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Introduction of Permaculture to Schools and Communities in Southern Ethiopia

SUMMARY Konso is an area in Southern Ethiopia which is prone to food insecurity and has been suffering drought the past two consecutive years. Permaculture (PC) is a design system for integrated and sustainable management of ecological resources, which allows communities to effectively manage their land and produce for their needs while benefiting the function of the ecological systems which support them, rather than degrading them. The 72h Permaculture Design Course (PDC), the standard comprehensive introduction to PC, equips a person with all necessary skills to begin practicing Permaculture Design, and includes theory, practical and participatory group design exercises. In this project we propose to introduce Permaculture into a number of schools in the Konso area by (1) giving the 72h PDC to 2 teachers per school and producing designs for management of the school grounds during the group design exercises (2) implementing Permaculture in the school compounds through community mobilisation (of parents and children), according to the designs produced by the teachers (3) following up on implementation with the monitoring and evaluation programs outlined below. View

We have the opportunity for Africa to awaken the full potential that we see in ourselves .....hope that for the first time is not based on foreign solutions and support, but is based on the wealth of local resources that Africa is endowed with.

Proposal by Mugove Walter Nyika, Malawi...... We have the opportunity for Africa to awaken the full potential that we see in ourselves, in our outlook, perception and design, to manifest a civilization that we create, where people are the transmitters of an integrated, self teaching ecological learning organism. The possibility exists for Africa and humanity to design ourselves into oneness and harmony with the natural world and together we can make it happen. Communities in Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Ghana, Swaziland, Mozambique, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Botswana,and Liberia, starting as early as 1987, began using the Permaculture approach to turn around their situation and that of their resource base and began a journey towards improved quality of life and sustainable development. Permaculture has offered an appropriate bottom up and holistic approach to development solution to break through Africa's impasse in development. Its strength relies on and builds on the foundation of indigenous knowledge and locally available resources. Permaculture is a philosophy and development strategy that extends far beyond food production; it weaves together climate, plants, animals, building design, soil, water and energy management into cohesive sustainable social systems. Africa has been chosen as the hosts to the global Permaculture community this year, a biennial conference and convergence to share experiences, network and fast-track development . This is a chance to reach out to policy makers and to the general public with the message of hope about the future of Africa: hope that is for the first time not based on foreign solutions and support, but is based on the wealth of local resources that Africa is endowed with. The communities that have started on the path to sustainable living on the continent will use the events to share their promising and inspiring stories. They would like to show the world that there is an alternative to the high external input approaches that are still being pushed even after decades of failing, to turn around the situation of the small scale African farmer. The International Permaculture Conference and Convergence will provide an opportunity to begin to document the success stories and use these as a launch-pad for wider application of Permaculture design. View

We have the opportunity for Africa to awaken the full potential that we see in ourselves .....hope that for the first time is not based on foreign solutions and support, but is based on the wealth of local resources that Africa is endowed with.

Proposal by Mugove Walter Nyika, Malawi...... We have the opportunity for Africa to awaken the full potential that we see in ourselves, in our outlook, perception and design, to manifest a civilization that we create, where people are the transmitters of an integrated, self teaching ecological learning organism. The possibility exists for Africa and humanity to design ourselves into oneness and harmony with the natural world and together we can make it happen. Communities in Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Ghana, Swaziland, Mozambique, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Botswana,and Liberia, starting as early as 1987, began using the Permaculture approach to turn around their situation and that of their resource base and began a journey towards improved quality of life and sustainable development. Permaculture has offered an appropriate bottom up and holistic approach to development solution to break through Africa's impasse in development. Its strength relies on and builds on the foundation of indigenous knowledge and locally available resources. Permaculture is a philosophy and development strategy that extends far beyond food production; it weaves together climate, plants, animals, building design, soil, water and energy management into cohesive sustainable social systems. Africa has been chosen as the hosts to the global Permaculture community this year, a biennial conference and convergence to share experiences, network and fast-track development . This is a chance to reach out to policy makers and to the general public with the message of hope about the future of Africa: hope that is for the first time not based on foreign solutions and support, but is based on the wealth of local resources that Africa is endowed with. The communities that have started on the path to sustainable living on the continent will use the events to share their promising and inspiring stories. They would like to show the world that there is an alternative to the high external input approaches that are still being pushed even after decades of failing, to turn around the situation of the small scale African farmer. The International Permaculture Conference and Convergence will provide an opportunity to begin to document the success stories and use these as a launch-pad for wider application of Permaculture design. View

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Introduction of Permaculture to Schools and Communities in Southern Ethiopia

We have the opportunity for Africa to awaken the full potential that we see in ourselves .....hope that for the first time is not based on foreign solutions and support, but is based on the wealth of local resources that Africa is endowed with.

We have the opportunity for Africa to awaken the full potential that we see in ourselves .....hope that for the first time is not based on foreign solutions and support, but is based on the wealth of local resources that Africa is endowed with.

Wholistic farming