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[Alex McCausland <alex1mcc@yahoo.com>]

Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge in the Konso Special Woreda, Southern Ethiopia 
seeks volunteer sustainable builder/handy-man to assist with maintenance and 
minor construction tasks as well as some training and supervision of project 
staff and local workers. Food, accommodation and pocket money provided (and 
possibly internet access too)!
Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge is a community oriented business operating in 
rural south Ethiopia in Konso Woreda, an area noted for its unique local 
culture and indigenous agricultural system, but suffering from repeated food 
insecurity due to re-occurring droughts in the last 50 years. SFEL promotes 
community well-being through Permaculture design training and consultancy 
services delivered to local schools, as well as though developing community 
based tourism activities to generate alternative income for the community 
grass-roots. The project combines a lodge, farm, organic restaurant and 
Permaculture school as well as organising off-site trekking and cultural 
activities.
More information on SFEL and its objectives:
http://www.glinet.org/inspiredetail.asp?id=7641
http://www.permacultureusa.org/2009/02/04/spotlight-on-ethiopia/
http://changemakers.net/en-us/node/20212
Our website is here: www.permalodge.org but we are still working on it and it 
needs some time...
Strawberry Fields now seeks someone with significant experience in 
sustainable building practises (e.g. mud building, composting toilets, basic 
solar water heating systems, basic solar electric systems, thatch 
construction, interior decor with local cultural and natural materials.) You 
will assist with general maintenance tasks and with completion of remaining 
small construction works which are necessary on the site which include 
finishing off of compost toilets and shower facilities, some interior works 
and carpentry, maintenance of stone wall terracing, and completion of some 
mud walled service buildings. You will work together with local technicians 
and labourers giving them the chance to develop new skills, experiencing 
Konso’s indigenous artesian skills, most notably stone wall terracing and 
thatch and mud construction. However they will be required to supervise and 
direct local tradesmen to produce work according to spec. as required for
 standards on the lodge, in ways to which they are often un-accustomed in the 
local villages. You will also be asked to assist with purchasing materials 
and to assist with store operation for the project.
Requirements:
-          Significant experience with sustainable building practises, 
preferably in a rural environment (some but not necessarily all of the 
above-mentioned).
-          Some experience in a supervisory role in construction works.
-          A tough character and willingness to rough it, but at the same 
time an appreciation of standards and the western mentality – i.e. the needs 
of lodge guests.
-          An interest to learn about a new culture, language, learn/teach 
new skills, and become part of a rural community for a few months.
Re-imbursement:
-          Live and eat with the project staff (room and board)
-          Internet time 1/2 hour per day (if connection established on site)
-          100Br ($10) pocket money per week (enough for a few drinks each 
evening, or a trip to Arbaminch on the weekends).
To start: ASAP
Length of position 3 – 6 months, depending on you.
Please submit a CV with two references to alex1mcc@yahoo.com 
 



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My dad collects bee swarms and i've helped him a few times. Generally a
swarm is relatively easy to relocate into a bee box but they need to be
settled on something (accessible/within reach) to get them and not flying
around. Between flights they usually settle in a big clump on a post or
branch of a tree for a few hours and you simply pick up the 'clump' of bees
and put them into the box. My dad just uses an empty 4 litre ice cream tub
to scoop them up and put them in the box. If youre lucky and get the queen
bee in the first scoop the rest will automatically follow her into the hive.
Bees will settle down more quickly in their new hive if you rub the inside
with Lemon Balm leaves (Mellissa officinalis).
Ciao
Robyn


On 9/05/09 6:56 AM, "Dieter Brand" <diebrand@yahoo.com> wrote:

> There is a bee swarm that has been hovering over our land for a couple of
> days.� They are obviously looking for a new place to settle.� I guess it 
> will
> be too late now to go and buy a beehive, but I wonder about the next time, 
> how
> can I make them settle in my beehive?� I have seen local farmers standing
> below a swarm throwing a bundle of cloth at it to make them come down and
> settle.� I never saw that it actually worked though.�
> �
> Is this the right way of doing it?� Or is there a better way (perhaps
> involving color, sound, smells, etc.)?� Is it safe to do or do I risk being
> stung by numerous bees?
> �
> Dieter Brand
> Portugal
> 
> 
> 
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