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How to start in practice

Posted by Jan Zijlstra about 13 years ago

We are a bunch of enthusiastic friends who just started an organisation and got a piece of land. Now is the question how do we start from here to turn this land into a Permaculture education centre.

Exciting news! This week our organisation; Kalen, platform for self realization and sustainable ways of life, got land near Skopje. It is about 1000m2 or even a little bigger. Saturday I will have the chance to see it.

And then it all starts. Our first Permaculture practice. I am excited. Although some of us just finished a PDC course given by Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton in Istanbul last November and are eager to put it into practice, there are those beginner questions; How to get started? What is the best approach to turn this piece of land into a fruit and veggie self sustainable paradise? How to make this a Permaculture education centre from the start? And so on. There is a lot to be learned this year!

I will keep you updated about our first babysteps into this Permaculture adventure.

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Andrew Ramponi
Andrew Ramponi : Exciting time. Good luck with working the land and working with each other.
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jordan lowery
jordan lowery : get started by observing the land/environment and all its details
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Elena Parmiggiani
Elena Parmiggiani : Jan! What a great news :)) I am sure you can meet all up and start designin, you were very good in the PDC, you started like 5 minutes after Mustafa brifed us to design and imagine the space. I am sure brainstorming will help a lot, as well as read together the landscape with your group. Start documenting with photos and videos the before state, then have a picknick or two in there :) I wish you all the best! Elena
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Type: Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course
Verifying teacher: Geoff Lawton
Other Teachers: Bill Mollison
Location: Istanbul
Date: Nov 2010

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