About Andreas

Action through regenerative design. I try to design and work from head & heart to hand, to mouth. Just as mature ecosystems become more energy effective over time, I try to ask myself: How can I and those closest to me lead an even better life next year with less money, less energy consumption, and by intentionally becoming even more co-dependant on what we co-produce in our bioregion? 

Systems intrigue me. I look for edges, possibilities and open niches wherever I go.

After a university degree as an Environmental Engineer I realized that reducing harm was great, but not enough. So I searched and was travelling the world for 5-6 years. In the end I found Human Ecology – the academia of an ethical holistic approach to the world – and I studied everything that was available. I learned that studying had its limits, and that I had to let the hand and the heart guide me into reality. I started growing my food, let plant spirituality guide me, and I turned into a Permaculturalist in the early 2000’s.

Today I live on a cooperative farmstead, Rotad i Vånga, in Skåne, Sweden, together with my family and those that come and grow food and stay with us. We grow food in 45 raised beds, have a cooperatively run alley cropping agroforestry system and 4 forest gardens and fruit, and nut trees all around. Ducks, chickens and bees show us that “Everything gardens”. We provide almost all the food we need on site, and also work with the local community and bioregion to co-produce to meet common needs. 

In 2017 I finished my Diploma work, and since then I mentor Permaculture Diploma Apprentices. I also work with Holma since 2017. In 2020 I co-founded the Nordic Permaculture Academy with similar minded souls. I work with SociocracyForAll since 2017, and Sociocracy is guiding my Permaculture collaborations and facilitations whereever I move.

I educate, train, mentor and consult Permaculture & Sociocracy all over the Nordic region.