Graham Wood

About me

I'm a Permaculture Designer and Transition Projects Manager working in the domain of social resilience, building sustainability, and facilitating localised grass roots change.
I've 2 acres in Cheshire where I experiment with the practical application of permaculture. For me Permaculture can use the best from many disciplines to achieve our aims - I've successfully used the high tech through to "old country law" with good effect. Just because I don't understand why and how it works does not stop me from using it.

I'm interested in helping people into "right livelihoods" and establishing local green businesses, also in integrating Aquaponics with permaculture and engaging young people in where food comes from and how they can grow their own in urban areas, so via Liverpool based URBANAG I teach on aquaponics courses. URBANAG are promoting Aquaponics as a viable solution to be used in urban agriculture and the drive to localise food production.

Educator experience

Teaching Introduction to Permaculture courses incorporating an extra module on Aquaponics in Permaculture.

Designing an edible garden for our primary school.

Community resilience and sustainability via Transition.

Variety of Permaculture and enterprise development projects.

Reablement - getting patients out of institutionalised hospital care and back into their own homes.

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Educator skills

Skills, technical expertise:

  • Aquaponics Design (I also run short courses on this)
  • Facilitation and Project Management
  • Edible Garden Design and implementation
  • Creating sustainable and resilient livelihoods (I also run short courses on this).
  • Mentoring start-up businesses
  • Emergency First Aide
  • Growing edible and useful perennial plants
  • Vermicomposting
  • Hedge-laying
  • Scything
  • Woodworking
  • Archery
  • Cider and Wine Making
  • Blacksmithing
  • Coracle Building
  • Hunting and Trapping
  • Basic Butchery
  • Upcycling - how to reuse almost everything
  • Building Construction & Maintenance
  • Passive Solar Greenhouse Design

Areas of Interest:

  • Uplands water management
  • Permaculture and mental illness
  • Mental Health First Aide
  • Agroforestry
  • Transition Towns
  • Dyslexia
  • Food Forest
  • Producing and harvesting food naturally
  • Woodland management
  • No dig gardening
  • Low maintenance and low cost gardening

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Educator qualifications

Certified Qualifications:

  • AET (Award in Education and Training) - Adult Education Teaching Certificate - 2015
  • Diploma in Advanced Permaculture Design - 2015 ongoing
  • Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) - 2014
  • Design of Sustainable Business - 2003-04
  • Business Process Modelling (lATS1 & ATS2) ARIS – 2001
  • Business Process Simulation (Advanced) ARIS – 2001
  • PRINCE2 Managers – 1997
  • First Aid at Work - 1995
  • ISO9000 Auditor - 1994
  • MBTI (assessment use ATK) – 1993
  • Food Safety Cert - 1992
  • SDI Psychometrics diploma - 1992
  • Activity Based Costing (Exec Course) – 1990
  • Management Cost Accounting (Exec Course) – 1989
  • Laboratory Technology C&G - 1969-71

Many short courses including:

  • Introduction to Keeping Chickens - 2018
  • Limits of Lean Agriculture – 2017
  • Commercial Aquaponics Design & Business Planning #4 – 2016-17
  • Small Farm Profitability – 2016
  • Forest Garden Design - 2015
  • Portrait Photography - 2014
  • Aquaponics Theory & Practice #L4 - 2014
  • Lean Canvas Business Modelling - 2014
  • Passive Solar Greenhouse Design - 2013
  • e-Ccommerce for New Business - 2013
  • Hydroponics for Food Production - 2011
  • Digital Photography - 2010
  • Passive Solar Greenhouse Design - 2009
  • Plant Propagation (RHS) - 2007
  • Therapeutic Massage (Intro) - 2005/7
  • Aromatherapy & Essential Oils (basics) - 2004
  • Emergency First Aide - 2001
  • Manufacturing Excellence (advanced ATK7) – 1992
  • First Aid at Work - 1990
  • Self-Sufficiency - 1976-77

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