Erle was born and grew up in Kenya, lived in Canada and now makes Trinidad his home. He teaches and practices Permaculture and is the owner of Wa Samaki Ecosystems (established 1997), a 33 acre, formerly citrus, estate undergoing a Permaculture restoration while producing cut flowers, tropical fish and indigenous food crops. His farm has won agricultural entrepreneur awards for forestry, aquaculture and horticulture. He is the current national winner of the Agroforestry division and national runner up in the Horticulture division for the National Agricultural Entrepreneur of the year 2009.

He has a BSc in Applied Biochemistry and an MSc in Zoology from the University of Guelph, Canada, has completed two Permaculture Design Courses in Trinidad (07 with Peter Bane) and Belize (09 with Albert Bates), as well as short courses in Intensive Aquaculture (Cornell University), Dendrology (Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry) and Tropical Landscaping (University of the West Indies).
He has been involved with three Knowing and Growing Workshops in Jamaica and Dominica, used as a Permaculture expert by IICA in Suriname and Greneda, and has taught Permaculture Design courses in Trinidad (08,09), Puerto Rico (09) and US Virgin Islands (11)

He is also a photographer and an accomplished adventure racer and ultra marathoner. 

Speaking at IPC India 2107

a TEDXPortofSpain talk that we did on our permaculture site in Trinidad

an overview of permaculture in the Caribbean and our project in Trinidad..

Permaculture comes to St. Lucia

Sankofa Rainbow Roots Farm was the site of the first ever PDC on the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean .....taught by fellow Caribbean instructors from Trinidad and Tobago

John Nzira Needs Help! Please consider

John Nzira was the victim of a robbery in South Africa recently. This plea for help is from a friend and I have double checked with a few people to make sure it's for real and not a scam. John is a great guy and has impacted many people in a great way so

An interesting twist to our zone 5

A wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center moves to Wa Samaki Ecosystems suddenly increasing the uses of all the natural trees and plants that flourish in our system