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  • From: Robert Waldrop <bwaldrop@cox.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] URGENT! Haiti Permaculture Relief Corps discussions
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:34:36 -0600

This link --

http://www.permacultureguild.us/help-for-haiti-from-permaculture/

is from these folk's website, which has a detailed list of projects for Haitian relief.

Regarding water, what about slow sand filters?

Bob Waldrop, Prairie Rose Permaculture, Oklahoma City
www.energyconservationinfo.org


Evan Schoepke wrote:
I am teaching a PDC in Little Haiti, Miami and as you can imagine, this
community is impacted by what has occurred and is reaching out. We are
working on raising funds to send permaculturists to Haiti or fund
permaculturists already on the ground who can implement the steps outlined
above to help with the disaster. Water is definitely a severe situation in
the capital and elsewhere.

What we need to raise funds are names of people who are willing to go there,
how much they would need in funds and what they will be doing, when they
might go, etc.

I have a friend who has developed “kenaf-crete” similar to hempcrete. Kenaf
is a sort of pioneer plant in Haiti, growing very easily and naturally there
and also provides fodder for animals, food for people, fiber and the other
good things that hemp provides.

Please contact me if you would like to go to Haiti to help the relief
efforts with the above information and we will see what we can do.

Cory
cory@permacultureguild.us

Reply:

Hey Cory,

Great! I'm glad we connected. I'm very interested in going to Haiti for
the relief effort we'll see how my finances are in a week or two. I'm going
to channel energy your way and I just know the this Permaculture Relief
Corps mission must happen ASAP!!! There are 10,000,000 folks in Haiti and
only 2% of the forest left they can't be dependent on outside aid forever.
I'm trying to reach experienced permies in this field Geoff Lawton, Darren
Doherty, Robyn Francis, Rosemary Morrow and the like and get their advice,
opinions, voices behind this effort. I feel a formal proposal should be
submitted to USAID, UNICEF, and other groups as soon as one can be drawn up.

Lets keep in touch,

~evan (@gaiapunk)
-- (360) 347-1368 skype username: permieboi
The obstacle is the Path.
-Zen Proverb

I write at www.punkrockpermaculture.com







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