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15/02/2011 |
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21/02/2011 |
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bittern, VIC, Australia |
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Warm Temperate |
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Male |
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www.SFpermaculture.com.au |
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Posted by andy macey over 11 years ago
Ricks update below Just about sums up day 1.....
I really enjoyed giving a lesson on small intensive systems, most
villagers only have a very small plot to work with and an extra
intensive kitchen garden is what is required!!
Day three.
Dealing with the effects of climate change. The wet season comes, you plant, the wet season finishes, you harvest.
The system has worked well for generations. Now the rain is inconsistent.
No skill sets for storage and irrigation have evolved as there was never a need.
Developing strategies to hold water in the soil,to direct water to key
plants and to capture water off hard surfaces will increase the resilience of Rwandan cropping systems.
Strategies taught were terracing,swales,net and pan systems,stone walls
boomerangs, banana circles,logs across the slope,swenches,roadside
diversion and wicking beds and pottery gardens for the freedraining
areas.
The class then set about implementing most of these techniques on
a difficult slope. Unbelievable work speed. Slope completed in one
afternoon.
Still have to do a bit of tidying up as the Mayor is
coming to visit at lunchtime tomorrow. We've finally sussed out the
photo problems so be patient.
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Permaculture Design Certificate |
Type: Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course |
Verifying teacher: Rick Coleman |
Other Teachers: Naomi Coleman, Kat Lavers |
Location: Southern Cross Permaculture Institute |
Date: Mar 2011 |
PDC teacher training |
Type: Teacher Training |
Teacher: Geoff Lawton |
Location: Zaytuna farm |
Date: Nov 2011 |
advanced permaculture principles and reading the landscape |
Type: Other |
Teacher: david holmgren |
Location: melliodora farm |
Date: Nov 2011 |
design skills and APT flow |
Type: Permaculture Diploma |
Teacher: Robyn Francis |
Location: djanbung gardens: permaculture college australia |
Date: Jan 2012 |
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andy macey has permaculture experience in: |
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Cool Temperate |
Warm Temperate |
Mediterranean |
Wet/Dry Tropical |