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Mark Anstice
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Joined:
08/07/2013
Last Updated:
13/09/2013
Location:
Essaouira, Morocco
Climate Zone:
Arid
Gender:
Male
Web site:
www.fertileroots.org





My Projects

(projects i'm involved in)

Fertile Roots Foundation

Fertile Roots Foundation

Moulay Bouzergtoun, MA

Al Fayda Permaculture Cooperative

Al Fayda Permaculture Cooperative

Moulay Bouzergtoun, MA


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About Mark Anstice

I am an ex Army Officer, 'explorer', TV presenter, documentary film-maker and many other things besides. I am still a writer and of late have been a boat skipper in the Mediterranean.

My wife and I, with help from our neighbours, have been building (part time) an Eco-lodge in Morocco for years now and became interested in the permaculture possibilities there after attending part of a course run by Darren Doherty in 2011. I haven't had much time to take it further until now.

Our neighbours - 39 families in two communities - scratch a living from the beach and from 100ha of very poor land. With diminishing rainfall it's getting very hard for them. I have introduced them to the very basics of permaculture and together we have started a cooperative.

To deal with fundraising and with a view towards spreading permaculture throughout the country, I have also started the UK charity: Fertile Roots Foundation.

The Eco-lodge is playing host to our first bi-lingual PDC in October 2014 and after that we'll come up with the plan to regenerate the area.

Updates

Gaining momentum - concept to reality

A Permaculture charity and a Permaculture cooperative in Morocco, both taking shape slowly but surely, and about to take a big leap forward.

Posted over 10 years ago (0 comments)

This project is getting bigger and bigger.

Much is afoot and I'm laying eggs all over the place. The first one is already hatching....

Posted over 11 years ago (0 comments)
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