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lawton , 2009 england australia permaculture , agriculture 10 december 1954 australia geoff lawton 1.jpg geoff lawton
 geoff lawton
geoff lawton

geoff lawton is a permaculture consultant , designer and teacher .
since 1995 he has specialized in permaculture education , design , implementation , system establishment , administration and community development .
since 1985 , lawton has undertaken a large number of jobs consulting , designing , teaching and implementing in over thirty countries around the world .
clients have included private individuals , groups , communities , governments , aid organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational companies .
lawton 's aim is to establish self-replicating educational demonstration sites .
he has currently educated over 6,000 students in permaculture worldwide .
lawton 's ` master plan ' is to see aid projects being replicated as fast as possible to help ameliorate the growing food and water crisis .
in 1996 he was accredited with the permaculture community services award by the permaculture movement for services in australia and around the world .
lawton is good friends with john dennis liu , a chinese-american film-maker and ecologist who documented large scale ecological recovery in the loess plateau , china after a government project set to rehabilitate an area the size of belgium .
lawton appears in liu 's documentary `` hope in a changing climate '' .
