1 Start 2 Complete Use the form below to submit your application for the Permaculture Prize sponsored by Lush Spring Prize. The 2022 Permaculture Prize, sponsored by Lush Spring Prize is £5,000 awards projects that are examples of inspiring regenerative practices, where projects are increasing the capacity of communities and societies to thrive in harmony with nature and each other. The Lush Spring Prize is a biennial prize focussed on celebrating regenerative practitioners and organisations around the world, and is happy to offer this special £5,000 Spring Prize award as part of the 2022 Permaculture Magazine Award. Winners will be announced in PM114 Winter 2022 and online in November 2022. Please note that if you want to make any changes to the form at a future date after you have submitted it, you must register and /or log in to the site first. The applications open Saturday 30th April 2022 and will be closed Sunday 12th June 2022, 23:59 GMT. Name of Applicant * Name of Organisation * Address * Email * Website * Social media * Business model / legal status / structure of organisation. * Tell us your story. What does your organisation do? When was the organisation established? What have you achieved so far? * Max 300 words What does regeneration mean to your organisation and how do the ideas of regeneration relate to your work? * Max 200 words Which of these movements are you directly connected to * organic agriculture biodynamic agriculture holistic grazing holistic land management permaculture design carbon sequestration practices agroecology agroforestry training and skill sharing practices creating or hosting communal or accessible spaces sociocracy holocracy legal action direct action strengthening indigenous knowledge sharing indigenous knowledge network building lobbying campaigning dragon dreaming research natural or holistic medicines art and performance natural farming other Select up to three options Tell us how you integrate permaculture’s three ethics into your organisation. Who benefits from your work? * Max 200 words Who benefits from your work? * Youth, families, farmers, etc. Describe the environment you work in and the key challenges and limiting factors of your organisation. * Max 200 words Which of these challenges do you face? * funding constraints climate change or extreme weather poverty or in access to resources structural inequality and marginalisation conflict, violence or war ecological degradation lack of understanding from the local community or government lack of supportive network government or bureaucracy corporate interests or corporate greed capacity, or physical or emotional overstretch other Select up to three options How does your organisation support the regeneration of the natural resources it depends on? * Max 200 words How does your organisation support social regeneration? * Max 200 words How does your organisation support economic regeneration? * Max 200 words How is your team or organisation connected to other organisations and / or wider networks locally and globally? * Please name the key networks you are connected to. (Max 100 words) Does your organisation use its experience and learning to help others to replicate your work? If yes, can you tell us how? * Max 200 words Does your organisation use social media to reach out to a wider audience? * If yes, how? What is the annual budget for your project? * Do you receive funding from other sources? Please tell us what percentage of your annual budget is funded? What is self-generated? * How would you spend the prize money to overcome your challenges and move towards your goals? * How are you measuring the impact of your work? Please can you provide the links for the evidence of your impact? * Permissions * Do we have your permission to use your answers for research purposes and in case studies or articles? Do you give permission for us to put details of your organisation / project (including your logo) in our online and printed communications? We are working with other funders that might be interested in supporting or resourcing Spring Prize applicants. Do you give permission for us to share your application with other potential funders? Welfare policy Lush and the Lush Spring Prize have a strict animal welfare policy, including a non-animal testing policy. We cannot offer grants to organisations, or buy materials from projects who: a) Commissioned tests on animals; or b) Are financially partnered with anyone who commissions tests on animals; or c) Harm or slaughter animals as part of the project plan. Animals can be classified into two main groups: vertebrates and invertebrates. The main difference between vertebrates and invertebrates is that invertebrates, like insects and flatworms, do not have a backbone or spinal column. Examples of vertebrates include humans, birds, and snakes. Please be aware, other commonly used animals for animal testing include daphnia and fish, which are also unacceptable in line with Lush's Non-Animal Testing Policy.By submitting this application, I hereby declare that our organization does not commission tests or are financially involved with any organization who have commissioned tests on animals for cosmetics or any other purpose. I also confirm that should my organisation receive a prize fund, these funds will not be used for the slaughter or harm of animals.
