[Pil-pc-oceania] Permaculture of the Arabian Desert
David Arnold
arnold.vt at gmail.com
Sat Mar 1 07:54:12 EST 2008
christoph,
you would have to ask Geoff what he means by this.
dave
On 29/02/2008, Christoph Redwitz <latuerlich at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> There is one very intersting thing in that video (ok, the hole project
> is impressing ;)). He said, that the salts became inert. how does that
> work? actually a cant imagine how. But it is great!
> Christoph
>
> Nick Ritar schrieb:
> > I'd have to recommend Geoff & Nadia Lawton, not only are they highly
> > experienced in the desert environment they have had quite a bit of
> > direct experience in the middle east, especially in Jordan. They are
> > also Muslim and Nadia speaks fluent arabic.
> >
> > Here is a link to a project they did some time back
> > http://www.milkwoodpermaculture.com.au/greening-the-desert.html
> >
> > They run the Permaculture Research Institue in Northern NSW their
> > website is http://permaculture.org.au
> > Phone: 61 (0)2-66886578, mobile 61 (0) 427862902
> > email: geoff at permaculture.org.au <mailto:geoff at permaculture.org.au> or
> > nadia at permaculture.org.au <mailto:nadia at permaculture.org.au>
> >
> > They are very busy people and can be a little hard to get hold of at
> > times... persistence will be rewarded.
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Nick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:58 PM, <stevehart at maxnet.co.nz
> > <mailto:stevehart at maxnet.co.nz>> wrote:
> >
> > Permaculture of the Arabian Desert....I had a good meeting with the
> > Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture on tuesday 27th I
> > would like
> > to consider the opportunity to offer a full Permaculture Design
> course
> > here in United Arab emirates. Is there any teachers with specific
> and
> > highly skilled experience in such desert environs that I can call on
> > ....Steve Hart
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> > > 1. Palestine Permaculture Workshop March 28 ? April 4
> > > (Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network)
> > > 2. GM protest this Thursday Melbourne 12pm parliament steps!
> > > Don't lift the ban! (Kerry Dawborn)
> > > 3. Re: Tribute to my dad (Kerry Dawborn)
> > > 4. Re: Tribute to my dad (Kerry Dawborn)
> > >
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> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:37:08 -0800
> > > From: Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
> > > <lakinroe at silcom.com <mailto:lakinroe at silcom.com>>
> > > Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] Palestine Permaculture Workshop March
> > 28 ?
> > > April 4
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> > > Palestine Permaculture Workshop Announcement
> > >
> > > March 28 ? April 4
> > > Marda Village Salfit District, West Bank, Palestine
> > >
> > > Join internationally acclaimed Permaculture
> > > instructors Starhawk, Jan Martin Bang and Murad
> > > Alkhufash in Marda Village in the West Bank of
> > > Palestine for an 8-day Permaculture Fundamentals
> > > Course. Work side-by-side with Palestinian farmers as
> > > you learn?and apply?permaculture design principles and
> > > techniques that can be translated to multiple
> > > environments.
> > >
> > > The focus of this workshop?due to extensive loss of
> > > communal Palestinian farming land and water to Israeli
> > > settlements?is intensive farming on small acreages.
> > > Topics addressed will include orchard and garden
> > > design, natural building with cob and stone,
> > > traditional Palestinian terrace construction,
> > > rainwater harvesting and graywater recycling, swales
> > > and keylines, vermiculture, composting, cover crops,
> > > bioremediation with mushroom mycelium, chicken
> > > tractors, and more. Participants can expect to learn
> > > through hands on projects including planting of an
> > > orchard and construction of a chicken coop using local
> > > soils, stone, and straw.
> > >
> > > The Marda Permaculture Farm is located within Marda
> > > village, in the West Bank of Palestine. Marda has a
> > > population of 2,600, and lies under the shadow of the
> > > Separation Wall and one of Israel?s largest
> > > settlements, Ariel. Learn about the on-the-ground
> > > reality in Palestine?from the people themselves,
> > > rather than all those who would speak for them.
> > >
> > > Instructors
> > >
> > > Starhawk is one of the most respected voices in
> > > earth-based spirituality. She is the author or
> > > coauthor of ten books, including the classics The
> > > Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing. Her latest
> > > is Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of
> > > Nature. Starhawk is a veteran of progressive
> > > movements, and deeply committed to bringing the
> > > techniques and creative power of spirituality to
> > > political activism. She travels internationally
> > > teaching magic, the tools of ritual, and the skills of
> > > activism. Her web site is www.starhawk.org
> > <http://www.starhawk.org>.
> > >
> > > Jan Martin Bang is a qualified Permaculture Designer
> > > and teacher with extensive experience in the Middle
> > > East, now a co-worker at Camphill Solborg in Norway.
> > > He was secretary of the Norwegian Permaculture
> > > Association, and has been active within the Norwegian
> > > Ecovillage Trust. He is currently on sabbatical leave
> > > for a year with his wife, Ruth Wilson.
> > >
> > > He has written two books on Permaculture Ecovillage
> > > Design: ?Ecovillages: a practical guide to sustainable
> > > communities? and ?Growing Eco Communities: practical
> > > ways to create sustainability.?
> > >
> > > Murad Alkhufash comes from a family who has farmed the
> > > Marda region for at least ten generations. His passion
> > > is in restoring the connection between his community
> > > and the land. The people of Marda, as in most West
> > > Bank villages, have been losing their ties to
> > > traditional farming methods due to loss of land,
> > > stress of the occupation as well as pressure to
> > > transition to synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
> > > Murad received his permaculture training and
> > > certification at the Ecovillage Training Center at The
> > > Farm in Tennessee and acted as an instructor at this
> > > Center for four years prior to returning to Marda
> > > Village to establish the Marda Permaculture Farm.
> > >
> > > Cost to attend the Marda Permaculture Fundamentals
> > > Course is $500, which covers food, lodging, and
> > > coursework.
> > >
> > > For more details, and to apply, please contact:
> > >
> > > Tami Brunk
> > > Marda Farm International Coordinator
> > > <mailto:tamibrunk%40yahoo.com
> > <mailto:tamibrunk%40yahoo.com>>tamibrunk at yahoo.com
> > <mailto:tamibrunk at yahoo.com>
> > > (505) 243-3080
> > >
> > > If you want to build a ship don't herd people together to
> > collect wood
> > > and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather
> > > teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
> > > -Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery
> > >
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> > > Message: 2
> > > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:13:13 +1100
> > > From: Kerry Dawborn <kj.dawborn at bigpond.com
> > <mailto:kj.dawborn at bigpond.com>>
> > > Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] GM protest this Thursday Melbourne 12pm
> > > parliament steps! Don't lift the ban!
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> > >
> > > Hi Friends,
> > >
> > > If you live in or near melbourne, or have friends or family who
> > do and
> > > are concerned about GM crops and don't want the ban in Victoria
> > to be
> > > lifted this friday Feb 29th, come along to the GM-Free Rally at
> 12pm
> > > this Thursday on the Parliament House steps in Melbourne.
> > >
> > > For more information go to:
> > >
> > > http://geneethics.org/calendar/display/20080228
> > >
> > > I'll be there - come along and make your views known loudly and
> > clearly!
> > > Oh, and don't forget to forward this info to friends and family!
> > >
> > > See you there!
> > >
> > > Kerry Dawborn
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 3
> > > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:09:01 +1100
> > > From: Kerry Dawborn <kj.dawborn at bigpond.com
> > <mailto:kj.dawborn at bigpond.com>>
> > > Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] Tribute to my dad
> > > To: permacultue discussion list
> > > <pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org
> > <mailto:pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org>>
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> > >
> > > Wow Fern - thanks for sharing that... Sounds like your dad was an
> > > interesting, thoughtful man. Your eulogy has brought tears to my
> > eyes...
> > >
> > > Kerry Dawborn
> > >
> > > Fern Rainbow wrote:
> > >> My dad's service, a celebration of his life will be held at the
> > >> Warrnambool
> > >> Special Developmental School hall this Thursday, February 28th
> > at 5pm.
> > >> I'd like to thank the many permies on this listserv who have
> > emailed me
> > >> their support & help during the last few weeks. As none of you
> > know
> > >> dad,
> > >> I'd like to post some info and photos of my dad.
> > >> Firstly, this is my contribution and what I'll be reading out,
> > near the
> > >> end
> > >> of his service. I'll post the full service and photos in the
> > coming
> > >> weeks.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Tribute to my dad ? Peter Thomas Ockerby
> > >>
> > >> Dad was an environmentalist, scientist and teacher.
> > >> He was part of a research team at the University of Toronto in
> > the early
> > >> 1960?s looking into the declining aquatic life in the Great
> > Lakes. They
> > >> were studying the water currents. When their research pointed to
> > >> pollution
> > >> due to the heated waste-water being pumped from the nearby
> > Nuclear power
> > >> plant, all their research and funding disappeared.
> > >>
> > >> Dad then obtained his teaching qualifications and started
> teaching
> > >> science
> > >> in Canada. Deeply concerned about environmental issues, he
> > tried to
> > >> teach
> > >> what was then called ?the hot-house effect? but was reprimanded
> for
> > >> teaching
> > >> this theory. [He was also not allowed to teach Hubbard's peak
> oil
> > >> theory, a
> > >> well known but controversial scientific paper in the 1960?s]
> > >>
> > >> After his mother died, Dad moved back to Australia and started
> > teaching
> > >> at
> > >> Melbourne Boys High (the school that he was educated at). Dad
> > was a
> > >> very
> > >> patient and well-liked teacher. He liked teaching at nice small
> > >> secondary
> > >> schools in rural areas and stayed teaching full time until his
> > >> retirement at
> > >> 60 years of age.
> > >>
> > >> In 1969 he met then married my mum the year after. They were
> > both avid
> > >> organic gardeners and shared their love of nature and care of the
> > >> environment. Really they were permaculturists before the word
> > >> ?Permaculture? existed, and we always had a menagerie of
> > animals that
> > >> helped
> > >> our edible jungle-like garden grow and vice-versa.
> > >> >From the early 70?s, they started to look for land to share
> > nature with
> > >> like-minded people and to bring up their children with a free and
> > >> healthy
> > >> lifestyle. In 1974 they were part of the formation of
> > >> ?Irun-ilam-baluk?, a
> > >> land co-operative in the Strathbogie ranges based on Peter
> > Cook?s design
> > >> of
> > >> Moora Moora co-operative. There they started building their
> > >> self-sufficient
> > >> home out in the bush. They were full of ideals, hopes and
> dreams.
> > >> But working on the co-operative, building their home and living
> > out of a
> > >> caravan with five children in a harsh environment created
> > strains within
> > >> my
> > >> parent?s relationship. Their break up started in 1975 and ended
> > with a
> > >> divorce in 1982. Although they spent my childhood apart, I
> > have fond
> > >> memories of visiting dad; going yabbying, visiting the
> > butterfly house
> > >> at
> > >> Melbourne zoo and dad reading ?The hobbit? to me when I was
> > sick and in
> > >> bed.
> > >>
> > >> My parents got back together again when I was 15 and had Davin,
> my
> > >> younger
> > >> brother who is autistic. For the past 15 years while my
> > parents have
> > >> dedicated their lives to looking after Davin, they have
> > maintained an
> > >> edible
> > >> garden and implemented energy efficient designs and systems
> > within their
> > >> urban home. In the past two years, since moving to a smaller
> > home they
> > >> have
> > >> been retrofitting it; putting on solar panels, tiling the floor
> to
> > >> create a
> > >> heat bank, putting in a water tank, edible garden and fruit
> > trees, with
> > >> plans for a greywater system and chook house.
> > >>
> > >> Dad always said to just put him in the compost when he died and
> > mum &
> > >> dad
> > >> hadn?t discussed anything else. But dad had seen the 100%
> recycled
> > >> cardboard eco-coffins in Choice magazine last year and had
> > thought it to
> > >> be
> > >> such a good idea. Dad would?ve wanted his departure to be as
> > low as
> > >> impact
> > >> upon the earth as possible.
> > >>
> > >> He wanted a safe and secure future for his children and for
> earth?s
> > >> biodiversity. He wanted the Victorian state government to
> > extend the
> > >> ban on
> > >> GM crops and for all GM ingredients to be labelled on our food.
> He
> > >> wanted
> > >> Australia to be GM-free.
> > >> On this final day before the GM moratorium is set to be lifted in
> > >> Victoria,
> > >> we hope that somehow dad?s wishes will be granted and that
> > premier John
> > >> Brumby will rethink the state governments decision to lift the
> ban.
> > >>
> > >> My parent?s love of nature and care of the environment has been
> > imparted
> > >> to
> > >> me, not only by my nature name ?Fern Rainbow?, that they gave
> > to me, but
> > >> also imprinted in my knowledge, ethics and lifestyle and for
> > this I am
> > >> eternally grateful. Thank you dad. You are in my heart and
> > forever
> > >> will
> > >> be.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Music-----Big Yellow Taxi,
> > >> Both sides now, ------Joni Mitchell
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> Pil-pc-oceania mailing list
> > >> Pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org
> > <mailto:Pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org>
> > >> http://jasper.cmsarchitects.com/mailman/listinfo/pil-pc-oceania
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 4
> > > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:27:52 +1100
> > > From: Kerry Dawborn <kj.dawborn at bigpond.com
> > <mailto:kj.dawborn at bigpond.com>>
> > > Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] Tribute to my dad
> > > To: oceania list latest
> > > <pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org
> > <mailto:pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org>>
> > > Message-ID: <47C55748.8010000 at bigpond.com
> > <mailto:47C55748.8010000 at bigpond.com>>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> > >
> > > Wow Fern - thanks for sharing that... Sounds like your dad was a
> > really
> > > interesting, thoughtful man. Clearly his positive influence on
> > you has
> > > been extremely strong... Your eulogy has brought tears to my
> eyes...
> > >
> > > Kerry Dawborn
> > >
> > >
> > > Fern Rainbow wrote:
> > >> My dad's service, a celebration of his life will be held at the
> > >> Warrnambool
> > >> Special Developmental School hall this Thursday, February 28th
> > at 5pm.
> > >> I'd like to thank the many permies on this listserv who have
> > emailed me
> > >> their support & help during the last few weeks. As none of you
> > know
> > >> dad,
> > >> I'd like to post some info and photos of my dad.
> > >> Firstly, this is my contribution and what I'll be reading out,
> > near the
> > >> end
> > >> of his service. I'll post the full service and photos in the
> > coming
> > >> weeks.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Tribute to my dad ? Peter Thomas Ockerby
> > >>
> > >> Dad was an environmentalist, scientist and teacher.
> > >> He was part of a research team at the University of Toronto in
> > the early
> > >> 1960?s looking into the declining aquatic life in the Great
> > Lakes. They
> > >> were studying the water currents. When their research pointed to
> > >> pollution
> > >> due to the heated waste-water being pumped from the nearby
> > Nuclear power
> > >> plant, all their research and funding disappeared.
> > >>
> > >> Dad then obtained his teaching qualifications and started
> teaching
> > >> science
> > >> in Canada. Deeply concerned about environmental issues, he
> > tried to
> > >> teach
> > >> what was then called ?the hot-house effect? but was reprimanded
> for
> > >> teaching
> > >> this theory. [He was also not allowed to teach Hubbard's peak
> oil
> > >> theory, a
> > >> well known but controversial scientific paper in the 1960?s]
> > >>
> > >> After his mother died, Dad moved back to Australia and started
> > teaching
> > >> at
> > >> Melbourne Boys High (the school that he was educated at). Dad
> > was a
> > >> very
> > >> patient and well-liked teacher. He liked teaching at nice small
> > >> secondary
> > >> schools in rural areas and stayed teaching full time until his
> > >> retirement at
> > >> 60 years of age.
> > >>
> > >> In 1969 he met then married my mum the year after. They were
> > both avid
> > >> organic gardeners and shared their love of nature and care of the
> > >> environment. Really they were permaculturists before the word
> > >> ?Permaculture? existed, and we always had a menagerie of
> > animals that
> > >> helped
> > >> our edible jungle-like garden grow and vice-versa.
> > >> >From the early 70?s, they started to look for land to share
> > nature with
> > >> like-minded people and to bring up their children with a free and
> > >> healthy
> > >> lifestyle. In 1974 they were part of the formation of
> > >> ?Irun-ilam-baluk?, a
> > >> land co-operative in the Strathbogie ranges based on Peter
> > Cook?s design
> > >> of
> > >> Moora Moora co-operative. There they started building their
> > >> self-sufficient
> > >> home out in the bush. They were full of ideals, hopes and
> dreams.
> > >> But working on the co-operative, building their home and living
> > out of a
> > >> caravan with five children in a harsh environment created
> > strains within
> > >> my
> > >> parent?s relationship. Their break up started in 1975 and ended
> > with a
> > >> divorce in 1982. Although they spent my childhood apart, I
> > have fond
> > >> memories of visiting dad; going yabbying, visiting the
> > butterfly house
> > >> at
> > >> Melbourne zoo and dad reading ?The hobbit? to me when I was
> > sick and in
> > >> bed.
> > >>
> > >> My parents got back together again when I was 15 and had Davin,
> my
> > >> younger
> > >> brother who is autistic. For the past 15 years while my
> > parents have
> > >> dedicated their lives to looking after Davin, they have
> > maintained an
> > >> edible
> > >> garden and implemented energy efficient designs and systems
> > within their
> > >> urban home. In the past two years, since moving to a smaller
> > home they
> > >> have
> > >> been retrofitting it; putting on solar panels, tiling the floor
> to
> > >> create a
> > >> heat bank, putting in a water tank, edible garden and fruit
> > trees, with
> > >> plans for a greywater system and chook house.
> > >>
> > >> Dad always said to just put him in the compost when he died and
> > mum &
> > >> dad
> > >> hadn?t discussed anything else. But dad had seen the 100%
> recycled
> > >> cardboard eco-coffins in Choice magazine last year and had
> > thought it to
> > >> be
> > >> such a good idea. Dad would?ve wanted his departure to be as
> > low as
> > >> impact
> > >> upon the earth as possible.
> > >>
> > >> He wanted a safe and secure future for his children and for
> earth?s
> > >> biodiversity. He wanted the Victorian state government to
> > extend the
> > >> ban on
> > >> GM crops and for all GM ingredients to be labelled on our food.
> He
> > >> wanted
> > >> Australia to be GM-free.
> > >> On this final day before the GM moratorium is set to be lifted in
> > >> Victoria,
> > >> we hope that somehow dad?s wishes will be granted and that
> > premier John
> > >> Brumby will rethink the state governments decision to lift the
> ban.
> > >>
> > >> My parent?s love of nature and care of the environment has been
> > imparted
> > >> to
> > >> me, not only by my nature name ?Fern Rainbow?, that they gave
> > to me, but
> > >> also imprinted in my knowledge, ethics and lifestyle and for
> > this I am
> > >> eternally grateful. Thank you dad. You are in my heart and
> > forever
> > >> will
> > >> be.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Music-----Big Yellow Taxi,
> > >> Both sides now, ------Joni Mitchell
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> Pil-pc-oceania mailing list
> > >> Pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org
> > <mailto:Pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org>
> > >> http://jasper.cmsarchitects.com/mailman/listinfo/pil-pc-oceania
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > End of Pil-pc-oceania Digest, Vol 16, Issue 41
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