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Commenced:
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01/01/1999 |
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Submitted:
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22/04/2011 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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PO Box 189, Ladismith, Western Cape, ZA |
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Phone:
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027 - (0)28 55 11 678 |
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Website:
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www.berg-en-dal.co.za |
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Climate zone:
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Arid |
The Klien Karoo Sustainable Dryland Permaculture Projects is a not for profit company based on the farm Berg en Dal. The project focuses on education and training in the field of permaculture. We are located in the Klein Karoo - an arid inland area of South Africa. The entire farm is a living model of Permaculture practice and we offer a range of courses throughout the year, as well as taking in volunteers. We are developing local outreach projects with a range of partners
This 400 Ha farm is located in the foothills of the Swartberg Mountain range in the Southern Cape. We are a diverse community of residential and non-residential land custodians. Our focus is Permaculture education, and we are growing to offer training in all facest of sustainable living. What we have on site is a number of homesteads that demonstrate different building technologies and land use, as well as broadscale applications of Permaculture, Keyline adaptions and more. At present we offer courses in Spring and Autumn as these are climatically the most comfortable times to host people here. We also take in volunteers, and offer internships.
The ecology of the farm is fascinating and diverse - 4 of the 10 biomes of South Africa can be found here, and we are a quiet and rual space. We have experimented with many approaches to the challenges that arid areas face, with creativity and minimal financial inputs.
We are excited to share our experiences and findngs on this forum, and will be updating as time allows
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Research
Ongoing arid zone, alkaline soils and salt tolarant species research going on...
Water infrastructure
New dam is rocking!
Natural Building Internship - Nov 2011
You could work on any aspect of earthbuidling in this Internship - it depends on what is going on on the construction front on the farm!
Natural Building Course Oct - Nov 2011
An exciting blend of theory and practice, with many on site earth buildings from different materials
Permaculture Internship Oct 2011
A two week Internship operating in new and mature Permaculture systems
PDC Sept - Oct 2011
A Spring PDC on this excellent training farm, with a plethora of living exmaples of all aspects of Permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture September 2011
A six day introductory course for practical applications of permaculture
Rain and snow
Since we first joined we have had a number of courses complete on the farm as well as wonderful weather events...
Autumn PDC well under way
Our Autumn PDC is drawing to a close - students have been working long nights and days, and we woke to snow this morning..