about us
Jeffrey Gale, Dip, Arch, Grad. P.C. Assoc. (UK) M.T.C.P.A.
Jeffrey, our Designer, trained originally in architecture and did a thesis design for re-housing community with 2 and 3 storey homes in clusters around productive gardens with orchard trees, free from vehicles, with carparks kept to outer edges of development; a primary school, shops and pub were included in the green environment.
Jeffrey has a holistic, Permacultural approach to all our eco-architecture and gardens Projects. He is the founder of the World Peace Gardens Network (worldpeacegardensnet.org); Speaker and Organiser of the Wessex Research Group, Totnes; active member of Totnes Transition Town Organisation; Member of the Town & Country Planning Association, Designer-Member of Permaculture Association (Britain).
Sophie Christopher RETA, CTAL, ILM, DIP Cert ED, City & Guilds, M.T.C.P.A.
Sophie is a Sustainable Eco Planning Consultant who gained experience as a Councillor in Worcestershire. She sat on the Planning Committee for 4 years and gained practical experience in the planning process, and she was always prioritising more eco-architectural, eco-gardening approaches to relevant Planning Applications.
Sophie is a member of the Oxford Buildings Records, The Abingdon Area Archaeological and Historical Society, and The British Earth Sheltering Association. She is an Associate of the Town & Country Planning Association, a Designer-Member and also a Trustee of the Permaculture Association, and a Trustee of the Landbury House Trust Fund (which promotes research into the peaceful resolution of conflict). University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education, Course: Hilary Term: Course on Town and Country Planning in the UK.
Sophie has recently become a Member of the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) and is also a Member of the Policy Council.
Lewis Eldridge BSocSC (Hons), MA (Urban Design) MSc (Urban Econonmic Development)
Lewis is a development planner and urban designer with over 11 years experience in urban design and conservation consultancy. After reading International Studies at the University of Birmingham, he worked with Richard Coleman to set up and develop The Richard Coleman Consultancy, from the late 1990s. He worked initially as a researcher there but became increasingly involved in working with clients on a variety of design and planning issues. He has since received Masters Degrees in Urban Design from the University of Westminster, and in Development & Planning Urban Economic Development from the Bartlett University College London.
Lewis has advised clients and stakeholders on the significance of historic buildings and conservation areas and other heritage issues and has contributed to Environmental Impact Assessment related to new development in the historic environment. He has many years experience in research, report writing and advocacy on behalf of clients in the planning process.
In the UK and Ghana and Uganda Lewis has worked on assessing the sustainability of public policy and development projects for local communities and also has interests in effects of globalisation on spatial inequality in cities and social inclusion through design. Lewis has been a member of the London Borough of Haringey's Design Review Panel since 2006 and is a co-founder of the urban seminar group Urban Mutations.
Shahana Dastidar BArch (Hons), MSc (Development Administration & Planning
Shahana is an architecture and development planner working on built environment projects with a focus on community empowerment and participation. She has worked on detailed conservation management plans for forts in North India including architectural documentation on site, archival research, community consultations and designing for adaptive reuse.
Shahana has also worked in the field as a volunteer for post Tsunami Reconstruction including projects for resource-mapping, participatory housing design, a Mason- training & livelihoods program and site supervision for housing Reconstruction in affected villages. She has also provided editorial assiatance for web & print publications on sustainable buildings materials and technologies.
Shahana has a Masters Degree in development Administration and Planning from The Barlett, University College London. Her diverse and varied work has involved working with government bodies, private consultancies, charitable organisations, community groups and academics. She has been involved in research on a wide range of topics including built heritage conservation, regeneration of inner-city historic cores, poverty reduction and infrastructure development in Uganda, and post-disaster urban planning in Istanbul. More recently she has worked on a development planning report in rural Ghana with the Friends of Ashanti network.
Jeffrey Gale, Dip, Arch, Grad. P.C. Assoc. (UK) M.T.C.P.A.
Jeffrey, our Designer, trained originally in architecture and did a thesis design for re-housing community with 2 and 3 storey homes in clusters around productive gardens with orchard trees, free from vehicles, with carparks kept to outer edges of development; a primary school, shops and pub were included in the green environment.
Jeffrey has a holistic, Permacultural approach to all our eco-architecture and gardens Projects. He is the founder of the World Peace Gardens Network (worldpeacegardensnet.org); Speaker and Organiser of the Wessex Research Group, Totnes; active member of Totnes Transition Town Organisation; Member of the Town & Country Planning Association, Designer-Member of Permaculture Association (Britain).
Sophie Christopher RETA, CTAL, ILM, DIP Cert ED, City & Guilds, M.T.C.P.A.
Sophie is a Sustainable Eco Planning Consultant who gained experience as a Councillor in Worcestershire. She sat on the Planning Committee for 4 years and gained practical experience in the planning process, and she was always prioritising more eco-architectural, eco-gardening approaches to relevant Planning Applications.
Sophie is a member of the Oxford Buildings Records, The Abingdon Area Archaeological and Historical Society, and The British Earth Sheltering Association. She is an Associate of the Town & Country Planning Association, a Designer-Member and also a Trustee of the Permaculture Association, and a Trustee of the Landbury House Trust Fund (which promotes research into the peaceful resolution of conflict). University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education, Course: Hilary Term: Course on Town and Country Planning in the UK.
Sophie has recently become a Member of the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) and is also a Member of the Policy Council.
Lewis Eldridge BSocSC (Hons), MA (Urban Design) MSc (Urban Econonmic Development)
Lewis is a development planner and urban designer with over 11 years experience in urban design and conservation consultancy. After reading International Studies at the University of Birmingham, he worked with Richard Coleman to set up and develop The Richard Coleman Consultancy, from the late 1990s. He worked initially as a researcher there but became increasingly involved in working with clients on a variety of design and planning issues. He has since received Masters Degrees in Urban Design from the University of Westminster, and in Development & Planning Urban Economic Development from the Bartlett University College London.
Lewis has advised clients and stakeholders on the significance of historic buildings and conservation areas and other heritage issues and has contributed to Environmental Impact Assessment related to new development in the historic environment. He has many years experience in research, report writing and advocacy on behalf of clients in the planning process.
In the UK and Ghana and Uganda Lewis has worked on assessing the sustainability of public policy and development projects for local communities and also has interests in effects of globalisation on spatial inequality in cities and social inclusion through design. Lewis has been a member of the London Borough of Haringey's Design Review Panel since 2006 and is a co-founder of the urban seminar group Urban Mutations.
Shahana Dastidar BArch (Hons), MSc (Development Administration & Planning
Shahana is an architecture and development planner working on built environment projects with a focus on community empowerment and participation. She has worked on detailed conservation management plans for forts in North India including architectural documentation on site, archival research, community consultations and designing for adaptive reuse.
Shahana has also worked in the field as a volunteer for post Tsunami Reconstruction including projects for resource-mapping, participatory housing design, a Mason- training & livelihoods program and site supervision for housing Reconstruction in affected villages. She has also provided editorial assiatance for web & print publications on sustainable buildings materials and technologies.
Shahana has a Masters Degree in development Administration and Planning from The Barlett, University College London. Her diverse and varied work has involved working with government bodies, private consultancies, charitable organisations, community groups and academics. She has been involved in research on a wide range of topics including built heritage conservation, regeneration of inner-city historic cores, poverty reduction and infrastructure development in Uganda, and post-disaster urban planning in Istanbul. More recently she has worked on a development planning report in rural Ghana with the Friends of Ashanti network.