosmetics Lush Spring Prize macerations Manda Scott Mangwende Orphan Care Trust Māori Maramataka market garden market gardening marmalade marshmallow mass heater meadow meadowsweet medicinal micro microbes microfarm Midwest Permaculture mimic mindset mitigation money moon phases Morag Gamble moringa Mother Earth movement mow mulch multifunctional mushrooms native plants natural natural building natural fertiliser natural skincare natural swimming pool nature nature connection nitrogen no dig no waste no-dig north-facing novel November nutrition nuts observe oca October off-grid oil cleansing Open Shell Farm orchard orchards organic organic flowers organic gardening outdoor shower oven oxymel oyster pallets pasture-fed patterns peat-free people people care peoplecare perennials permaculture permaculture design Permaculture Magazine permaculture magazine award permaculture projects permaculture week permaculutre permayouth pesto pests philippines pine tree pips pizza oven plant profile plants politicians doing nothing pollinators pollution polyculture polycultures positive change preserving principles prize projects propagating protection pruning prunings psycho-spiritual awareness psychospiritual transformation rainforest rainwater raspberries re-green recipe recipes reduce reed beds regeneration regenerative regenerative agriculture regenerative farming regenerative projects relative location relative matter remedy renewable renewable energy resilient resources restoration reuse revolution rhythms rootstock rootstocks roundhouse roundwood runner beans Rupert Read sage Sahel salad salads salve Samhain Savitri Trust schools Scotland scotts pine scythe scything seasonal seasons seeds selfcare Sepp Holzer september septic tanks sewage treatment shade shamanism sheet mulching shrubs silvopasture skincare sloes slugs small solutions small-scale smallholding social justice soil health solar solstice solutions sowing spiritual spring squash stacking functions stock-free straw straw bale summer support sustainable Swayyam Sweet Bay syntropic systems temperate terraces thistles thrutopia timber timber framing tincture tonic toolkit tools transformation Transformative Adaptation trees upcycle urban urban farm urban gardening veg garden vegan veganic verges vermicomposting vinegar visionaries walnuts waste water water cleansing watering weeds wellbeing wetland wild edges wild flowers wild food wild garlic wildflower wildlife wine recipes wings winter winter greens winter salads winter solstice wisdom wood stove woodburner woodland woodland management woodlands world is possible worms yarrow year round year-round food yield young people youth zai zai pits zone 00 zoning

Solutions from our Global Regenerators

Join us to celebrate the permaculture people restoring and regenerating their communities and landscapes with regenerative solutions.

We are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 Permaculture Magazine Award, in collaboration with Lush Spring Prize.

Four projects have been awarded from a fund of £25,000.

The Permaculture Magazine Award is a celebration of the vital work of permaculture projects from around the world.

The Permaculture Magazine Award was established in 2018 to celebrate the vital work of permaculture projects around the world. To date (May 2025) it has awarded 28 projects with over £155,000. The award has received hundreds of applications, and it is a privilege to highlight this vital regenerative work that is world changing.

The 2025 Awardees

NGO Permaculture in Ukraine (Ukraine)

Coordinating a network of permaculture centres, NGO Permaculture Ukraine offers training, events and educational resources across Ukraine, also ensuring accessibility for internally displaced people (IDP) and former military personnel.

The organisation was founded following the first Permaculture Design Course (PDC) in Ukraine in 2011, and has held at least one PDC annually, actively seeking funding to make training accessible to vulnerable groups.

Following the full-scale invasion in 2022, its focus expanded to include:

  • Hosting displaced individuals.
  • Advancing food security.
  • Studying soil regeneration after military damage.
  • Using gardening as a tool for trauma rehabilitation and community rebuilding.

The 14 permaculture centres provide training, shelter for IDPs and war-abandoned animals, and rehabilitation for children and adults. Its designers also create communal projects, including schools and homes for disabled people. Despite air raids and blackouts, NGO Permaculture Ukraine successfully hosted a two-day permaculture festival in Kyiv’s botanical garden in September 2024, drawing 100 participants eager to engage with top regenerative practitioners.

NGO Permaculture Ukraine empowers Ukrainians for sustainable living and transformative change. Through active social media engagement and collaborations with ecovillages, zero-waste networks, and other ecological movements, it extends its influence and inspires a growing audience to adopt permaculture principles for Ukraine’s regeneration. https://permaculture.in.ua

Battmung (South Korea)

Battmung was founded to create a sustainable permaculture village in South Korea where young people can thrive and learn about permaculture design.

It seeks to ensure the survival of the village, which is at risk due to an ageing population. Through permaculture, Battmung aims to bring its village back to life. It offers a 72-hour Permaculture Design Course (PDC) to youth and those who go on to become active designers stay connected through the Battmung Friends group.

Since its founding in 2021, Battmung has:

  • Designed a 3,000-pyeong (approximately 2.5 acres) leaf field based on water flow and planted over 70 companion plants, working to restore the land with comfrey, clover, and native species.
  • Hosted a number of climate-conscious dining events inspired by permaculture restaurants in Berlin.
  • Been selected for the Ministry of Interior and Safety’s Youth Village Creation Support Project. Among 39 youth villages, Battmung was the only one focused on permaculture.
  • Engaged with 300 young people, created 5 jobs and collaborated with 20 local residents on a festival that attracted 10,000 visitors.

Recognising the importance of connecting people, Battmung also contributed to the founding of the Permaculture Institute of Korea (P.I.K) in 2023. Its goal is to organise its regional network and regenerate South Korea through permaculture, restoring soil, food chains, ecological awareness, and local economies. www.instagram.com/battmung.log

Eco Centro Allpa Tarpuna (Ecuador)

Eco Centro Allpa Tarpuna works for the regeneration of degraded lands, food sovereignty and community autonomy, with a focus on indigenous communities in Ecuador.

Founded in 2004, it was born out of the return of its founders to their community after experiencing the negative impacts of conventional agriculture and agrochemicals. This return marked the beginning of a path towards reconnecting with indigenous ancestral knowledge and adopting permaculture and organic production.

One of the key achievements has been the recovery of soils degraded by monocultures and eucalyptus. Although slow, this process has demonstrated the benefits of a regenerative approach and strengthened the resilience of the community. Allpa Tarpuna is currently focusing on:

  • Training local communities in sustainable practices.
  • Rescuing and preserving indigenous ancestral knowledge.
  • Promoting food self-sufficiency.

Allpa Tarpuna integrates bio-construction, renewable energy and sustainable water management into its practices. It also encourages the preservation of ancestral seeds and agro-ecological techniques such as crop rotation, reducing dependence on chemicals.

In the future, it wants to expand its training in permaculture design, combining indigenous knowledge with modern regenerative solutions. It seeks to empower more local farmers, promoting designs that restore the connection between people and nature.

Allpa Tarpuna is a living indigenous family that sows regeneration, inspiring a sustainable and resilient balance. https://allpatarpuna.org

HortaFCUL (Portugal)

HortaFCUL is a community-based permaculture project based in Lisbon University’s Faculty of Sciences (FCUL). The initiative was launched by a group of biology students concerned about the gap between sustainability ideals and the university’s environmental impact.

This bottom-up project has developed an important role as a catalyst of practical scientific-based knowledge. Nowadays, HortaFCUL is a resilient, sustainable and inclusive community, allowing the general public to learn more about nature-based solutions. It has five subprojects at campus level and relies on a volunteer-based horizontally-organised guardians collective to maintain the project’s green areas.

HortaFCUL, as a permaculture project, achieves its central goals by closing functional loops related to human activities. For example:

  • Social cycle: HortaFCUL has organized more than 200 workshops, talks and guided tours with over 5,000 people. Topics are related to food production, ecosystem management and social group dynamics. HortaFCUL has also held more than 450 working days inviting volunteers to join activities.
  • Knowledge cycle: So far, HortaFCUL has produced more than 10 scientific written outputs.
  • Production cycle: HortaFCUL has produced nearly 50 metric tons of compost made by guardians and volunteers using the organic residuals from the campus gardens.
  • Ecological cycle: HortaFCUL has four complex ecosystems, which include an edible garden, several agroforests, two tiny fast growth forests and many raised beds. HortaFCUL has on average 20 perennial plant species per 100 metres squared.
  • Materials cycle: Most of the infrastructure present in the project is upcycled from used materials, like woods, metal or carpets. https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/horta-fcul

The 2025 shortlist

The shortlist of permaculture projects for 2025, were:

  • Glasbren CIC 
  • Habilin Farms 
  • Nonprofit Organization Mikke
  • PermaQueer
  • Seaforestation.co
  • The Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute (IMAP)
  • The Pitak Project 
  • Youth Initiative for Community Empowerment

Learn more about the Permaculture Magazine Award HERE.

Learn more about the judging panel HERE.

Learn more about the Lush Spring Prize HERE.

Further Resources

Articles

£200,000 for Regenerative Projects Transforming Community and Landscapes

£30,000 Permaculture Magazine Prize Celebrates Climate Change Solutions (2019)

About the Author

The Permaculture Magazine team have been publishing books and magazines since 1992.

Their YouTube channel www.youtube.com/PermacultureMagazine shares a range of videos from no dig organic gardening and food forests, to regenerative farming and keeping bees.