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KGZ Kamagayan Green Zone

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Commenced:	01/01/2008
Submitted:	04/06/2011
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Beside Kamgayan Barangay Hall, Cebu City, Cebu, PH
Phone:	+63.322535700
Website:	http://kamagayangreenzone.multiply.com/photos/album/2/Clearing_and_setting_up_KGZ
Climate zone:	Wet/Dry Tropical

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KGZ Kamagayan Green Zone

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Urban, Demonstration, Educational

Project Summary

KGZ is an urban permaculture development site. It shows that even with limited space in the heart of the city it is possible to create a space where permaculture can be practiced.

Project Description

KGZ is a 1000 sqm property in downtown Cebu City which may almost be considered inner city. While it is just a 4 minute walk from a major university and a 7 minute walk to a Catholic Church, it is an area rife with drugs, prostitution, and petty gambling.

Named as an Anti-Brand to this notorious "red light district", KGZ or Kamagayan Green Zone is an area full of plants and green "hope". Kamagayan, which is the name of the locality, is the local name for Maguey.

Our group of companies uses KGZ as a MRF or materials recovery facility. There is a small workshop, where repair jobs and other projects are worked on by the maintenance crew.

It has a pond that collects rainwater, and also where fish is grown. there are vegetable gardens that augment the veggie supply needs of Elicon Cafe, and also processes the biodegredables it generates into valuable compost. Other appro tech used by the RV or resident volunteers include: the composting toilet, rocket stove, greywater recovery from the shower.

At KGZ we also process natural farming formulations, including: fish amino acid, IMO or indigenous micro-organisms, etc.

there is also a gazebo built on top of the pond, that can accomodate as many as 30 persons. many schools have come to visit KGZ in tandem with Elicon Cafe to see simple and practical permaculture solutions at work.

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