My wife and I founded a democratic school in Brussels, Belgium, some five years ago. Some basic principles of the school are freedom of choice, democracy, intrinsic motivation, interaction (more on this link). It's not funded or even recognised by any government because we do not, nor do we want ...
Have installed shed and tank ready for the winters rain hopefully 4000 litres will be enough to start making some progress with my proposed food forest.
As you can see in pic tank is located top of hill so I'm able to set up a gravity fed irrigation system on a timer.
This Sunday is National Pe...
As mentioned earlier we planted Acacia saligna around proposed Food Forest site to act as a windbreak and to help start fixing nitrogen as well as a possible mulching source.
The dry hot summer down here is really harsh and only about 40-50% have survived so have ordered more this year and will ...
To
celebrate International Permaculture Day on Sunday it's great to
announce that we're reprinting the original Farmers' Handbook in Nepali.
It came out in 2001 and in 2002 the English translated 40+ chapters went online (http://permaculture.org.au/2010/01/06/farmers-handbook/) and the 5 vo...
As part of a 3 week science inquiry program for grade 9 students, we employ an aquaponics system to test hypothesis on water conservation, and water filtration.
With winter coming up, Tom needs to fill our woodshed again, to ensure we have enough to run our woodstove through winter. Our woodstove cooks our food as well as provides warmth in winter.In the past Tom has had to saw smaller logs by balancing them on some other logs on the ground, with a large...
Santa Isabel do Rio Preto is a village belonging to the county of Valença, with a population of three thousand, that is located 170 kilometers from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and 50 kilometers from Volta Redonda and Barra Mansa. It is important to note that between Santa Isabel do Rio Pr...
The week started in the rhythm of the desert: "Shwai shwai" that's Arabic for slowly, slowly. We gathered back at the village after a nice weekend when we each had our own adventures around Israel and started our week with some coffee, tea and more spoken Arabic lessons. Then, after lunch we adde...
A big thank you to Denis for the warm welcome we received in Vezenobres, south of France. Denis has the oldest agroforestry site in France, more photos are available on our travel log
The week started in the rhythm of the desert: "Shwai shwai" that's Arabic for slowly, slowly. We gathered back at the village after a nice weekend when we each had our own adventures around Israel and started our week with some coffee, tea and more spoken Arabic lessons. Then, after lunch we adde...
so back to south africa
after having spend a full year in france on my family's propety, i decided to come back in the south hemisphere.with my beautiful wife, we decided to stay in s.a for differents raisons, and actually, i like it. i like the harsh conditions of climate that bring chalenge...
