permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

Poverty-Stricken Communities in Ghana are Restoring Once-Barren Land

http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/08/poverty-stricken-communities-ghana-restoring-barren-land/

The Garu and Tempane districts, which encompass 1,230 square kilometres or
123,000 hectares, had large portions of barren and degraded land until just
three years ago. Now, there are pockets of lush grass, neem trees, berries
and indigenous fruit growing on some 250 hectares of restored land. The dry
earth is beginning to flourishing, albeit it slowly.

On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 2:10 AM, Steve Hart <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Shafqat
>
> Very much appreciate your response. Chris has great positive energy so
> hopefully there will be good opportunities to evolve.
>
> I am busy on all fronts with many projects all at different levels and
> scales and of course always some controversy...more on all later
>
> Best regards
>
> Steve
>
> Kia ora Ehoa
>
> *Steve Hart*
> *Ecology Architect*
>
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> Environments, through Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
> and Systems Ecology via Ecological Agriculture..​
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> On 19 August 2018 at 17:51, Shafqat Saleem Khan <shafqatsaleem1@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Chris ,
> >
> > I know many areas in Mansehra where the land is absolutely virgin and no
> > chemicals have been used on it. One of the patch is Manoor Valley where I
> > recently implemented a Swiss funded grant.
> >
> > Get in touch with me on below information and we could talk about
> > potential for growing moringa in Mansehra.
> >
> > Steve : How have you been ? How are your permaculture activities going
> on ?
> >
> > Thank you !
> >
> > + 92 336 5644138
> > Skype: shafqatsaleem1
> >
> >
> > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Steve Hart
> > <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Chris..following up on my previous facebook response one very key
> > person for you to contact in Islamabad is Sameena Nazir...copied in here.
> > Also Shafqat will also be very helpful, also copied in.
> >
> > Steve Hart
> >
> > Kia ora Ehoa
> >
> > *Steve Hart*
> > *Ecology Architect*
> >
> > Designer, Teacher, Builder of Ecologically Sustainable Resilient
> > Environments, through Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
> > and Systems Ecology via Ecological Agriculture..​
> >
> >
> > *Skype: tipenemanawaPhone: +64 220 75 62 11*
> >
> >
> >
> > The Permaculture International College
> > https://permacultureeducation.com/
> > https://permaculturecollege.academia.edu/SteveHart
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 17 August 2018 at 22:12, Vaidila Satvika <vaidila@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Chris,
> > Paul Stamets has some good examples of improving contaminated soil using
> > mushrooms. See his book Mycelium Running.
> >
> > Good luck!!
> >
> > Vaidila
> > 828-713-0546
> >
> > > On Aug 17, 2018, at 5:34 AM, Chris Wardle <cjwardle@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Questions on timelines and strategies for bio-remediation
> > >
> > > 20180817: After three months of intensive study on Moringa cultivation
> in
> > > Nepal, I am currently in Pakistan to learn more about local approaches
> to
> > > marketing and the development of value-added products.
> > >
> > > Sadly though, with significant pesticide and chemical fertiliser use in
> > > this country, I think it unlikely that it will be easy to find
> > > uncontaminated land as I pursue my dream to see more Moringa grown
> > > organically here.
> > >
> > > Yesterday, it was my good fortune to learn of a federal government
> > facility
> > > in Peshawar which offers free testing to assess the presence of
> > pesticides
> > > and chemical fertilisers in food. It strikes me that for low-income
> > > farmers, this could be a reliable proxy and a good alternative to the
> > high
> > > cost of applying for and maintaining formal organic certification.
> > >
> > > Hence, I am interested to avail this testing service not only as a mean
> > of
> > > assessing the quality of my food, but also as a monitoring tool for the
> > > bio-remediation of land which has more than likely been exposed to such
> > > toxic hazards.
> > >
> > > However, I am hoping to learn about similar monitoring experience from
> > > other contexts, as well as effective natural strategies to free the
> land
> > > from contamination. For example ...
> > >
> > > 1) To what extent (if any) can chicken tractors, burning off, flooding,
> > > planting of particular species, earth worms, mulching, the application
> of
> > > compost, or other techniques help in returning the soil to a healthy
> > state?
> > > - and
> > >
> > > 2) In what sort of time frame have you been able to achieve effective
> > > bio-remediation of contaminated land?
> > >
> > > I'd be grateful if readers could share details of strategies employed
> and
> > > results achieved, and/or offer pointers to studies demonstrating
> > timelines
> > > for effective bio-remediation?
> > >
> > > Thanks in anticipation.
> > >
> > > PS: please feel free to respond in this forum, and/or at the original
> > post,
> > > here:
> > > bit.ly/bio-remediation
> > > ===
> > > Chris (Hamza) Wardle
> > > Online at SlideShare/Facebook/Skype/ Twitter/LinkedIn: cjwardle
> > > Pakistan mobile: 0302 2333340
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