Adrian’s Croft

Living Lightly Laboratories are places where ideas are tested through lived experience. These are working landscapes, not finished designs — spaces where observation, reflection, and adaptation happen over time. Adrian’s Croft in Scotland and Campoverde in Spain each offer very different contexts, allowing patterns, principles, and practices to be explored in relationship with climate, culture, land, and people.
These places function as long-term learning environments, shaping both practical work and the educational resources that emerge from them.

The Living Lightly Learning Ecosystem brings together books, audio, courses, community, and mentorship to support thoughtful, place-based learning. Each element can stand alone, while also connecting with others for those who wish to explore more deeply.
Learning here is not rushed or linear. It is designed to be returned to, reflected on, and adapted to real life — supporting both personal practice and, for some, a longer pathway into permaculture design.

Living Lightly at Home invites people to engage with Adrian’s Croft as a lived place. This includes open days, informal learning opportunities, camping, and practical experiences rooted in everyday life on the land.
This part of the work is about showing what living lightly can look like in practice — imperfect, evolving, and shaped by the changing rhythms of family, land, and community.

Living Lightly Worldwide reflects the application of permaculture thinking in partnership with others, often in contexts very different from home. This work includes long-term relationships and collaborative projects in places such as Jordan and Pakistan, where learning is mutual and grounded in local realities.
These projects are not about exporting solutions, but about listening, adapting, and responding to feedback — recognising that permaculture is as much a social practice as a land-based one.