This year we launched the first Permaculture Magazine Prize that will award £10,000 for the winning project and £2,500 each for four runner up projects. These projects have been established for over three years and clearly demonstrate how the practical application of permaculture can change lives, alleviate poverty and regenerate landscapes and communities. Watch this space!
We received 152 applications from across the globe and the judging process was tough, as there were so many incredible projects making such positive change. The applications were pared down to a shortlist of 20 before choosing the five winners. For information on the judges, visit: www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/permaculture-prize-2018
The 20 shortlisted projects are:
- Albaydha Project and Albaydha Development Co., Saudi Arabia: www.al-baydha.com
- Balkan Ecology Project, Bulgaria: http://balkanecologyproject.blogspot.com
- Ecological Land Cooperative, UK: www.ecologicalland.coop
- Finca Tierra Negra, Dominican Republic: www.fincatierranegra.com
- Forest Farm Peace Garden, UK: www.forestfarmpeacegarden.org
- Ghana Permaculture Institute: https://permacultureghana.wordpress.com
- Good Heart Samaritan, Haiti: https://goodheartsamaritan.weebly.com
- Green Shoots Foundation, Cambodia: www.greenshootsfoundation.org/our-works/cambodia
- Guba, Swaziland: www.gubaswaziland.org
- Instituto de la Naturaleza y la Sociadad de Oaxaca (INSO), Mexico: www.insoaxaca.org
- Ishiara Parish Project, Order of St Augustine (OSA), Kenya: http://augustinians-un.org/projects-in-kenya
- Las Cañadas – Agroecology and Permaculture Center, Mexico: https://bosquedeniebla.com.mx
- Marcos Ninguém Permacultura SS Ltda, Brazil: http://marcosninguem.blogspot.com
- Maya Mountain Research Farm, Belize: http://mmrfbz.org
- Permaculture Provision Project, USA: www.permacultureprovision.org
- Permaculture Research Foundation Malta: http://permaculturemalta.org
- PermaFuture Agroecology Limited, UK: www.bentleyurbanfarm.com
- SALVE International, Uganda: www.salveinternational.org
- SCOPE, Malawi: http://scopemalawi.com
- The Inga Foundation, Hondurus: www.ingafoundation.org
To find out the five winners, and more about those projects, grab a copy of Permaculture Magazine International, issue 98, out at the end of October. You can either by a copy in store, or subscribe via our website:www.permaculture.co.uk/subscribe and then receive free digital access to all 98 back issues, plus a free digital article every issue.
We want to thank all of the projects who applied, and make you aware that the prize will be open again next year, so please do reapply.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the permaculture community to show case the incredible work taking place globally and we can't wait for you to read about some of these projects. We want you to also know that regardless of who was selected to win, you are all winners doing important work in the world. You prove that the actions of individuals and small groups of people really do matter. We also want to thank our six judges for their dedication to finding our winners:
- John D. Liu
- Looby Macnamara
- Kayode Olafimihan
- Simon Constantine
- Anthony Rodale
- Penny Livingston-Stark
