Zaia grew up in a family of musicians in Holland, and has a background in top sport (snow skiing) and web development and design. She co-founded the PRI Luganville and PRI Sunshine Coast Inc (now PermEco Inc.) with Tom, and runs the “invisible structures”, like finances, business administration, website development, design and maintenance, writes articles, records and edits videos, organises events and also organises the cooking and the kitchen on site. She assists Tom in running the Kendall Permaculture Farm, feeding animals, looking after the nursery, kitchen garden and the Syntropic Market Garden and supervises other volunteers. She also specialises in consulting and advice for smaller scale properties (up to 5 acres). She has researched and studied nutrition and health for 20+ years, has a certificate in Nutrition and continues to study by research, reading and daily observation.
She is an active member of several musical projects and bands, involved in community music and runs percussion and marimba workshops, is the percussion leader for the Woodford Folk Festival People’s Orchestra and composes as well as plays music. She is passionate about community music and loves seeing people discover that they can play!

Sawdusting the dam

Shoveling sawdust into and around the dam to establish soil and plant life.

Creating abundance

From cows to cement and manure, to abundant bean harvest...

Saturday morning breakfast

Saturday is a special day for us: it is our only day off in the week and we like it being a family day. That is why I like making a nice pancake breakfast on Saturdays. This week's breakfast was created mainly with homegrown and locally grown ingredients.