People

• David Rojas Elbirt
• Joana Bertholo
• Rebecca Egeling

Organizations

• TransitionNetwork
• Change the World
• Ecoartnetwork
• Grass Routes
• Permakultur Akademie Deutschland

People

David Rojas Elbirt (Bolivia/USA)

Studies in Research in Education and Economics. His professional goal in life is to help organizations create wealth and cultural values by transitioning to Gaia-wise designs. He's been combining Permaculture Principles with Consumer Ethnography as powerful tools to empower people inside organizations as the means to address and solve both, human and planetary issues. He's done research projects in microfinance, banking, transportation, telecomunications, public policies, education, community & water projects, dairy products, beauty and health products, fast moving consumer goods, food industries. He has worked in Europe, Latin America, USA, and Arabic Countries.

Joana Bertholo (Portugal/Argentina)

Coming from a Graphic-Design/Fine-Arts background, Joana finds her favourite creative flown while writing. She is looking to experience an integral approach to art in her own life, contemplating dancing, music, traveling, being connected and dreaming - But ultimately, she writes. She has published 2 (fiction) books in her native Portugal, and the third one is due to be released soon. She hosts a blog on Social Design and contributes to like-minded blogs and magazines. She collaborates with several different projects and organizations, such as the SocialDesignSite, the INDEXawards, or Eloisa Cartonera.
She is currently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, conducting field work for her PhD on the potential of integral art practices in a macroshift scenario.

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Rebecca Egeling (Germany/UK)

Photo: Shelley Castle

Thinker Mover Maker
BA in Classical and Contemporary Dance and Applied Theatre Studies
MA in Arts and Ecology

Rebecca researches by the means of her artform. She develops methodologies to physically explore questions of social and ecological concern.
The nature-culture, animal-human, body-city borderland provide the themes for her investigations which result in contextually engaged performance formats.

rebeccaegeling.blogspot.com

Organizations

TransitionNetwork

Transition Towns (also known as Transition network or Transition Movement) is a movement that was created by Louise Rooney and popularized by Rob Hopkins. It was founded in Kinsale, Ireland and was then spread to Totnes, England by environmentalist Rob Hopkins during 2005 and 2006. The aim of the project is to equip communities for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil. The movement currently has member communities in a number of countries worldwide.

Change the World (Norway/Latin America)

Change the World has taken up the task of working towards real, hands-on processes of change from an integral and holistic perspective, promoting sustainable development from the grass-root. We use permaculture as a tool for the design of integral sustainable systems. This way we foment the establishment of ecovillages, eco-neighborhoods, eco-centers and other kinds of sustainable human settlements capable of being real, inspirational and demonstrative examples, bonding Man and Nature through social-ecology.

Ecoartnetwork (international)

We are a network of professionals dedicated to the practices of ecological art. We work across disciplines and within communities to:

• Focus attention on the web of interrelationships in our environment—to the physical, biological, cultural, political, and historical aspects of ecological systems;
• Create artworks that employ natural materials, or engage with environmental forces such as wind, water, or sunlight;
• Reclaim, restore, and remediate damaged environments;
• Inform the public about ecological dynamics and the environmental problems we face;
• Re-envision ecological relationships, creatively proposing new possibilities for co-existence, sustainability, and healing.

Our work is created to inspire caring and respect, stimulate dialogue, and encourage the long-term flourishing of the social and natural environments in which we live.

Grass Routes Association (Germany/Netherlands)

Grass Routes is an innovative, creative NGO evoking change towards a more green and sustainable society. Grass Routes connects organizations, social enterprises, blogs, media and community groups in Berlin and worldwide.

Permakultur Akademie Deutschland

The german permaculture academy provides courses, educational programs and lots of information on permaculture.