permaculture

["Naomi & Rick Coleman" <peds@tpg.com.au>]

There is some Permaculture in Malawi.

Three delegates from there attended the 6th International permaculture
Convergence in Perth in 1996.

The contacts are old but here they are:
Mr Frank Chinimba
HQ, Landscape
P/Bag 316
Lilongwe   3
Malawi
phone 265 784 200       fax 265 783 328

Ms Hazel Mwawembe
PO Box 1535
Blantyre
Malawi
phone 265 623761   fax 265 623 846

Mr Harrings Kachali
North Design Section
Private bag 2
Mzuzu
Malawi
phone 265 332 178  fax 265 335 025

Hope it helps
Naomi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Kartar" <skartar@cfbt-hq.org.uk>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2001 23:19
Subject: Re: Malawian Permaculture!


> ..And please don't forget Madagascar too! Any information greatly
appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Simon.
>
> >>> mikedean.com@altavista.com 20/11/2001 12:16:34 >>>
> Thanks for the forward on Tanzania. I cannot fathom who wrote the e mail
but thanks.
>
> I was just interested if there was any group working of teaching
permaculture in Malawi. I think tha climate there would be wonderful to set
up a permaculture system that would be beneficial to the local people
without giving the impression that we "know it all". I think that climate
change predictions indicate a reduction in rainfall in that part of the
world. I know that is in fact the case in Zimbabwe.
>
> Anyway I would love to hear what the permaculture "scene" in Malawi is.
Isn't this permaculture group fantastic!!!
>
> Cheers Mike.
>
> On Mon, 19 November 2001, unruLEE wrote:
>
> >
> > Here's a message from a perma-friend was was just travelling all over
Africa.
> > lee
> >
> >
> >
> > >I couldnt find too much iun opermaculture in tanzania.  Zanzibar island
is
> > >really interresting for seaweed aqua culture.
> > >
> > >There's some guy in Dar Es Salam who waas trying to put together a
tanzanian
> > >permaculture promoters association, but the # I had for him was long
gone.
> > >In tyanzania, I mostly visited small farmers. The area around Arusha
has some
> > >of the world's first forest gardens, but theyre hard to find.  Youill
need a
> > >translator and someone who knows where they are-- the best advice I
have is
> > >to visit NGO's... They will usually set you up no problem.
> > >
> > >
> > >Tell the guy to look into the contacts section of teh Permaculture
Activist
> > >website.  They have tons of contacts all over africa, not all
current...but
> > >its a start.
> > >
> > >Malawi, just south of Tanz. is bursting with permaculture, and I can
supply
> > >info if he needs it.
> > >
> > >Please foreward this to him.
> > >Thanks.
> > >Tim    soilfirst@dojo.tao.ca
> >
> >
> >
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