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By Niki Neave When the question came up, “How could permaculture be applied on a commercial scale successfully?” it led to an amazing opportunity to meet up with Nico Snyman, a long time South African farmer, and his wife Janie, who are using soil organisms to rehabilitate polluted and damaged soils. Nico & Texas Grano [...]
- In: Soils|Sustainable farming
- Tags: EMs, soils
We are writing to see if anyone on this network has links to people or organisations that may be interested in setting up or be involved with a group setting up sustainable schools in Tanzania. Agricultural education is widely accepted as a vital part of economic development particularly for countries with high rural populations. A [...]
Ferro-cement and Compost Toilet Workshops
2, Oct 2009One of Plan Africa’s principle objectives is to promote sustainable livelihoods utilising a package of solutions applicable to the Africa situation. Plan Africa supported by Permaculture Latin America, hosted Ferro Cement Workshops and Compost Toilet Building workshops in Mozambique and South Africa in August and September 2009. We had 47 participants in Mozambique and 36 [...]