Roos Derks
Permaculture and Regenerative Design
Designing, Teaching and Facilitating for a Living Earth
What I offer
Permaculture
Courses
I love teaching permaculture, it’s principles, ethics and applications. From discovering “ecosystem thinking”, learning about the intricate ways of nature, to taking a closer look at ancient indigenous practices and the unique role of humans in ecosystem earth. I’m a lover of learning, and I enjoy it deeply to take others along. Find out about my upcoming courses, join me in the garden as a volunteer, or come to one of my garden tours.
Regenerative
Design
There is a lot of good work needed and a great time to be had while doing it! I see design as a conversation, between land, people and possibility. I can facilitate these conversations, for individuals as well as groups. I offer my experience with Permaculture Design, the Design Web, Sociocracy, and event organization. Projects do not need to be land-based. Contact me if you are interested.
Transformative
Culture Events
Transformative Culture is an ongoing research into more life giving ways of being and relating. Come to an event to co-create and experience what this means to you. Check out the different projects. I also offer my experience with co-creation and participatory design, and can facilitate its process with tools, community building methods and design for self-organizing systems. Get in contact if you are curious what a cooperation could look like.
Upcoming Courses
Applied Permaculture Introduction
26 Juni – 28 Juni 2026
During this weekend you will get an elaborate insight into the diverse ways Permaculture is implemented
in the community Garden Schloss Glarisegg.
Beyond the basics you will learn from our best practices
and get inspired about ecological design for self-reliance on a community scale.
About Me
I started learning more intensively about permaculture in 2015, with the blessing of many inspiring gardens, natural places, teachers and courses. Settling down and growing my own food since 2018 grounded me on this journey. I am a very practice-oriented learner, as well as being an avid reader with a growing library. I have a Diploma in Permaculture Design with the German Permaculture Academy. Since the fall of 2023 I took over the lead of the Permaculture Garden of the Ecovillage Schloss Glarisegg, here I am leading a team to produce vegetables for the community of 60 people.
People, being as colourful and complex as ecosystems, fascinate me equally. Since 2018 I have developed regenerative design for social systems, also known as Social Permaculture. In this realm I move very practically as well, and organize co-creative, Transformative Culture gatherings. I also guide groups, where I offer my experiences with Sociocracy, Permaculture Design, Emergent Dialogue, Social Presencing Theatre, Process work, and project planning. With two dear friends and colleagues I run the Association Pathways, where we offer funded courses on Climate Dialogue and Emergent collective processes. I am also pasionate about dance, music and hand-craft.
