We incorporate our diverse skills and passions to create a diverse livelihood, that is sustainable, enjoyable, profitable and supports the ecosystem around us.
Klaus Lotz
Tutor ● Consultant ● Farmer
Tutor ● Consultant ● Farmer
Klaus has over 30 years experience in permaculture, renewable energy and sustainable agroforestry and over 9 years experience in bio-char research and application. He holds a degree in Organic Agriculture from the University of Kassel in Germany. His experience extends to a wide range of countries and climates, having lived in South America, Europe and now New Zealand. During his time in Brazil, he worked with Ernst Goetsch regenerating 250 hectares of burnt rainforest back into natural diversity and abundance. Since living in New Zealand he has completed his PDC and Permaculture diploma, taught sustainable rural development, and is currently a PDC mentor, a permaculture consultant and holds practical workshops on our farm. His extensive experience means he is efficient and professional at assessing land and knowing the best solutions to gain sustainable abundance with any landscape. As a partner of PermaDynamics, he is the tutor and director of education.
Vanessa Keegan
Artist ● Nutritionalist ● Homeopath ● Gardener
Artist ● Nutritionalist ● Homeopath ● Gardener
Vanessa has a background in design, completing her M.A. at the Royal College of Art in London. She set up her own successful designer textile business, selling internationally. She has been exhibited in textile collections and art galleries worldwide. Becoming interested in sustainable small business practices she worked with NGOs, including Oxfam and the Inter American Foundation, as well as with collectives in Peru and Bolivia sharing her design expertise. Also completing her studies in Homeopathy, she has directed her passion for health into nutrition. She is in charge of our nutrient dense fermented products and diet design. She has a wide knowledge of permaculture practices and her expertise in design facilitates the integration of ideas into intricate visualised plans and ethical business structures as a partner at PermaDynamics.
Frida Lotz-Keegan
Tutor ● Course Co-ordinator ● Herbalist ● Farmer
Tutor ● Course Co-ordinator ● Herbalist ● Farmer
Frida was immersed in a permaculture lifestyle at an early age and has since studied art at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland. As a partner in PermaDynamics, her role focuses on website design, course development, farm management and growing a medicinal food forest. In addition she has done a research trip on permaculture, bio-dynamic, and medicinal herb farms in SE Asia, Tasmania and Europe. She is a farmer and innovator, combining syntropic agriculture with permaculture to design agrosystems. Her love for pattern give our courses and farm the functionality of design that inspire others to be able to integrate and take on the practice themselves.
Josh Lotz-Keegan
Carpenter ● Builder ● Artist
Carpenter ● Builder ● Artist
Josh has an MA from Elam School of Fine Art in Auckland. He is currently working as an independent carpenter and builder and takes great care of the infrastructure elements on our farm. He is also our Illustrator and designer of our product labels. His passion is in designing structural permaculture systems and the building of small sustainable homes around New Zealand.
