permaculture

[ChildrensPeaceGuild <childrenspeaceguild@yahoo.com>]

We are experimenting with dog waste (gathered in biodegradable bags) put into 
a large vermiculture hole, and will soon add some EM to it. Once full it will 
be covered up and left for a while (same as an outhouses, I suppose). The red 
wigglers should turn it into some mighty fine soil.

We'll see...


-Roman Shapla
 Children's PEACE Guild
www.childrenspeaceguild.webs.com




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From: John Thomas Naisbitt <johntnaisbitt@gmail.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2009 4:19:27 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Pets in Design

Is this a test?

As far as mascots go, household pets are a problem in our society to begin
with. People aquire them (in no offense to those dog and cat lovers out
there) in order to either fulfill their security / pest needs or their
desire for companionship. The latter may or may not be your current problem
resolved from a previous solution; (maybe everything DOES work both ways
after all......) or just a problem.

I would say get back to basics. Evaluate your zones and sectors, observe the
dogs patterns, communicate your concerns with your client (this is big, as
mascots are like family members.......try telling someone that their kids
are a pain in the #$%^&, the end result could be not so positive), and
consider some minor behavioral dog obedience training.

I have found that there are sources for oow voltage, solar, invisible dog
fences (undergound bury with collars) and pherimones / scents which can
alter the areas of activity. In additon, there are herbacious plants which
dogs and other animals do not like and make visually stimulating borders. I
am away from home at the moment but could send a list of some plants we use
in the SW USA for animal deterrents. I imagine there are others out there
who have something in their quiver of design flora. Remember, dogs have
highly sensitive noses and it does not take much to put on the sense of
dislike.

As far as the invisible fence goes, some may see it as being inhumane to use
electricity to train an animal. However, many use it on sheep, pigs,
chickens, and cows. Remembering Pavlov, I bet it works great on dogs......

Good luck and smile.

John

ps. Just say "No" to dog tractors. Bad idea, period.

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Andrew French <alienbuddha@gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay folks, here is a design problem, and no, as far as I can see it is not
> the solution. I have a client that has about a 150 by 90 foot suburban lot,
> and she wants a full landscape design for it, not necessarily totally
> permaculture oriented. As I start the design I began to think of various
> patterns and elements and functions I can use on her site.
>
> Problem is, she has two huge dogs that tear up the yard right now. They are
> confined to the backyard, but they like to run around and poop and dig up
> holes, as dogs are want to do. She wants a raised bed vegetable garden back
> there, and they have a firepit as well. So my question is, have you dealt
> with dogs in your designs and if so, have you come up with any brilliant
> ideas? I have a few already that may work well, but I want to hear any and
> all input. Thank you.
>
> Andrew
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A surplus FEMA trailer, named the "Armadillo," redesigned and 
transformed by faculty and students of the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology Visual Arts Program, will be donated to a non-profit arts 
organization at a ceremony at the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston 
June 18, 2009.
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Cambridge, Mass. (PRWEB) June 8, 2009 -- A day of activities at the 
Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston on June 18 will celebrate the 
donation of the MIT's "Armadillo" trailer to Side Street Projects, a 
non-profit organization based in Pasadena, California. The 
"Armadillo" trailer is the result of a year-long collaborative art 
project, the MIT FEMA Trailer Project, in which faculty and students 
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Visual Arts Program 
transformed a surplus FEMA trailer into a "green" mobile composting 
center with vertical gardens, rainwater catchment system, 
permaculture library, and indoor multipurpose space. The trailer has 
been dubbed the "Armadillo" for its ribbed retractable shell.

Jae Rhim Lee is Director of the MIT FEMA Trailer Project and a 
Visiting Lecturer in the MIT Visual Arts Program. Lee describes the 
Armadillo as "both a practical tool and a metaphor for how disaster 
can be transformed into a tool for environmental and community 
change."
The Armadillo was originally one of thousands of trailers purchased 
by FEMA to serve as temporary housing in the wake of Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita in 2005. They have been tied to a host of issues 
surrounding indoor air quality health concerns, mental health 
problems in trailer parks, lack of affordable housing, and disaster 
management.

MIT students studied these issues and researched the environmental, 
political, and social history of the trailers under the direction of 
Jae Rhim Lee, an artist, permaculture designer and former consultant 
to the City of New Orleans Mayor's Office of Recovery and 
Development. Students were then challenged to apply permaculture (a 
whole systems sustainable design approach) and environmental justice 
principles to the redesign and transformation of a single FEMA 
trailer into a model of urban sustainability and community change.

The MIT FEMA Trailer Project team chose Side Street Projects to 
receive the Armadillo after a nationwide search because of the 
non-profit's commitment to art education and environmental 
responsibility.

The transformed Armadillo trailer will be handed over to Side Street 
Projects at a ceremony on June 18, 2009, at 5:15 PM, at the Rose 
Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in Boston. Related events from Noon to 
7PM include temporary art projects and gardening workshops. Following 
the event, Side Street Projects will take the Armadillo trailer on a 
National Tour that includes tour stops at the National Mall in 
Washington, D.C. and the Louisiana State Museum.

Support for this project was provided by the MIT School of 
Architecture and Planning, MIT Department of Architecture, MIT Visual 
Arts Program, MIT Public Service Center and theCouncil for the Arts 
at MIT
For additional information on the MIT FEMA Trailer Project, contact 
Ed Halligan or visit http://visualarts.mit.edu/armadillo.

About the MIT Visual Arts Program:
The MIT Visual Arts Program, directed by Ute Meta Bauer, is focused 
on a critical approach to art in an advanced technological community, 
and art that challenges traditional genres and the limits of the 
gallery/museum context. The program is part of the Department of 
Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and offers 
undergraduate and graduate courses.
Contact: Ed Halligan
MIT Visual Arts Program
617-253-5229
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I have a friend who has found two uses for dogs in his garden.  Last year he
made a dog run around the perimeter of his garden to keep the deer out, and
so far it has worked.  He also made harnesses for his dogs and he uses them
like work dogs, pulling heavy materials around his property.

Hope it helps.

Jake Bucy