Lachlan McKenzie

Lachlan McKenzie (Dip. Permaculture) has been immersed in permaculture since completing his PDC in 1994 in South Australia. After many years practicing, designing and up-skilling his perma-culture adventures took him to Timor-Leste in 2001 working for 5 years with Timorese NGO Per-matil (Permaculture Timor-Leste) and 1 year with IDEP Foundation in Bali and post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia. From 2008 - 2015 in Darwin, Northern Australia, school gardens, community gardens and teaching permaculture courses were the focus, then for something different, the UK, France and Portugal for 2 years including volunteering with Permaculture Association Britain. A founding member of the International Permaculture Education Network (IPEN) project, co-author/co-manager for the Tropi-cal Permaculture Guidebook and co-founder of Permatil Global, Lachlan has returned to South Australia and his dry-land roots, teaching and practicing with a focus on permaculture for climate action.