Living Energy Farm has developed a Direct Drive DC Microgrid that we are now installing in low income communities in the U.S. and the Caribbean. Our solar energy systems provide modern services with near zero ongoing maintenance costs. We are also largely food self-sufficient, and promote regenerative food production methods. … Read more
Solutions
- Lifelong Education
- Diversity & Cohesion
- Trust & Communication
- Health & Healing
- Leadership & Governance
- Conflict Resolution
- Wisdom & Innovation
- Art & Celebration
- Vision & Purpose
- Nature Connection
- Mindfulness & Self Reflection
- Defend & Protect
- Leading from the Future
- Contextualised Design
- Whole Systems Thinking
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Intervention & Transformation
- Alliance Building
- Prototyping & Feedback
- Rank & Privilege
A small farm in the mountains
The reason behind writing this short book was to introduce the travelers, volunteers and future farmers to the story of this farm, the experiences of people who have worked here and the philosophy that serves as the foundation for this project, feeds it and makes possible for it to continue to thrive. As this documentation could also be useful for more farms in the region and in similar climates, some background on the practices and refrences for planting and harvesting have been included. We … Read more
Permayouth Youth-led global network of young permaculture people
Each week young people from around the world gather together via zoom to explore what permaculture means in their local context, to learn about different ways of thinking about it and applying it. We are based at Crystal Waters Permaculture village and connect young people in other ecovillages and permaculture communities and projects around the world. This group is led by young people for young people, with Mentors from around the world too - Morag Gamble, Rosemary Morrow, Hannah Apricot … Read more
Easy Dry Toilet Accessible and safe technique for maintenance and use of humanure and urine from a dry toilet
The solution offers an easy to implement technique, based on accessible resources (ashes and lime), that promises to neutralize pathogens, control insects while providing a quick way to generate compost from humanure and solve sanitation issues anywhere in the world. … Read more
Agriculture for hope
Limitation in the quantity of poultry birds produced per season (2 months ) as well as pigs, production of fruits and vegetables on the same piece of land over and over. The Result: Maximum efficiency , I have studied the market structure by so doing produce only as much as i can sell at once. … Read more
Better World Cameroon
The High Value Agricultural Product (HVAP) program was designed within the remits of the Paris COP21 Agreements and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The hands-on trainings I offer to local farmers is improving livelihoods for women and promoting youth entrepreneurship (SDG 8). The HVAP products we grow is driving access to healthy food and ensuring healthy lives as they are highly nutritional and medicinal (target 3).The HVAP program strives to alleviate poverty within indigenous farming … Read more
Algae production – Lasse Melgaard
Algae need lots of sunlight, abundant in many places throughout Africa, Asia and South America. They also need carbon dioxide, which is plentiful everywhere in our atmosphere, and some inorganic compounds added to the water on which you are growing your algae. These compounds depend on the type of algae you are growing, but spirulina and chlorella are the most popular and grown throughout the world. Scenedesmus is a common algae used for making biofuel. By growing algae, you are not only … Read more
Scaling -Up Organic Gardening For Resilient Communities (SUOG-Rcs)
I will be delivering pure organic and branded fruit juices made of carrots,melons,parsley etc got from our gardening initiative and these will be subsequently packaged in the powdered form and delivered as tea (the case of parsley due to its high medicinal properties) in the future. This project is still in its initial stages. Given that our initiative is a green initiative, it will go a long way towards reducing carbon emissions, thereby reducing global warming. It also will … Read more
WEMAKIT FARM
The Result WEMAKIT has been able to harnessed the power of youth in agriculture, causing a shift in mindset of some communities towards sustainable agriculture. WEMAKIT has also sponsored some young people in their education and other agricultural projects which are environmentally friendly. WEMAKIT uses the following matrics of measurements are; Food production data. That is crop count and harvest count to see if harvest matches with the crop population. Social data. Goegraphic participation … Read more
PLEA FOR AFRICA
EASTE seeks to inspire, train and engage young people into sustainable agriculture through local awareness workshops, capacity building, and youth exchange networks and Hands on Practice on organic farming techniques in an attempt to fight hunger, unemployment, poverty and climate change in Cameroon for a healthier living. Our three (3) year vision is to … … Read more
