ABSTRACT
This chapter employs narrative inquiry methods to re-story the work of Solomon Amuzu, the founder and managing director of Call to Nature Permaculture (CTNP), a Ghana-based non-profit that uses permaculture ethics and principles to promote community development. Using first-person narrative constructed from interview data, this chapter tells the story of how Amuzu worked in communities throughout Accra, the capital city of Ghana, and Aburi, a town in the eastern region of South Ghana, to organize tree planting campaigns and plant sustainable vegetable gardens. Integral to Amuzu’s story are the ways in which his connection to certain conceptions of nature was channeled into a community and school outreach effort, helping teachers and students in local schools establish permaculture techniques, thereby providing an alternative to the dominant teacher-centered curriculum in Ghanaian schools.
