Morning Breathing Excersies
A planting tower
The Children at the Sousebenza Youth centre learning how to work their garden
A Song in honour of the compost heap
Model Design of a Permaculture Farm
wow what an amazing week full of song and celebration of Ubuntu- the spirit of togtherness.
In 10 days dicovering the true meaning of Abundance. everything we could possibly need is all right in front of our eyes if we just choose to look hard enough.
With Earth and Sun and Rain we can grow all the food we could possibly need and do it in a way that does not harm our planet.
One seed has more wealth inside of it than any bank and can provide enough food to last a life time.
we are all so connected together that everything you do will have an impact on the whole of creation.
we are all so connected together that everything you do will have an impact on the whole of creation.
Such invaluable knowledge and yet knowledge that should really be indigenous to all of us
Tony a beautiful guy from Phillipe on the course summed it up exactly. We where talking about the Wetlands and how people in the townships often use this as a place to throw their rubbish "away" But "there is no away" he said; every place on this earth is a home to some plant or creature and by being unmindful in our actions we are harming the very system that sustains us.
Participating where youth From Khayelitsha ( the largest Township in Cape Town) as well as an amazing group of people from the rural villages of Eastern Cape- all camping out on the farm.
Why is it that we have forgotten to harvest all our natural resources in a way that is not harmfull to ourselves. What happened that we replaced our own food security with a such sense of lack? How could it be that there are so many people starving in this world? What has lead to such devastation on our planet that it has become visible to Astronauts in space?
......people in the Eastern Cape although they live far surrounded by nature have become reliant on pesticides and chemicals devoped by modern agricyulture to support there crops. These not only slowly deteriorate their land but also make them reliant on an economy that doesn't support them .
Tony a beautiful guy from Phillipe on the course summed it up exactly. We where talking about the Wetlands and how people in the townships often use this as a place to throw their rubbish "away" But "there is no away" he said; every place on this earth is a home to some plant or creature and by being unmindful in our actions we are harming the very system that sustains us.
Participating where youth From Khayelitsha ( the largest Township in Cape Town) as well as an amazing group of people from the rural villages of Eastern Cape- all camping out on the farm.
Why is it that we have forgotten to harvest all our natural resources in a way that is not harmfull to ourselves. What happened that we replaced our own food security with a such sense of lack? How could it be that there are so many people starving in this world? What has lead to such devastation on our planet that it has become visible to Astronauts in space?
......people in the Eastern Cape although they live far surrounded by nature have become reliant on pesticides and chemicals devoped by modern agricyulture to support there crops. These not only slowly deteriorate their land but also make them reliant on an economy that doesn't support them .
It is this that had lead to the terrible conditions that people are living in in the rural villages. erosion caused from overgrazing and bad farming has been washing away the earths' topsoil into the sea resulting in failed crops ......we have forgotten how to live with nature and this has lead to serious poverty throughout the planet.
but there there are people who are relearning this lost knowledge. There are people who are remembering how sacred we are. There are people who are talking to plants and listing to the soil. We are remembering the ways of the forest ..we are relearning her secrets.
but there there are people who are relearning this lost knowledge. There are people who are remembering how sacred we are. There are people who are talking to plants and listing to the soil. We are remembering the ways of the forest ..we are relearning her secrets.
There was a song that was song during this week translated from Xhosa it says "we are going to Eastern Cape with Knowledge" it was first sung by the mamas as they danced around our the first compost heap they had ever seen.
It is so beautiful to see people regain hope, for them to realise that they can do something about their own situations, to realise that it doesn't need to come from somewhere else once upon a time in the maybe future. but that it can start right now with a bit of love and sunshine.
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