Angie Polkey

About me

Angie's background in ecology and conservation helps her understand - and teach - the natural principles, patterns and processes that have inspired permaculture.
Her enthusiasm for permaculture began on an introductory course in 1995, followed by a full design course with Ben Law and then a sabbatical to study permaculture and sustainable land use in Australia. Enthused and motivated to 'walk the talk', Angie first practised permaculture in a tiny urban garden in Sussex and then moved to Wales with her husband in 1997. Their small acreage has several forest gardens, vegetable beds, a polytunnel, wildlife habitats, and hard working chickens! As you might expect, it is designed to minimise inputs and maximise outputs over the longer term. Angie is also a founder member of the Lampeter Permaculture Group (which arose from the first full permaculture design course that she co-taught), has set up various local community projects and is a WWOOF host with her husband, Andy. She also helps landowners to make their sites better for wildlife - by taking a permacultural and ecological approach of course!

Educator experience

Ecology, habitat creation & management; home energy retrofit; systems thinking & strategic planning; forest gardening; community organisation start up ; participatory democracy (esp people's / community assemblies).

Educator skills

Ecology, habitat creation & management; home energy retrofit; systems thinking & strategic planning; forest gardening; community organisation start up; participatory democracy (esp people's / community assemblies). I've worked for many decades with nature conservation organisations and became fully freelance in 2013.

Educator qualifications

Ph.D in Ecology.
PDC with Ben Law as lead teacher.
Various subsequent short courses in environmental education, training of teachers (permaculture), straw bale building, cob building and various other crafts etc etc.