"Nature is everything"
Berber van Beek
Curacao
E-mail: Info@beroots.com
Tel: (+5999) 5103669
Professional info
As being a Permaculturist, A Designer, Educator, Consultant, my goal is to introduce Permaculture on my lovely island Curaçao (Caribbean) & the Caribbean. Who ever is interested is more than welcome to contact me. Next to my passion of Permaculture I have a huge passion for photography. I studied 4 years photography in the Netherlands. Later I studied also Desk Top Publishing and Graphic Design.
Education
Aquaponic systems - May 2012 ( the Netherlands)
Teachers Teachers Training Course - Rosemary Morrow April 2012 Vale Da Lama ( Portugal)
Group Dynamic Teaching - Robin Clayfield Feb 2012 (Australia)
Permaculture Research Institute of Australia - Internship Oct 2011 - Dec 2011
Permaculture Design Course - Wa Samaki ecosystems Oct 2010 ( Trinidad)
Workshop Earthship building - Michael Regnold Sept 2009 ( the Netherlands)
Permaculture Design Course - Darren Doherty Jully 2009 ( Mallorca)
Certifications
Teachers Teachers Training Course - April 2012- Rosemary Morrow - Vale Da Lama ( Portugal)
Group Dynamic Teaching - Robin Clayfield - Feb 2012- Eltham College (Melbourne, Australia)
Permaculture Internship - Dec 2011- Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
Permaculture Aid Worker - Geoff Lawton - Nov 2011 - Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
Soil Biology & Natural Fertilizer - Paul Taylor - Nov 2011 - Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
Permaculture Teachers Training - Geoff Lawton - Nov 2011 - Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
Permaculture Urban Landscape Design - Nick Huggins- Nov 2011- Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
Permaculture Earthworks - Oct 2011 - Geoff Lawton - Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
Permaculture Design Course - Erle Noronha & John Stollmeyer - Wa Samaki ecosystems Oct 2010 ( Trinidad)
Permaculture Design Course - Darren Doherty - July 2009 ( Mallorca)
Work experience
Languages
Dutch
English
Little bit of Spanish
Skills
Permaculture design
Permaculture Urban design
Permaculture Earthworks
Education
Professional Photography
Photoshop
Indesign
Illustrator
Lightroom
(ships) Cook
Dive
Make up artist
2010 - present
2010 - present
Feb 2013 - ... teaching a permaculture course & developing teaching materials for future workshops for kids.
At the moment I am teaching Permaculture to a group on Curaçao. Next to that we are developing local teaching materials for kids on Curaçao for future workshops for kids.
May- Sept 2012 Developing Aquaponic systems in the Netherlands and co-teach/ assist Aquaponic Workshop
During the whole summer, I was working on a wonderful project in the Netherlands. We worked with a great team in Amsterdam on designing & experimenting on all kind of Aquaponics systems. Also we offered workshops. This all was organized from Mediametic.
Please take a look at my Certificates. In this time period I was full time studying, documenting, observing Permaculture on farms & following many workshops.
Sept 2011 - April 2012 was working & assisting studying Permaculture in several places in the world.
Sept 2010 - Dec 2010 Assisting/ following a PDC & working on a PC farm on Trinidad
Assisting/supporting/following a PDC on Trinidad, Here I also worked on a permaculture farm where I was a leader for wwoofers, maintaining my designed garden mandala, working on the new alley cropping and starting with a food forest.
Nov 2009 -March 2011 Designing and creating a garden mandala in on a Permaculture farm on Trinidad
I was working on a permaculture farm on Trinidad. next to my daily task I designed & Implemented a Garden mandala of 18 m Diameter. Also I worked on different kind of raised beds. Making biofertilizers , germinating seeds etc
During the project of reconstructing a mine sweeper into a sailing vessel,which has his goal to transport cargo from A to B emission free, I was also working once a week in a Permaculture Garden.
May 2008 - Aug 2010 Working on Permaculture Garden in the Netherlands
