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BodyShop goes Permakultur

Mary Roslin ist sicher, dass Anita Roddick über Declan und sie zur Permakultur kam

Dear Declan,

I don't think I ever told you this story:

Remember the Findhorn conference in the early 1980s where you gave what must have been one of the first presentations about permaculture in the UK?

There were lots of business people there. After your presentation people were crowding around you to ask you questions. I was standing at the back watching.

There was a woman who seemed really frustrated that she couldn't get to you and she turned to me and said 'I really need to know more about this'.
I said that I might be able to help and we went off for a coffee and a chat. The woman turned out to be Anita Roddick of Body Shop fame.

I never saw her again after our chat but a few years later the Body Shop headquarters building was opened - complete with workplace vegetable garden!

So you see how your work is such a catalyst - you never know where the seeds might land.

Mary Roslin
SEDA (Scottish Ecological Design Association)