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“I just wanted to say think you for inspiring me to take on a new chapter of my life. Ever since I took the PDC at Seven Ravens I have been completely consumed by permaculture, and I’ve been having great success in my own small business endeavours. I just wanted to update you on my progress so far:
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Important permaculture principle.
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Bill Mollison had some strong thoughts on lawns – it’s hard to think about how much water and pesticides are used to maintain the ‘perfect’ lawn. Hopefully in the future priorities will lie with food security instead of grass security ! What we can do is continue to learn and teach the permaculture way as…
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Salt Spring author and soap maker Aly Coy has linked up with Seven-Ravens for a carbon offset initiative for her new book UNPACKED: a memoir of checked baggage. For every paperback sold a tree will be planted at the Seven-Ravens Eco Forest. Coy will help transplant the saplings in the spring, and donate a dollar…
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We love permaculture quotes and the iconic Bill Mollison !
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“Salt Spring Middle School students are taking part in a project to combat climate change that has a potentially global reach.” “The trees will grow in a nursery set up on the school grounds. Over the last week, classes have been going out to the nursery and planting the big leaf maple trees with Nickels.…
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Michael worked closely with a farmer and his farm to establish a branch of the Practical Permaculture Institute in Mufindi, Tanzania. This included in-depth permaculture design and installation training and revising farm design and infrastructure to reduce waste and increase efficiencies. Additionally, Michael opened up a new area to farm, including installing a series of…
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With a core team of Canadian and African permaculturalists, Michael designed and installed a one-hectare permaculture farm at a secondary school in the southern high plains of Tanzania. This project rehabilitated de-vegetated hillside into productive farmland intended to feed the school’s 400 students. The project included swales for rainwater catchment and redirection, a pond, a…
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Michael designed and implemented food gardens and food forests to feed 600 Tanzanite One workers and management. Michael’s small team from Canada and Kenya trained and worked alongside Tanzanite employees and community members to design and install food forests on eroded hillsides; including building swales to capture and concentrate rainfall, planting fruit tree forests, and…
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REGENERATIVE DESIGN CONSULTING
WITH MICHAEL NICKELS
