[permaculture-oceania] Calling all Permaculture Designers: Opportunity to create the world's first totally 'Permaculturally-Designed' Island...

[Peter Ward]

Hello Russ,  thank you for your very encouraging response;  I would of course welcome your team's participation.

I have asked Janet Millington of MilTech to coordinate/'mastermind' this Project.  I'm a Permaculture enthusiast but consider myself a complete novice. My role will be mainly to liaise with the Pitcairners & persuade them of the merits of the Project.

Ideally, I'm hoping for a 'broad-church' approach to this Project whereby a coalition of individuals/organizations will participate according to their interests & specific areas of expertise.

Janet has indicated that she'd be very happy to have you aboard, so would you please liaise with her vis-a-vis your thoughts on the Project.

I've had very encouraging responses from a number of people with a proven track record in specialized aspects of Permaculture/Sustainable-Development & will be passing on their contact emails to Janet.

Kind regards,  Peter Ward.




====== Mail From: Russ Grayson <pacedge at magna.com.au> wrote: ======
Subject : RE: Re: [permaculture-oceania] Calling all Permaculture Designers: Opportunity to create the world's first totally 'Permaculturally-Designed' Island...
Date : 29 Jul 2003 12:01 AMÂ 

>> From: permaculture-oceania-admin at lists.cat.org.au
>> [mailto:permaculture-oceania-admin at lists.cat.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter
>> Ward
>> Sent: None
>> To: permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au
>> Subject: [permaculture-oceania] Calling all Permaculture Designers:
>> Opportunity to create the world's first totally
>> 'Permaculturally-Designed' Island...
>>
>> Greetings all:  I need some advice & assistance from the world
>> Permacultural Community.
>>
>> I'm currently negotiating with the Mayor of Pitcairn Island - Steve
>> Christian - to transform Pitcairn Island (my ancestral homeland) into
>> the world's first totally 'permaculturally-designed' Island.
>
>Hi...
>Our agency, TerraCircle, may be interested in participation in the  
>redevelopment of Pitcairn Island.
>
>TerraCircle consists of a team of Australians and Solomon Islanders  
>experienced in:
>- community food security assessment
>- project design and management focusing on the establishment of food  
>security and community health using the LEISA (Low External Input  
>Sustainable Agriculture) methodology
>- community-based seed production, processing and distribution systems.
>
>Team members have experience in the Solomon Islands, PNG (including a  
>waste metals resource recovery [recycling] industry project), South  
>America and in community-based projects in Australia and include people  
>with a background in community development, participatory training of  
>farmers, community health and ethnobotanical research. All have  
>experience in projects funded by AusAID, the South Pacific Commission  
>and the EU.
>
>Please contact me for any follow-up.
>
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>Russ Grayson
>Media services:  journalism-print/ online/ photo
>TerraCircle development aid team, Oceania
>pacedge at magna.com.au  Phone/ fax: 02 9588 6931
>PO Box 446 Kogarah NSW 2217 Australia
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