Youth in Permaculture Prize

Global Youth Leaders & Permaculture

The Youth in Permaculture Prize recognizes and honors young leaders who are using permaculture as the basis of their local community projects. 

Meet the 2022 Youth In Permaculture Prize Recipients:

Edward Brown, Spain

Eddie has engaged in the world of permaculture for nine years, has completed three PDCs and is part of a non-profit permaculture project called Jóvenes en Permacultura (JEP) to build a community of young people to share and learn about permaculture together. In just two years, JEP now has 40 members, who holistically explore the multiple dimensions of permaculture. Eddie has also collaborated and led workshops with Permacultura Mediterránea. The award will help set up the permaculture learning centre with tools and equipment needed, enable free expert workshops to members and the community, and help JEP to be the seeds of change.

Lulu Vierkoetter, Tanzania

Growing up on the island of Zanzibar, Lulu practised unschooling through a permaculture lens. She is a co-founder of the global Permayouth movement and an accredited permaculture designer. Her passion is offering permaculture education programmes for children in her local school. Lulu has started the KINS independent school garden project for 3-12 year olds – sharing permaculture, greening the school, addressing waste, growing organically, and rewilding spaces. She has designed the engaging program that she shares weekly. Lulu will use this prize to create an outdoor classroom space, access seeds and tools for the learning garden, and purchase a bicycle to travel to the school to teach permaculture.

Nakafeero Brenda, Uganda

Brenda is a Permayouth hub leader and educator in northern Uganda. She teaches permaculture to young women and single mothers and hosts kitchen garden ‘permablitzes’ in their homes to help address food insecurity, climate change and poverty. With these funds, Brenda will create a Permayouth learning centre, a tool library, start a local seed exchange network and focus on water security for local food projects.

Winners from all years:

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Project Updates

2022

The 2022 Youth in Permaculture Prize awarded £10,000 divided amongst 10 youth projects which aim to restore the ecosystems and social systems of the world. 

2021

Our team member, Stella Nyambura Mbau, created a new website for 2020 YIPP winner Ola Tom – Permayouth Kitgum – to help him continue growing his work and reaching more people within his community.

Abundant Earth Foundation is partnering with Lush Spring Prize, Lush Prize, and Permaculture Magazine for our 2021 Youth in Permaculture Prize!

Real-world application of Permaculture Ethics and Principles will be considered in the evaluation of the applicants. Care for the Planet, People, and the Future is the Ethics and foundation of permaculture.

An international panel of young judges chooses projects based on their impact on the environment, providing food, offering solutions to economic or social problems, or other means of creating a better future.

2020

In its third year, the Youth in Permaculture Prize of £10,000 was available to youth 25-years-old and under. The main award was £5,000, with two runners up winning £2,500.  Permaculture Magazine was delighted to bring the Youth in Permaculture Prize in-house for 2020.

2018-2019

In 2018 and 2019, the award was organized and hosted by Abundant Earth Foundation.

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