Urban Agriculture: Bastiaan Frich and Tilla Kunzli at TEDxGundeldingen

Bastiaan is a networker, co-founder and CEO of Urban Agriculture Basel, Switzerland Permaculture. He is the initiator of various projects such as the Permaculture Community Garden farmstead, UniGärten Basel, Basel Food Community and Regional Permaculture Group - Northwestern Switzerland. All these projects and experience in building alliances with its diverse educational backgrounds - from biology to Permaculture up to emphatic communication - make it an internationally sought-bridge hit.

Tilla sees herself as a creative force for sustainable development. Inspired by various urban food projects, and through humor and unexpected connections of participatory city figures she helped create an initiative that links producers with smaller shops and consumers. Production project initiatives include: Keinkaufswagen (planting abandoned shopping carts to take home and cultivate), age settlement sites (Old Age home gardens), workshops in schools, and the list goes on. Tilla holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts - College of the Arts, Seattle; Master of Design, Master Studio Basel, HGK Basel; Permaculture Course, Bolinas California, USA.

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