Brighton Permaculture Trust

Mission Statement

Inspiring, connecting, learning: for people and planet to flourish.

Our Permaculture ethics are central to everything we do:

• Earth Care: enhancing natural resources and biodiversity; celebrating seasons.

• People Care: valuing diversity, embracing differences; supporting health and well-being by connecting people to nature and to healthy food.

• Fair Share: inspiring people to create solutions for sharing resources wisely, today and for future generations.

Our main areas of work are:

• Teaching 30+ courses a year in permaculture, eco-building, orchard management and food-growing.

• Planting 100 trees each year in school and community orchards.

• We save 30 tonnes of locally grown fruit from going to waste and turn it into delicious juice, cider, crumble and jams.

• We run over 450 volunteering sessions a year, giving our volunteers opportunities to connect with nature and learn new skills.

• We manage a permaculture demonstration plot, Racehill Community Orchard and several other orchards for the benefit of wildlife and the community. We are in the process of acquiring stewardship of a small plot of woodland in central Brighton that will be managed as an urban oasis for wildlife.