Grifen Hope

A catalyst for resilience in Chile.

Grifen is a Kiwi living in Chile with his wife Javiera and son Anaru. An urban planner by training, grifen is now focused on regenerative design for eco social regeneration in the small Chilean community of El Manzano in the Biobio region.

El Manzano is a living university where people can experience sustainable living and local resilience hands on. This campus of the great re-skilling is a node of an international learning community supporting the mobilisation of learning pathways that enable people to gather the values, knowledge skills and practices of transition.