User:Byron Joel/sandbox

Byron Joel(10 December, 1980) is an internationally recognised author, media presenter and leader in the field of Regenerative Agriculture, with a focus on mediterranean climate regions of the world. He is based in south Western Australia from where he runs Oak Tree Designs and the Regen Australis project. He travels internationally to teach, study and practice.

Background
Growing up in Perth, Western Australia, working for his fathers landscaping and irrigation company, Byron’s love for plants became clear early in the piece, leading him to study horticulture and botany, refining his knowledge, skill and appreciation for the human/plant relationship, all the while working in a number of positions at numerous retail and propagation plant nurseries and re-vegetation, tree planting and land care services.

Discovering Permaculture in the early 2000′s Byron devoured all the information he could find and set to work connecting with like minds and putting ideas to practice, taking his first Permaculture Design Course in 2004 and second in 2009.

He is certified in Horticulture, Permaculture design, Holistic Management, Keyline design, the Regrarian's Platform.

Byron has stated that he has along standing interest in mythology, deep ecology and anthropology, studying Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, Joanna Macy, Robert Bly, Dr Martin Shaw etc.

Career
After visiting Permaculture Research Institute of Australia for their Internship in 2010 Byron felt eager to return and and did so in the positions of both Nursery and WWOOFer Coordinator at Zaytuna Farm. After relocating to New Zealand he held the position of Nursery Manager at Kotare Farm home of the Koanga Institute and the Permaculture Research Institute of New Zealand.

Byron’s embryonic affinity toward plants has developed and evolved into a wider passionate drive to the broad scale regeneration and restoration not only the planet’s much degraded ecology but also the human communities that inhabit her.

He has studied and integrated design and implementation techniques from numerous related systems including Holistic Management, Natural Sequence Farming, Bio-dynamics, Natural Farming, the Regrarian's Platform, Restoration Agriculture and more…

Byron has worked internationally as both educator and consultant and has an ongoing working relationship with numerous projects in Morocco.

He has over 1000 hours teaching/presenting on regenerative agriculture in Australia, the USA, Africa and New Zealand.

Units taught on...


 * Soils: Introductory Science, Compost, Regeneration.
 * Ethnobotany/Horticulture: Plants as Teachers, Propagation, Plant I.D, Food Production.
 * Forestry: Timber, Orchards, Windbreaks, Habitat Revegetation.
 * Hydrology: The Science and Strategies of Water in the Eco-agricultural	Landscape.
 * Meteorology: Macro and Micro-climate in Eco-agriculture.
 * Bio-regionalism: Decentralisation, Locally Appropriate Eco-agriculture and Economies.
 * Landscape Design. Permaculture, Keyline, Regrarian's Platform, Pattern	Language.
 * Deep Ecology: Reflections on the Human Relationship to Ecology and Place.
 * Holistic Management: Managing Complexity and Regenerative Animal Systems.

Works

 * "The Bunya Pine" -
 * "Tough Fruit" -
 * "Arracacha: The Perennial Root of the Andes" -
 * "Regrarians's Advanced Design Course" -
 * "Mediterranean Climates" -
 * "Living Fencing for Mediterranean Climate Regions" -
 * "A Lesson in Deep Identity – Return to Morocco" -
 * "Sibling Regions - Fostering Eco-agricultural Relationships" -

Presentations
October 2016: APC 13 - Perth, W.A

Australasian Permaculture Convention

Presentation: “Regen Australis: The Future of Australian Culture.”

March 2015: Permaculture Voices 2 – San Diego

International Permaculture conference in San Diego, California.

Presentation: “Permaculture in Mediterranean Climate Regions”

May 2015: Introduction to the Keyline Design System – Boyup Brook, W.A

South West Catchment Council

November 2014: South West Catchment Council – Bridgetown, W.A

South West Celebration

Presentation: “Introduction to the Regrarian's Platform.”

Associated Groups
2017 – Present: The Regen Australis Project

Developing Bio-regionally Appropriate Regenerative Cultures

Founder, Administrator

regenaustralis.com

2016 – Present: Regenerative Agriculture South Western Australia

A hub intended to promote and foster Regenerative Agriculture discussions and activity in the bio-regions of South Western Australia.

Founder, Administrator

2015 – Present: Mediterranean Climate Permaculture Guild

Dedicated to regenerative human settlement systems specific to the Mediterranean climate regions of the world.

Founder, Administrator.