The PYV committee is made of volunteers who are nominated each year at the Annual General Meeting in August. They take on one or more role(s) to help run the organisation’s strategic and operational activities.

The 2024-25 committee consists of:

  • President – Robert Marston

  • Vice President – Fionnualagh Miller

  • Secretary – Rowan George

  • Treasurer – Steve Lee-Burman

  • Ordinary Members – Michelle Abel, Jackie McConnell, Jillian Flemming

2024-25 responsibilities for team activities are as follows:

  • Membership Officer – Robert Marston

  • Events Coordination – All

  • Newsletter Editor – Michelle Abel

  • Website – Peter Veeken & Michelle Abel

  • Social Media – Rowan George Michelle Abel

  • Training Coordination – Vacant

We are always looking for volunteers to join the committee and help us make PYV a valuable organisation for our members.

Please contact us at info@permacultureyarravalley.org if you’re interested in learning more and considering becoming part of the committee.

About Permaculture Yarra Valley

PYV is a not-for-profit association incorporated in Victoria under the Association’s Incorporation Reform Act of 2012. We have a bio-regional focus on the Yarra Valley, with our membership spread throughout the valley and adjoining areas.

Our VISION is:

  • A socially and environmentally thriving Yarra Valley where people explore permaculture principles in their home and community.

Our MISSION is:

  • To engage with the Yarra Valley community in permaculture in order to inspire, educate, and encourage individuals and organisations to adopt a permaculture way of life

Our VALUES are:

  • Community – connecting people to improve wellbeing

  • Responsibility – to ourselves, to others and to the environment

  • Resilience – people, systems and planet that can withstand change

  • Learning – increasing awareness, skills and understanding through practical education and demonstration

  • Environment – living in harmony through respect for nature and past and present cultures

  • Sharing – fostering generosity and inspiring ethical behaviour

We’re also looking at implementing the following ideas:

  • A mentorship program where more advanced practitioners can help newer members

  • A tool library - why buy your own when you can borrow it? Reduce the use of resources while increasing opportunities for connection!

  • A network to share and exchange seasonal produce surplus

  • A partnership with local libraries of the Yarra Valley to develop our range of parperback and digital books and magazines

  • Working bees / Permablitzs to help members implement their permaculture project

If you’re keen to help us bring these ideas into reality, please get in touch!