[Pil-pc-oceania] swale building rebates? APT role?

[Deb Guildner]

Good point Matthew, 

Are you offering courses specific to earth movers and such like, if so, perhaps you could send out relevant information to those who employ such contractors, ie building industry, councils, earth moving companies and contractors themselves, and advertise in Owner Builder and other suchlike mags....or even local newspapers. Some of these contractors are not very well educated and may never have heard of permaculture...

Advetising is always the issue, or else no-one knows about the services and courses...

I don't know if PIl website is as yet advertising specialist servicers by qualified practitioners, Ive heard that the Victorian PD people are...?

Cheers
Deb
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matthew Bond 
  To: pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 4:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] swale building rebates? APT role?


  You seem to be missing my point.  I never said it was hard to dig a swale.  How many excavators and surveyors have got a PDC?  I would say very few.  I don't want to preach to the converted, I'm looking to spread the word to those who don't know what permaculture is and who really don't care.  What speaks to these people who do not have a PDC and have no motivation or inclination to get one?  More Business is my answer and more business would be created if their profession were offered rebates.  Rebates can only be offered if there is some kind of certification process.  The government isn't going to take your word that you have built a swale, there needs to be a transaction and that transaction needs to take place through a certified business. 

  Matthew.



  On 20/11/2007, pil-pc-oceania-request at lists.permacultureinternational.org <pil-pc-oceania-request at lists.permacultureinternational.org> wrote:
    From: "tamara griffiths" <scarletwoman at hotmail.com>
    Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] swale building rebates? APT role?

    If you've done a PDC you should be able to dig a swale. Its not that hard. 

    Alot of people that have earth movers actually know what a swale is and how
    to dig one.

    I would strenuously object to only APT certified people were able to build
    swales, as I am a competent builder of them and perfectly able to direct 
    earth moving machinery.

    I suggest the permaculture people's Party make rebates for swales part of
    its platform.

    Tamara

    Tamara Griffiths
    39 Wattle Tree Road
    Bunyip
    Victoria 3815
    03 5629 5918
    0407 45 7707
    scarletwoman at hotmail.com
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/boodicusducky/





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