Michelle Avis

Coupled with a deep connecting to nature and a passion for systems design, Michelle co-founded Verge Permaculture, now an internationally-recognized & award-winning regenerative design, consulting, and education centre. With 20 years of experience in engineering, project management, ecological design, sustainable technologies, business operations and systems thinking, she loves the complexity of working through holistic design challenges to create resilient, eco-sustainable homes, acreages and farms that produce their own energy and food, harvest water, cycle nutrients and restore the surrounding ecosystems. She holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering and is the co-author of two books: Essential Rainwater Harvesting and Building Your Permaculture Property: A Five-Step Process to Design & Develop Land. Michelle is currently the Director of Business Operations at 5th World.