International Permaculture CoLab User Guide
International Permaculture CoLab User Guide © 2023 by CoLab members is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
This document was written and subsequently edited by: Aimee Fenech, Aline VaMo, Tanya Medhuka, Charles Blass - if you contribute to improving this document your name will be added here.
Date last reviewed: 02/01/2024
Section 0: What is the purpose of this User Guide?
Section 1: What is the International Permaculture CoLab? - The balance between autonomy and coherence
What is the International Permaculture CoLab?
The International Permaculture CoLab is a self-organised, on-line Collaborative Laboratory that h...
Section 1a: History
You can read about the History of the CoLab here: https://www.perma.earth/history
Section 1b: Vision, Mission and Aims
You can read about the Vision, Mission and Aims of the CoLab here: https://www.perma.earth/vision/
Section 1c: Governance model
You can read about the CoLab’s governance model here: https://www.perma.earth/CoLab/ The current...
Section 1d: Economic model
The CoLab practices an open finance model, meaning that all working groups and enterprises operat...
Section 2: What makes a CoLab member and what does the CoLab do?
What makes a CoLab member and what does the CoLab do?
CoLab members are individuals who in the first place represent themselves and actively engage in ...
Section 2a: Get to know current projects
There are a large number of projects ongoing in the International Permaculture CoLab at any one t...
Section 2b: Circles and working groups
What’s the difference between a Circle and a working group? Circles are defined by their more fo...
Section 3: The CoLab Onboarding Journey
How can YOU join the CoLab read more here: https://www.perma.earth/onboarding-journey/
Section 3a: Joining an existing work group / circle / project / micro-enterprise
When you find a working group / circle / project / micro-enterprise that you want to join, the fi...
Section 3b: Creating a new working group / circle / project / micro-enterprise
Creating something new is always an exciting process. The CoLab’s ethos is to encourage collabora...
Section 3c: Composting groups
All circles, projects and working groups may dissolve over time. It may be that some functions th...
Section 4: Support and Services available to working groups / circles / projects
Section 5: Responsibilities of CoLab members
Section 6: Communications inside and outside the CoLab
Section 6a: Slack management
The Slack admins facilitate adding members to the workspace, managing shared channel requests and...
Section 6b: Social media links
All CoLab members can contribute to the CoLab social media accounts, send a message to the #coLab...
Section 6c: Mailing lists
The internal mailing list includes: CoLab members: defined here as all members of the CoLab Sl...
Section 6d: Contact email
contact@perma.earth – This is the main email address to be used for newsletters and requests unle...
Your feedback
Whether you are a CoLab member or someone interested in the CoLab, we want you to know that your ...