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by kusamala | Oct 1, 2012 | Projects, Trainings
Last week we had the sixth and final day of the Red Soil Project staff training! Eighteen staff members and their families completed the introduction to permaculture training over the past three months. The courses included modules on permaculture ethics and...
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by kusamala | Sep 21, 2012 | Projects
The Apprentices are fully engaged in their Permaculture curriculum and have been putting what they are learning into practice around the farm. Biswick and Eston have been keeping them busy with lectures, practicals and group assignments that fill their days. Not...
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by kusamala | Aug 31, 2012 | Projects, Trainings
The forth day of staff training was jam-packed with both theoretical and practical lessons. Biswick started off the day discussing the transitions between the different zones and the importance of learning from nature when creating permaculture designs. He highlighted...
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by kusamala | Aug 30, 2012 | Projects
Four new apprentices from the Home of Hope Orphanage in Mchinji have now safely arrived at Kusamala’s Permaculture Demonstration Centre. The apprentices are joining the Centre for a six-month, intensive permaculture training program sponsored by Seeds of Change, an...
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by kusamala | Aug 21, 2012 | Projects
Chisomo, the centre’s new monitoring and evaluation specialist, and Marie headed out to Dowa district to deliver tubes and check on the progress being made in the tree nurseries for the JANEEMO project. With 2 bikes loaded on top of the car we were quite the...
by kusamala | Aug 21, 2012 | Projects
Eston and Marie visited our friends and apprentices, Edward and Joseph, at their churches 19 hectare farm in Mchinji District to see the progress they have made after leaving the centre. We were welcomed to the farm by Edward’s smiling face and a driveway lined...
