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First Thursday - sustainable villages, the workshop, etc

Submitted by Pamela on 2 February 2010 - 1:41am
Thursday February 4th is the First Thursday of the month. So here's my invitation to join me in the worknets chat room, and my usual thanks to Andrius Kulikauskas , director of Minciu Sodas for making it possible. All being well I will be around for an hour starting - 13.00 Nigerian time, 15,00 Kenyan time, 12.00 GMT.

Permaculture Introductions

Submitted by Pamela on 1 February 2010 - 12:04am
I love to introduce people to each other, so now that I am back from the Video Bridge (Streaming Sharing and Learning) workshop I am doing introductions for people with overlapping interests related to permaculture and similar concerns. Marcus Simmons is our expert on permaculture and Wael Al Saad from the workshop has many interesting ideas which he has written about on Wiser Earth in an article called Co-Create Holistic Green Economy in global Palestine . I've phoned Marcus about Wael and had a Skype chat with Wael about Marcus, and now just need to share their email addresses. Helge...

Back from Streaming Sharing and Learning

Submitted by Pamela on 30 January 2010 - 9:46am
I am back from the Video Bridge Streaming Sharing and Learning workshop in Vienna. Over the next few days I will be reflecting on what went on, looking for patterns, and seeing how things might continue in ways that are relevant (both to the Dadamac community and to me as a learner). This may result in a flurry of blogs - if it does please forgive me. At the workshop Franz did a great job of enabling the participants to become a community. The participants all represented communities of some kind. Franz ran a video bridge session, linking us with...

Back from Streaming Sharing and Learning

Submitted by Pamela on 30 January 2010 - 9:46am
I am back from the Video Bridge Streaming Sharing and Learning workshop in Vienna. Over the next few days I will be reflecting on what went on, looking for patterns, and seeing how things might continue in ways that are relevant (both to the Dadamac community and to me as a learner). This may result in a flurry of blogs - if it does please forgive me. At the workshop Franz did a great job of enabling the participants to become a community. The participants all represented communities of some kind. Franz ran a video bridge session, linking us with...

Learning about Permaculture

Submitted by nikki on 29 January 2010 - 8:19am
A continued focus of our weekly online UK/Nigeria meetings has been the subject of permaculture. This was not a word or principle I had come across often in my day-to-day life in South London. However over the past two years I have been lucky enough to begin to learn more about it - and to appreciate the importance of designing the proposed model farm at Attachab along the principles it dictates. Even as a relative newcomer to the discipline, I recognise it is the most practical and commonsense way to proceed. Not only does it make ecological and financial sense...

Learning about Permaculture

Submitted by nikki on 29 January 2010 - 8:19am
A continued focus of our weekly online UK/Nigeria meetings has been the subject of permaculture. This was not a word or principle I had come across often in my day-to-day life in South London. However over the past two years I have been lucky enough to begin to learn more about it - and to appreciate the importance of designing the proposed model farm at Attachab along the principles it dictates. Even as a relative newcomer to the discipline, I recognise it is the most practical and commonsense way to proceed. Not only does it make ecological and financial sense...

Global Connections!

Submitted by nikki on 22 January 2010 - 4:56pm
Wednesday's weekly online meeting linking the Dadamac UK office with its sister organisation Fantsuam Foundation took place as usual - but with an unexpected ( and welcome ) twist! In addition to the regular connection between the UK and rural Nigeria , we also established a link with the Streaming, Sharing and Learning workshop in Vienna. How did this come about? Well , the meeting followed its tried and tested path of discussing the agenda - covering topics as varied as the provision of footballs with bells to aid blind players to a major issue of permaculture. However, when we...

First Wednesday Meeting of 2010

Submitted by nikki on 15 January 2010 - 8:43am
Wow, what a start to the New Year! Although it had been a few weeks since our last UK-Nigeria online meeting (due to connectivity issues and holidays) I was quickly reminded again how thrilled I am to be involved with this dynamic group of people. Although these meetings with Fantsuam are arranged for the same time and day each week, they are never routine, dull or a chore. As this was our first for a while, there was a lot to catch up on. Despite (yet another) loss of connectivity and time lags, we enjoyed another productive session - and,...

First Wednesday Meeting of 2010

Submitted by nikki on 15 January 2010 - 8:43am
Wow, what a start to the New Year! Although it had been a few weeks since our last UK-Nigeria online meeting (due to connectivity issues and holidays) I was quickly reminded again how thrilled I am to be involved with this dynamic group of people. Although these meetings with Fantsuam are arranged for the same time and day each week, they are never routine, dull or a chore. As this was our first for a while, there was a lot to catch up on. Despite (yet another) loss of connectivity and time lags, we enjoyed another productive session - and,...

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