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06 August 2010

IST, now in Bullets!*

  • Awesome Yekini notebook (possibly purple)
  • Permaculture!
    • “Food Forests”
  • Compost… why not?
  • Heavy Givers, Heavy Feeders, Light Feeders
  • Keyhole Garden
  • Hammock Garden!
  • Fences are not animal proof, walls are not kid proof
  • Pomegranate can grow here
  • I need to look more into planting Leucaena and Gmelina
  • There are a bunh of books I want to get
  • Rocket stoves are pretty sweet, but I think they will be a hard sell in Khossanto
  • “Hey there Mr. Spidermite… are you doing any damage? Is there a beetle around that’s going to eat you?”
  • Manure has a bunch of seeds in it, compost done right should kill all those seeds
  • Small Scale ≠ Small Yield
  • AIDs is probably more of an issue in Khossanto that I originally thought with the Mining nearby
  • Women in Development --> Gender and Development --> Men as Partners
  • EE in Senegal - Look at the GLOBE Project
  • Community Content Based Instruction: It will be really tough to do with the lack of flexibility in the school system, but it is important to get a little environmental knowledge out there however possible.
  • Community Radio, it’s actually going to be fun… especially since I can edit it on the computer to fix my language mistakes
  • Malinke Girls’ Soccer Camp?
  • Dinner with Aziz!
  • Waste Management - Take it slow, go through the right channels, and give credit where it is due.
  • Senegal is NOT eligible for Eco Schools!?
  • Chicken Raising (layers vs. Broilers)
  • Outplanting = fun times in dirt!
  • “The rubber stamp in important”
  • SeneGAD
  • Bee Keeping!
    • Red and Yellow = Bees
    • Blue and Green = Butterflys
    • White = Bats and Moths
  • Needs ≠ Desires
  • Hilly Billy Breath is a home-made insecticide
    • Chopped Mint, Ash, Garlic and Tobacco, with some soap
  • Beer kills slugs and coke might help with Rats

1 comment:

  1. This whole post is a bunch of teasers! I want to know more about each bullet, though I'm sure it would take you forever to elaborate on each one. Sounds like so much fun! Miss you, buddy.

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