Ludovic Bourdon, the driving force behind Abundant by Nature. A former urban farmer who used natural growing methods, he became inspired when he took an introductory permaculture course with Element Eco-Design in Vernon, B.C. When he saw how permaculture made a connection between all of the elements he worked with in his farming and composting business (World of Worms), he began to dream big about the possibilities. Ludo realized that small-scale farming demanded lots of work and provided minimal societal and ecological impact. After completing a first Permaculture Design Certificate with Verge Permaculture in Nelson, B.C., Ludo participated in a permaculture project in Burkina Faso and seeing the difference that permaculture could make in an extremely impoverished region, he found his niche in the permaculture world and became committed to furthering his permaculture training and doing as many aid projects as he could. He completed Geoff Lawton’s online Permaculture Design Certificate, did an advanced practicum with Verge Permaculture in Invermere, B.C., helped install a food forest with Element Eco-Design, and went to Kenya, Uganda and Zanzibar with Seven Ravens Permaculture Academy. Ludo is passionate about presenting permaculture in a way that is accessible and practical, and he takes great joy in helping empower communities to develop greater resilience. He now is regularly going to dryland Burkina-Faso as a consultant in regenerative agriculture in charge of design and implementations with Ecosia, "the search engine that plants trees". And provide design and implementation on different project in wet tropics, in East Africa.

Zanzibar first Permaculture designed food forest