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Women in Farming
By December Ndhlovu The initiative by Zingelwa Ulwazi (ZU) to train rural women in Acornhoek that stay in RDP houses is a good way of empowering these rural women who live below poverty line with children to look after. ZU trains these women to be able to develop their own permaculture gardens and also basic…
Sekhukhune Environmental Justice Network Changing Practice update
By December Ndhlovu This is the first in a series of updates on the work of participants who have attended the Changing Practice course facilitated by the Changing Practice Coalition. We share these updates to honour their continued work long after the course is over. The Changing Practice course is a community based action research…
Field trips build bridges between villages
In the last month, the Permaculture Explorers went on two field trips for learning exchanges: one to Trygive’s Community Garden and one to Agnes’ home garden. At both sites, local women from the area were in attendance, working with our group of women to plant, learn, sing and dance together. At Trygive’s Community Garden we…
One hour can transform a garden
Our Permaculture Explorers class last week, held at Agreement’s house, was incredible. First, the women learned how to make liquid manure (compost tea). They start with a 20L bucket and an empty citrus bag. They fill the bag with manure and tie it on a rod inside the bucket. Then the bucket is filled with…
Permaculture Explorers: Changing Lives
Two of our Permaculture Explorers shared some feedback about how the project is changing their lives. One of the women said that she went to Acornhoek to help a friend of hers sell veggies at a small stand, in the center of the market area. As she was there, she started looking around at what…
Tokelo attends the 10th Alternative Mining Indaba
Tokelo attends the 10th Alternative Mining Indaba, 4-6 Feb 2019 First of all I would like to thank each and every one who donated and made an effort towards this. I really appreciate everything you have done for me. The trip to Cape Town was very good and useful. I managed to attend the 10th…
Zingela Ulwazi is honoured to host the Changing Practice blog
Zingela Ulwazi is honoured to host the blog for Changing Practice, a coalition of activists who participated in an 18 month course. Following a successful two year Changing Practice course with participants from the South African Water Caucus, 2017-2018 saw EMG’s Water and Climate Change programme, in partnership with Rhodes University’s ELRC and AWARD, running a Changing Practice course…
Permaculture Explorers Embark on New Adventures
In the latest two classes of Permaculture Explorers, climate change and math review were featured. Everyone is learning about what climate change is, how it is affecting South Africa, and what can we do to mitigate and adapt to it. The course has 13 suggested action steps that will be implemented throughout the class. This…
Permaculture Explorers Team up to Build Tower Garden
This week’s Permaculture class included the first lesson on Climate Change–what is it and what does it look like in South Africa? The women all understood the concepts from their felt experiences of already living with hotter temperatures, more days of very hot weather, unpredictable rainfall, and extreme weather events. Every Climate Change lesson has…
Permaculture Explorers are Back in Business!
Our business class took off again after the Easter holidays. The women all shared their drawings of their ideal Woman Ecopreneur after talking with their families and getting additional input. We started our Reward system where the women can earn points that can be redeemed for items for their gardens. Coming to class, doing homework,…