Friday 30 March 2012

2 month visit to Ethiopia










Eyeopening visit to the wonderful country Ethiopia!This time more like a holiday visit,i enjoyed my time because of the good food injera,the cultural and landscape diversity,the friendly people and their traditions.Teff is grown everywhere,beautifull self build natural material houses are standart and people almost everywhere keep goats or cows.

Zero Budget Tree and Vegetable Nursery - Zomba,Malawi





Zero Budget Tree and Vegetable Nurseries can be easily build with local ressources and no investment.Brings income,nutrition and work for local community.The pictures are from the 2 Nurseries we build at Church Full of Life in Zomba,Malawi to provide income for the church and better nutritions for the children which come during the day when the church functions as a dayschool for orphans.

Samaritan Trust - Permablitz,Blantyre,Malawi








Permablitz at the Samaritan Trust,Blantyre with the organisation of Walter Mugove from ReScope and Chris Walker from PaNthunzi,we transformed a little area in front of the office building in half a day into a Permaculture garden with Mulch,seeds sown,water harvesting and tress planted,Nursery started,Compost started and a short introduction into the topic permaculture.

Permablitz: short,efficient action to transform an area into an Permaculture example with help of volunteers,farmers and newcomers to make sustainable examples and connect with nature,

PaNthunzi - Sustainability Centre,Malawi,Africa








PaNthunzi is a Permaculture and sustainability Centre in Blantyre,Malawi which is run by Chris Walker,one of the very active Permaculture Activist in Malawi.He is active with Permaculture Awarness Courses in Villages and Anamed Training.His Centre is a very good example of Permaculture,has an amazing nursery and library too!I have to thank him very much for welcoming me ,giving support and inspiration!

Wednesday 28 March 2012

Chambe Rock Orphanage - Malawi,Africa









5 days Permaculture Awarness Course at Chambe Rock Orphanage with Chris Walker.It was a wonderful experience and we really transformed this Orphanage during the 5 days course.We had theorie and hands on practical work which gave a good introduction into the world of Permaculture.We found more than 100 Mango Tree Seedlings just in the area of the Orphanage and started a Mango Tree Nursery for Income Generating straight away.

Implemented during this 5 days:

* Banana and Papaya Circles
* Tree and Vegetable Nursery
* Greywater System
* Rainwater Harvesting
* 50 Trees planted
* Compost System
* Swales
* Raised Vegetable Beds

Tuesday 27 March 2012

Tipwere Orphanage - Mulanje,Malawi









This was a 5 day Permaculture Awarness Course held in an Orphanage in rural Malawi by Chris Walker plus a Team of Volunteers who helped with the hands on work to transform this place in 5 days into a Permaculture example.Big fun and good experience.Thanks to everybody


Implemented during this 5 days:

* Windbreak
* Banana and Papaya Circles
* Tree and Vegetable Nursery
* Greywater System
* Rainwater Harvesting
* 50 Trees planted
* Compost System
* Swales
* Raised Vegetable Beds

Monday 26 March 2012

Natueco Farm-Madhya Pradesh,India







Amazing journey into the heart of india to meet Deepak Suchede and stay,learn and share with him for one month the Natueco farming sience approach.With 30 years of experience and a lot of interesting theories to share Deepak Suchede is a real lovley person.It gave me a diffrent worldview and changeed my way how i work and integrate farming and sprituality in my future life.