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8 forms of capital active hope agroecology agroforestry alder buckthorn Amazon anxiety apples arthritis autumn Autumn equinox back yard beans Bec Hellouin beech tree bees beneficial berries biochar biodigester biodiversity blackberries blackthorn book review brain brassica cage budget build building campesino capital card deck Celtic festivals change changes chemical-free chickens christmas circular clay pot cleansers cleansing milks climate change climate chaos climate emergency climate grief climate solutions climbers climbing cob comfrey community Community Nature Network community projects compost compost teas connection consciousness conservation container cooking coppice coppicing cordial cosmology courgettes crafts crisis crop protection Cross Quarter Festival cultural emergence culture cut flowers cycles degraded design diary diversity DIY do it yourself dryland earth care earth's cycles Earth's energy ecoculture economics ecopoetry ecosystem ecosystem restoration camps ecosystems edges edible edible flowers education efficiency elder elderflowers elements elixir energy equinox ethics face mask fair shares Fairtrade farming feedback feminine ferns 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 green space greenhouse grief groundcover grow grow food grow your own growing guilds habitat habits handcream harvest harvests hawthorn hazel hazelnut healing shrubs healing trees health healthy soil heart health hedgerow 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 Imbolc incense increase yields Indigenous inexpensive influence inspiration International Womens Day jam keyline kingfisher kitchen garden lacto-fermentation Lammas land landscape landscapes life lifestyle limeflowers livelihood livestock living labs logs Looby Macnamara lotion low cost low-impact Lush Spring Prize macerations Manda Scott Mangwende Orphan Care Trust market garden market gardening marmalade marshmallow mass heater meadowsweet medicinal microbes microfarm Midwest Permaculture mimic mindset mitigation money moon phases Morag Gamble moringa Mother Earth movement 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 orchard orchards organic organic flowers organic gardening outdoor shower oven oxymel oyster pallets pasture-fed patterns people people care peoplecare perennials permaculture permaculture design permaculture magazine award permaculture projects permaculutre permayouth pesto pests philippines pine tree pips pizza oven plant profile plants pollinators pollution polyculture polycultures positive change preserving principles propagating protection pruning prunings psycho-spiritual awareness psychospiritual transformation rainforest rainwater raspberries recipe recipes reduce reed beds regeneration regenerative regenerative agriculture relative location relative matter remedy renewable renewable energy resilient resources restoration reuse revolution rhythms rootstock rootstocks roundhouse roundwood runner beans sage salad salads salve Samhain schools Scotland scotts pine seasonal seasons seeds selfcare Sepp Holzer september septic tanks sewage treatment shade shamanism sheet mulching shrubs skincare sloes slugs small solutions small-scale smallholding social justice soil health solar solutions sowing spiritual spring squash stacking functions stock-free straw straw bale summer support sustainable Sweet Bay syntropic systems temperate terraces thistles thrutopia timber timber framing tincture tonic toolkit tools transformation trees upcycle urban urban gardening veg garden vegan veganic vermicomposting vinegar visionaries walnuts waste water water cleansing watering weeds wellbeing wetland wild edges wild food wild garlic wildflower wildlife wine recipes wings winter winter greens winter salads wood stove woodburner woodland woodland management woodlands world is possible worms yarrow year round year-round food yield young people youth zai pits zone 00 zoning

Funding for Permaculture Projects and Regenerative Practitioners – how to apply for 2025

Applications for the Permaculture Magazine Award 2025 are now closed.

The Permaculture Magazine Award specifically supports permaculture projects that reach ordinary people and demonstrate best practice permaculture both in terms of ecological and socially / culturally innovative design. Any project can apply if it has been functioning for at least three years and has established its place within its community. Now in its sixth cycle, the 2025 award has a fund of £25,000 to give.

We are delighted to be in collaboration with the Lush Spring Prize for a second cycle. This enables the Permaculture Magazine Award to reach a much wider audience, allowing many more permaculture projects and individuals to apply and be celebrated. 

It also offers award recipients and applicants the opportunity to connect with Re-alliance and Re-generosity networks, opening up more funding options and creating valuable relationships with other people and projects.

To date, the Permaculture Magazine Award has shared £130,000 between 24 worldwide permaculture projects.

Applications are open from 5th August. Application forms are available via the Lush Spring Prize website (HERE) and entries close at 10.00 BST Friday 27 September 2024. Applicants will need to apply to one of the Spring Prize categories (Young Award 1-5 years old or Established Award 5+ years old) and then select ‘Permaculture Magazine Award’ in question seven: ‘Would you like your application to also be considered for an Influence Award or one of the following 2025 collaborative prizes.’ Awardees will be notified early 2025, with a prize giving ceremony in May 2025 thanks to Lush Spring Prize and Ethical Consumer.

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Previous recipients

“Winning the Permaculture Magazine Award has been a transformative experience for Sol Haven, prompting us to view our work in a broader context. The award forced us to step back and consider our impact beyond our immediate community. Being recognised on an international stage made us realise that our efforts resonate globally. It encouraged us to think beyond our local boundaries and envision a more interconnected world where our work matters. The award has opened doors to new collaborations and partnerships. We’ve connected with like-minded organisations, shared best practices, and learned from diverse perspectives. This network extends beyond borders, enriching our work and inspiring us to dream bigger.” Sammuel Yisrael, cofounder of Sol Haven, 2023 Permaculture Magazine Award recipient.

© Sol Haven

© Sol Haven

“In the past few years, Northern Youth Project has been able to follow through with the food forest. We spent a whole summer focusing on digging swales and planting trees and wild plants mentored by Beata Tsosie Peña, who taught from a lens of indigenous traditional knowledge. Now we are harvesting fruits and berries! The youth have learned about tree care as well as about native plants and medicinal herbs, and how they all work together in a symbiotic relationship, creating a healthy ecosystem.”

“This year we celebrate 15 years of providing free arts, agriculture, and internship opportunities for youth in rural northern New Mexico! Our food forest will continue to provide food for our youth, pollinators, and wild critters that enjoy the beauty of our garden. Our investment in perennial plants and healthy soil is a legacy that will continue to sustain life and love in the center of our community for years to come.” Lupita Salazar, cofounder of Northern Youth Project and 2019 Permaculture Magazine Award recipient.

Youth interns Chantal Bibeault, Alyssa Cervantes, Aden Allman, Tatiana Maestas, Jovana Blea, Lexi Gould, and Mathew Blea tend to our acequia fed three sisters garden. © Northern Youth Project

Arborist mentor Emilio Borrego teaches about spring tree care to Hannah Martinez, Jovanna Blea, and Alana Fresquez. © Northern Youth Project

The judges

Our panel of prestigious judges come from a range of backgrounds and work tirelessly to shortlist projects to be awarded. The judges for 2025 include (more TBC):

Morag Gamble is an award-winning global permaculture educator, ambassador, speaker, YouTuber, podcaster, writer, mentor, and trust-based philanthropist.

Maia Gamble is the co-founder and coordinator of Permayouth and lives at Crystal Waters Ecovillage in Australia with her family.

Maria Paez is the International Coordinator at the Permaculture Association Britain (PAB), where she connects with global permaculture leaders to understand their needs and aspirations.

Kayode Olafimihan is the chair of the London Permaculture Network and organises the annual London Permaculture Festival.

Andrew Zionts Abrams is a Permaculturist, designer, entrepreneur, teacher, facilitator and philanthropist and perhaps most importantly, an earth steward. 

Rozie Apps is the Assistant Editor at Permaculture magazine and Permanent Publications. She was also a judge for the the 2023 Award and for the Lush Spring Prize.

Lush Spring Prize and our collaboration

The Lush Spring Prize is a biennial £200,000+ prize open to communities, organisations and businesses from the Intentional stage, through to Young and Established organisations, and Influencers. The fund supports incredible projects all across the world, while bringing people together to share their skills and experiences. The Prize also aims to raise awareness of regeneration and its potential to heal damaged systems, create resilience to crises, and grow abundance. The prize is made up of four categories: 

The 2025 Lush Spring Prize will award at least nine prizes across three different Spring Prize categories.

Intentional Award: Four prizes – For great new ideas and projects up to 1 year old, to help build knowledge and a solid foundation from which to grow.

Young Award: Three prizes – For projects or organisations that are 1-5 years old, to help develop their environmental and social regeneration work.

Established Award: Two prizes – For organisations that have worked towards regeneration for 5+ years, to help share knowledge and inspire more people and ideas.

Influence Award – For 2025, The Influence Award will be allocated in a different way. At least £25,000 will be distributed by judges to projects shortlisted in other categories – to highlight and support influential work.

The Influence Award is for organisations and networks of any size that are campaigning or lobbying to influence policy, regulation or public opinion in support of regeneration.

Due to our collaboration, the Permaculture Magazine Award application process is through the Lush Spring Prize website. To apply for the Permaculture Magazine Award, you will need to apply to one of the Spring Prize categories (Young Award 1-5 years old or Established Award 5+ years old) and then select ‘Permaculture Magazine Award’ in question seven: ‘Would you like your application to also be considered for an Influence Award or one of the following 2025 collaborative prizes.” No additional application is required. This means you/your project are applying for two awards at once. And because the Influence Award will be decided by the judges, you may also be considered for this too. If your project is under 3 years old, you can apply for the Lush Spring Prize, either Young Award or Intentional Award.

Alternatively you may feel your project is more suited to the Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom Award, which is sponsored by Be The Earth Foundation and The Savitri Trust. More details on this award can be found HERE.

For details on previous permaculture project recipients, visit: www.permaculture.co.uk/permaculture-award

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