Field experience across complex community and land systems.
EDGE5's methodology is grounded in decades of work across mining, government, NGO and private-land projects in Australia, Africa and Southeast Asia. This selection outlines the client, the situation, Greg Knibbs's role and the documented outcome.
Mining & Resources
Environmental maintenance, community training, site assessment and locally appropriate food and land systems developed around mining operations.
Western Mining Corporation (later BHP) — Kwinana Nickel Refinery
Eighteen years working with Western Mining Corporation, first on staff and later as a contractor through New Earth Enterprises, including remedial revegetation design and environmental and horticultural maintenance at the Kwinana Nickel Refinery.
- Client
- Western Mining Corporation (later BHP)
- Experience
- Revegetation design, environmental maintenance and horticultural systems
Permaculture Design Training — Sumatra Copper & Gold
Permaculture Design Certificate and introductory training delivered to communities around the operation, covering water harvesting, erosion control and food-growing systems.
- Client
- Sumatra Copper & Gold
- Outcome
- Twenty-five students completed the 12-day course.
Permaculture Design, Evaluation & Mentoring — Azumah Resources
A training and mentoring program for women from communities associated with Azumah Resources' operations in the Upper West Region, covering water harvesting, soil improvement, keyhole and double-dug garden beds, and tree systems.
- Client
- Azumah Resources
- Outcome
- A follow-up field assessment found trained participants applying the techniques.
Study Visit & Permaculture Introduction — Resolute Mining, Syama Gold Mine
A ten-day study visit and introductory program at the Syama site, including a pre-assessment survey of site and community conditions and workshops for mine staff and surrounding community members.
- Client
- Resolute Mining
- Outcome
- Pre-assessment survey completed; staff and community introduced to core principles and techniques as a foundation for future CSR planning.
Permaculture Design Course — Indophil Resources
A two-week Permaculture Design Course for mine staff and surrounding community members.
- Client
- Indophil Resources
Site Advisory — Keegan Resources
A three-day advisory engagement with site staff on applying permaculture design on and around the main mine site.
- Client
- Keegan Resources
Invited Speaker — 8th Asia Pacific Mining Conference & Exhibition, Manila
Presented How Permaculture Can Help the Mining Industry to the regional mining industry.
Land Restoration
Long-term landscape repair, productive land-use design, water management and forestry systems developed for degraded or underperforming sites.
Rainbow Ridge
Landscape and agroforestry restoration on degraded land, combining contour water management, tree systems and long-term regeneration.
View the Rainbow Ridge field exampleBangadang Farm, Donnybrook
Environmental design consulting on sustainability and land-use planning, including chicken systems, water-erosion management and food-forest design.
- Client
- West Kong Agriculture
- Outcome
- Overall site guidance and a detailed pilot design for a five-acre mixed chicken and food-forest system.
Kristo Buase Monastery
Permaculture training and sustainable forestry design on the monastery's 500-acre farm.
- Client
- Kristo Buase Monastery
- Outcome
- Early elements of the design were implemented on the farm.
Community & International Development
Local capability, food-security and environmental education programs designed for communities to operate, adapt and extend over time.
ADRA EMBRACE Program
Permaculture consulting and community training addressing food insecurity linked to maternal and child health outcomes, including kitchen and community gardens, post-harvest processing, storage and seed saving.
- Client
- ADRA Canada
- Reported Outcome
- Improved food access across target countries. In Rwanda, ADRA reported more than 13,000 kitchen gardens established.
Sinya School, near Amboseli, northern Tanzania
Environmental design and permaculture education for a five-acre school site supporting food supply and climate resilience for pupils, staff and the surrounding community, now expanded into the Garden to Plate outreach program.
- Client
- Communities Assist
- Outcome
- An established food-production and education site now training the wider community.
Permaculture Design Course — Higaonon Tribe, Bukidnon
Food and forestry systems training, including a Permaculture Design Course for the Higaonon tribe in Impasugong, Northern Mindanao, focused on restoring cleared forest.
Ghana Permaculture Institute
Helped establish the Ghana Permaculture Institute, with training programs delivered in 2004, 2006 and 2008.
- Role
- Co-founder
- Outcome
- An active organisation contributing to sustainability, food production and climate-resilience training in Ghana.
Other Strategic Projects
Environmental analysis and planning applied at wider settlement and development scale.
São Tomé City
Environmental analysis and permaculture-based planning for a proposed city development supporting a population of 50,000.
- Client
- Food Forest Abundance
- Outcome
- Environmental analysis and planning input provided for the proposed development.
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