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Charles Dowding is an English horticulturalist, author, and for the past 30 years a renowned innovator of no dig growing, weed free gardening, and organic soil management.

Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author.

Alessandro Vitale, also known as Spicy Moustache, moved from his hometown in Northern Italy to London almost a decade ago, where he has since transformed his 8 x 5 metre outdoor space into a thriving urban garden.

A practitioner and teacher from India, Manisha Lath Gupta has been practising permaculture for over ten years at Aanandaa Permaculture Farm.

Sidney-Max Etienne is a regenerative farmer, community activist, and artist from Haiti. He co-founded Grown in Haiti to promote ecological and community health through regenerative farming and community-driven change.

Paul Powlesland is a barrister and founder of Lawyers for Nature, an organisation that seeks to represent the natural world and all those who seek to defend it in the courts, as well as campaigning for the legal rights of nature. 

Thea Maria Carlson is a land tender, facilitator, educator, community weaver, speaker, writer, and co-creator.

Mitch is a writer and former chef who’s dedicated to collecting, protecting and raising awareness about rare, endangered and unusual food crops from around the world. A passionate gardener who practises regenerative methods like no dig and permaculture, he believes fewer things are more rewarding in life than tending to a plant from seed to harvest.

Coralive is an NGO that protects and restores oceans around the world.

Michael Reynolds is the founder and creator of the Earthship concept.

Helena Norberg-Hodge, a pioneer of the new economy movement, is the founder and director of the international non-profit organisation, Local Futures, and the convenor of World Localization Day. She is author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures and of Local is Our Future, and producer of the award-winning The Economics of Happiness and of Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution. Other publications include ‘Bringing the Food Economy Home’ and ‘From the Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture’.

Abel Pearson is a vegetable farmer, nature-based facilitator, permaculture educator and land steward listening for the stories we need to reconnect to land, food and seed. He believes that the kinds of growing and farming techniques we need for the future must come from a place of authentic relationship to the land, reverence for the life it provides for us and the wholehearted support of communities, gathered around a table or a smoking fire once again.