Earth Activism & Social Permaculture
@ Permaculture Barcelona Hub (Spain)

August 26 - 31, 2026
Event Date:
26/08/2026
to
31/08/2026
Event Type:
In Person
Event Location:
Permaculture Barcelona Hub (Poblenou, Barcelona)
We live in a challenging time on the journey of humanity, but one which is also full of potential and possibility. Through our everyday actions we can activate change and initiate a new way of being in the world.
The Permaculture Barcelona Hub is delighted to offer this unique and inspiring 5 night / 4+ day workshop and bring together earth activists, change makers, rebels and dreamers to share some time in nature, strengthen our connections, and deepen our creative vision.
Facilitated by Starhawk and Alfred Decker, this special gathering will take you on a journey of transformation, regenerating inner and outer landscapes.Â
We will hear the positive stories that can keep our hope alive in these crazy times, fuel our inspiration for actions that have beneficial impacts for people and planet, and help us to create a new story for our own lives.Â
Training Content
Using permaculture & ecological design as a model for applying systems thinking to groups and social organization
How to facilitate meetings and processes
A range of tools and processes for group bonding and community building
Designing structures to support beneficial relationships
Designing the physical to support the social
Working with diversity– race, gender, class, sexual orientation, etc.
Group vision: picture of the world, mission, goals and governance
Effective group structure
Power: Power over, power from within, earned and unearned social power
Communication:Â Good communication skills and conflict resolution approaches; nonviolent communication
Effective feedback
Conflict—embracing, mediating and resolving group conflict
Dealing with difficult people (starting with ourselves!)
Where
Alfred Decker is thrilled to welcome you to the Permaculture Barcelona Hub located in the Poblenou neighborhood of Barcelona. Watch a video about the Hub below, and see some early photos of the Hub in the current process of renovation and read more by clicking HERE.
Facilitators
Starhawk (she/her) is the co-founder and executive director of Earth Activist Training. One of the foremost voices in Earth-based spirituality, Starhawk is an author, activist, and permaculture teacher and designer. Her 13 books include such beloved reads as The Spiral Dance, The Earth Path, and The Fifth Sacred Thing. Starhawk drew from 30 years of living collectively to write The Empowerment Manual, which is the basis for her social permaculture course, Empowering Collaborative Groups. Starhawk has been recognized by the Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA) as a leading figure in permaculture and has been awarded dual diplomas for excellence in education and permaculture site design. As a teacher of magical activism and permaculture education, Starhawk’s life work takes her across the globe. She currently lives part-time in San Francisco in a collective house with her partner and friends, and part-time in a little hut in the woods in Cazadero, California, where she practices permaculture in her extensive gardens and writes.Â
Alfred Decker is an award-winning permaculture designer; the Education Coordinator of Permaculture For Refugees; a certified educator with the Permaculture Association of Britain; a leading voice in Social Permaculture; and one of Europe’s innovative permaculture educators. His journey into ecological design began in 1998 when he completed his first Permaculture Design Course in California. Since then, Alfred has been involved with social movements and projects across many borders. He is the founder of the 12P Permaculture Design consultancy, Permacultura Barcelona and the Forest Gardens project at Can Masdeu; is a co-founder of the Spanish Permaculture Academy (Academia de Permacultura Íbera); and was a member of the European Permaculture Teachers Partnership and the Permaculture Council of Europe.  Alfred holds a post graduate diploma in sustainable architecture and renewable energy (Centre for Alternative Technology).
In 2024 Alfred joined the Global Council of Permaculture For Refugees. He is passionate about how permaculture can be useful to refugees and migrants, and how permaculture education can be designed for them as learners…and how they in turn can best share their valuable knowledge and experience with others.
2025 is the ninth year that Starhawk and Alfred will be teaching together in Europe, having already collaborated on 15 courses together.
When
Fees
Note: accommodation and local transport are not included in the following prices. Once registered, we can organise local accommodation for you in shared or individual rooms, or you can make your own arrangements.Â
Your participation in this training directly supports the creation and growth of the Permaculture Barcelona Hub — a permanent space for courses, skill-sharing, networking, and regenerative design in a vibrant part of Barcelona.
We offer a sliding scale for the training, and ask participants to offer what they can pay for this professional, certified training. Those who can afford to pay more on the higher end of the scale will help those who can only pay less.
This price reflects the real cost of running the course. Choose this price if you cannot pay the Abundance price.
Please choose this price if you are able to afford it. By doing so you are supporting opportunities for low income students and refugees to participate in the course. Thank you!
You are welcome to choose this price if you have a low income or are unemployed, receive public assistance, do not have access to funds, etc.
If you are able to offer more for this quality program, please go back and choose one of the other prices.
Payment Plan
Scholarships
We also have some pay-what-you-can scholarships for members of marginalised communities and people of color working in environmental and social justice movements. That is part of our way of supporting reparations and of bringing in more diversity to our permaculture movement. If you are a member of a marginalised community, BIPOC or a refugee/migrant and interested in one of these scholarships, please fill in a scholarship application form HERE.
30+ days before start of training: 75% Refund
15–29 days before start of training: 50% Refund
Less than 14 days before start of training: No Refund
Note about food: while we will try to cater to all diets, the Permaculture Barcelona Hub welcomes ethical omnivores and vegetarians, so the meals we share may not be appropriate for strict vegans.