Dan Hemenway

http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/

Dan Hemenway is the founder and lead designer of Elfin Permaculture at Barking Frogs Permaculture Center.

He received permaculture training from Bill Mollison, permaculture movement founder, in 1981.

Dan previously developed systems similar to permaculture that he had taught disadvantaged teenagers from 1978-81.

After three years teaching permaculture, sustainable horticulture, and related topics to prison inmates (1981-1983), he founded what became The International Permaculture Solutions Journal (1983).

From 1978-83 he was a leader in the Massachusetts food self-reliance movement.

In 1983, Mollison named him one of three North Americans then certified to teach the full Permaculture Design Course.

In 1984, Dan taught the first such course given in Mexico.

Since then, he has conducted hundreds of permaculture programs worldwide, often introducing permaculture to 'new' regions.

In 1983, he received the Conservation Award from Friends of Nature and in 1984, the Community Service Award from International Permaculture Institute, which awarded him five advanced diplomas the next year.

In 1987, he founded the Permaculture Education Project and taught permaculture around the world.

In 1991, Dan accepted an invitation to the Roots of the Future NGO conference in Paris, that contributed suggestions to the Earth Summit later held in Brazil.

In 1996, Permaculture Foundation/Network Kenya, named him honorary chairman.

And, in 1996, he was listed in the 1996-97 edition Who's Who in America.

Dan has also founded the Forest Ecosystem Rescue Network, published dozens of permaculture publications, authored many permaculture articles, served on boards of several related groups, and given talks, courses, and keynote addresses worldwide.

Most recently, he designed a permaculture design course online which he has taught for 12 years.