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No longer at Eco Centro Soneva Fushi
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16/02/2011
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Posted by Mark Garrett over 12 years ago

Over a 6 week period i traveled to Australia and to Ireland speaking on Permaculture and meeting Permies with and without knowing what it all means for all photos please go to www.permaculturemaldives.blogspot.com

Since my last Blog which has been some time I have been back Down under and as far North as Waterford in Ireland.

 

Australia was annual leave after 9 months living and working in the Maldives.

In that time I have now been promoted to Regional Permaculturist – Maldives which means I spend my time between three Six Senses Resorts based in the Maldives. Besides Soneva Fushi I now go to Soneva Gili in the North Male Atoll and Six Senses Laamu in the south on Olhuveli Island in
the Laamu Atoll. I have previously assessed these resorts as shown in earlier blog’s. Now I am to visit monthly to push forward Permaculture systems for waste management and sustainable food production. For both I have developed strategies including the design of Eco Centro’s “Waste To wealth” which we are looking forward to building in the near future.

 

Being a Permaculturist you are never not observing nature or making contact with other Permies. I Melbourne I went to a great friends Birthday party … Happy 40 Nic !!! where there were several people in the progress of doing there Permaculture Design Course (including Nic) at Ceres an award winning, not-for-profit, environment and education centre and urban farm located by the Merri Creek in East Brunswick, Melbourne and Bill Mollison was a founding member

http://www.ceres-permaculturedesigncertificate.blogspot.com/.

 

All were envious of my job and wanting to come and do the same. I don’t blame them as it was FU-King cold!!  

 

In Sydney I was surprised by the PC systems my brother Craig and family had introduced into there life living on the northern beaches. Craig has no experience or training though he credits the times he has spent at my homes over the years as his inspiration. Goes to show you don’t need a book just an open mind.

 

 

While in Sydney I also had the pleasure to spend time with Cecilia Macaulay The Permaculture Fairy” as Bill Mollison calls her. We sat looking at the harbor bridge talking on many issues surrounding Permaculture today.

 

 

 On a second occasion we had breakfast in the Rocks and saw amazing vertical gardens and continued to discuss Permaculture as a solution the family violence and how if I could turn it into a Spa therapy I would have more visitors at the Eco Centro. www.ceciliamacaulay.com.au

 

 

I then headed home to Queensland to see my own 2 acre Permaculture designed property in the Mary Valley on the Sunshine coast. The people renting are not permies so it would be interesting to see how the systems were standing up especially as there had been major flooding earlier in the year.

 

All was great the swales had harvested all the rain the subtropical food forest was growing, my girls the chickens were all alive and tending the orchard with care and providing organic eggs. All proof that once a system is set up you can travel and spread the word and all you will come back to is abundance.

 

Feeling secure all was in the hands of nature I then flew back to the Maldives for only 3 days, which was very very different to say the least. In the 2 days the Permaculture continued as before I left for holidays we had started a project to build an Adams Retort for the making of charcoal and Bio Char. Now it was time to fire it up!!!

 

As it took longer to do than first thought I was unable to see the results, we were up till 1am then I flew to London the next morning for work, on my way to Ireland to speak on Permaculture at  3rd Grow It Yourself Ireland Conference http://giyireland.com/group/162

 

 

I was invited by a visiting Chef Darina Allen from Ballymaloe Cookery School

Shanagarry, Co. Cork Ireland Telephone: (00353) 21 4646785Fax: (00353) 21 4646909

www.cookingisfun.ie   

 

Darina and her husband Tim were brilliant hosts and have the most amazing 100ac organic farm and cookery school (the only one like it in the world) they recently have been awarded a José Navarro Foundation award which will be presented at the Premios Verdes Awards 2011 (The Green Awards) in Valencia on 17th November 2011. They deserve it. I will do a more detailed blog on the stay in Ireland and GIY soon.

 

London was also consumed with work attending the Six Senses Repeaters Party at the Physic Gardens in Chelsea… Incredible garden.  

 

Last but not least I also spent time with Tony Turner  [email protected]

The owner and designer of award wining shredder and mulching machines ideal for the tropical biomass we encounter daily here which is essential for soil rehabilitation via compost and mulching.

 

 

So as you can see there are people from the north to the south of the world focused on living cleaner and healthier lives incorporating Permaculture into their daily lives which gives me great confidence in the Maldives staying high and dry.  

 

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Mark Brown
Mark Brown : Nice story Mark - to meet Cecilia would be great. I spoke to her by skype once at Zaytuna but to gaze on the Harbour Bridge and talk Pc with the garden faerie wow. Thanks for sharing.
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Mark Garrett : Hi It was fun too !!! So it must have been Permaculture. We are looking forward to working together in the near future ..hopefully in the Maldives
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