For over 30 years, I have been working as an international consultant and trainer for corporate, social-ecological community, village, and urban development projects with new accounting and economic forms, where I can support with my diverse wealth of experience.
As a mechanic, biodynamic farmer, and social therapist, I co-founded and helped develop two village communities in England and Thuringia, featuring biodynamic agriculture, community-supported agriculture (CSAs), several craft businesses, social and cultural institutions, as well as a new monetary system.
I gained international recognition and demand through the development of constructed wetlands and water management concepts, which I continuously improved in my village community in England thanks to my inner understanding of the “essence” of water. Prince Charles also asked me to build a system for his estate. (I also advised on his agriculture and settlement ideas). This was followed by the development of constructed wetlands for the pharmaceutical industry, concrete plants, breweries, and landfills. There were major projects across Europe, such as in Norway, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, and Greece, for which I sometimes led cross-border EU projects. I also took on exciting cross-cultural tasks in the Middle East, Egypt, Ghana, and South Africa.
An intensive collaboration has developed with Anneke Schammann, as we share the same worldview of an urgently needed new societal order. Together, we provide consultations, lectures, and seminars and are writing a practice-oriented book on societal transformation.
Due to our many years of practical and international experience, we possess the human and professional competence to identify the critical points of each problem and to propose effective solutions.
19.5 years employed at the National Bank of Austria, in 1993 purchased a farm with his wife and family. Immediately converted the farm to biodynamics and engaged in full-time farming. Founded a company with 9 organic farmers for the selection and multiplication of organic and biodynamic seeds. Served on the board of the Demeter Austria association for several years. Acted as an agricultural advisor for farmers wishing to convert to biodynamic farming methods. Along with a second colleague, conducted introductory courses for farmers on converting to Demeter. Retired since 2021, but still active. Project to integrate the farm into a non-profit organization and participate in creating a new social structure in agriculture. Website: www.hochschopf.at
Born in Bielefeld, he now lives with his wife in a self-initiated and co-developed social-ecological multi-generational housing project in Karlsruhe. As a graduate engineer in architecture, businessman, social organizational developer, and project coordinator, he supports the creation of community-oriented and self-determined housing and living projects with his extensive experience in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and development, as a real estate developer and project developer, as a founder of food co-ops and solidarity-based agriculture initiatives, and through his voluntary and teaching activities in these areas.
Miha Pogacnik, master violinist and Slovenian cultural ambassador, has organized and led over two hundred international IDRIART cultural festivals to bridge the gap between East and West. Today, he organizes and leads cultural caravans that help connect people and new cultural oases. He also collaborates with large corporations to humanize future economic forms through classical music.
Together with his life partner Adriana Whitington von Runic, www.babiesmusicschool.com, he initiated the cultural oasis seed “Terra Parzival” near Borl Castle in Eastern Slovenia. https://mihavision.com/offers/
Consultant and trainer for ecological, social and human economic development issues in companies, communities, villages and cities.
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