Gaia Schools webinar series
- Permaculture for Children & Schools
with Lusi Alderslowe and the Gaia Schools Team
Gaia Schools warmly invites you to join our new webinar series—an inspiring space for learning, sharing, and connection. Free online event
🚸 How to apply Regenerative Education, Environmental Education
and Ecovillage Design into Schools? 🌱
🗓️ January 27th, 2026
⏰ 2pm UTC time
(1:30 hour interactive session)
Join us for an engaging and practical webinar exploring how permaculture can be meaningfully integrated into learning environments for children. Lusi Alderslowe will share her rich experience working with permaculture alongside children, while the Gaia Schools team will contribute with real-life examples and practices from their schools.
The session will include time for questions, dialogue, and shared reflection, offering participants both inspiration and practical insights.
Speakers
Lusi Alderslowe
Lusi Alderslowe – Permaculture teacher from Scotland working with adults and children, with a strong focus on education and community-based learning.
She is co-chair of Dumfries and Galloway Outdoor and Woodland Learning Group, through which she has taught thousands of children, a director of Propagate (a sustainable food CIC), co-founder of Permaculture Children, and an author of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share in Education: The Children in Permaculture Manual.
Lusi loves sharing permaculture with children and adults using fun, creative and inspiring methods.
More about Lusi’s work:
Lusi Alderslowe | Permaculture Association
Lusi Alderslowe – Permaculture in Scotland with Adults and Children
...and the Gaia Schools Network!
Facilitated by
Taisa Mattos
Gaia Education
Gaia Education Face-to Face Programmes Coordinator, Gaia Schools Coordinator, Taisa has coordinated and taught Ecovillage Design Education Programmes since 2009, having contributed to 30 certified EDEs all over in Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Argentina, and online. Lead facilitator for Gaia Education's Training of Trainers in Mexico.
Education & Research Coordinator at the Global Ecovillage Network (2019 - 2024). Board Member of the International Communal Studies Association (ICSA). Co-founder of Terra Una Ecovillage (Brazil). Author of the book Ecovillages: Building a Regenerative Culture. Taisa is passionate about ecovillages and regenerative education.

