10 Years On!

2025 marks 10 years since the conception of this educational social enterprise business, dreamed up at the 2015 National Permaculture Hui held in New Brighton at the Roy Stokes Community Hall.

A lot has grown over this decade, and from our original visioning there is still much that is on the list to bring into reality. One of the dreams was to have another Hui this year, to connect us all in again and see what has been happening in the four corners of our lives. The reality is, that life is full and to organise a big gathering is not in us currently. Though, this is something we would like to do in the near future.

It is time to step back to the visioning stage and to review the aspects that were present for this business in the beginning... Time for the Evaluation part of the design process - what has worked, what hasn't, what is still viable and what new aspects could be brought in.

We used a great tool in designing the business structure - Business Model Canvas - it even has a series of animated video's, it was really helpful in broad scoping the possibilities.

So we will definitely be bringing out the original and using a new copy to see what current inspirations are present, and then we get to look at the 2 for comparisons.

There were 6 of us working on the 1st wave of CPI, and for this next phase we have 7 inputting into the broadening of CPI. 3 from the conception talk at the Hui, 2 who have been with us since 2019 and 2 newbies who have joined us over the last couple of years.

We are excited to burst out our creativity to see how permaculture can grow in Canterbury over the next decade, especially with having our new base at the Climate Action Campus, with all the different organisational synergies that are present here, and landbased learning potential.

We will let you know how this review stage goes, and what inspiring outcomes are generated. Also, we will post up our achievements from the last 10 years, with links and photos to view.