[permaculture] introduction
ChildrensPeaceGuild
childrenspeaceguild at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 9 11:21:16 EDT 2009
Amir,
Welcome! I live in the Northwest USA and teach permaculture to children. In two years I will be moving to Slovenia (close to the Coratia border). I have been contacting and collecting information on permaculture work in the area, so I am excited to meet you. I don't know of anyone in Bosnia yet, although there are a lot of projects happening in Croatia right now. Let's keep in touch, as I plan on travelling there next Summer and would like to tour some farms in Bosnia.
Take care,
Roman Shapla
Children's PEACE Guild
www.childrenspeaceguild.webs.com
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From: Amir Redzic <redzic_amir at yahoo.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 5:37:40 AM
Subject: [permaculture] introduction
Hello everybody!
I am Amir from Sarajevo, Bosnia. I work as a business consultant half time, and volunteer for an eco-tourism organisation. With a couple of friends I am also involved in an NGO and one of our main goals is promoting permaculture here. But I still know very little and I am excited to learn more.
best regards :))
Amir
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From: "yarrow at sfo.com" <yarrow at sfo.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 8:07:58 AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Pets in Design
Think of the dogs as special-needs members of the family. They are
not pests to be excluded or design problems to work around. They are
part of the family and thus need to be taken into consideration.
Observe the dogs and see how they use the yard. If you're not a "dog
person," find or hire a dog person to interpret for you (a dog
trainer would be good, or basically anyone who knows and loves dogs).
If they are fenceline-running dogs, make sure there's space between
shrubs and fence for them to patrol, because they will wear out a
path there.
If they're diggers, find out if a sand pit will satisfy them. A San
Francisco designer created a 3-ft.-deep pit, filled with sand, for
the family dogs in a small garden. If they're digging because they're
bored and they don't have toys to play with outdoors or they're
untrained, then provide better diversions or tell the owner they need
to be trained. Or suggest that the owner take them on more long walks
instead of letting them loose in the yard. It may help to design a
play yard or play structure for the dogs. If they're digging to
create a cool nest in the soil, then provide an even more inviting
shady place for them. And so on.
If they haven't been trained to use a specific part of the yard for
pooping, then the dog owners need to train them, or hire a trainer. I
consider this to be Dog 101, and most dogs I've known are happy to
have a dedicated pooping area (which the owners clean up regularly,
either into a dog-poop-digesting composter or into plastic bags to be
taken Away -- perhaps the dog owners will need to be trained as well).
Another thing most dogs like is a place to observe the world outside
their yard: a gate they can look through, or a dog-height window in a
fence, or a similar vantage point.
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