PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
The Island School, Eleuthera Island, Bahamas
January 25 - February 13, 2003
Course Leaders: Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond
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The
Island School - the greening of the peninsula campus begins.
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The
permaculture design course graduates and course facilitators
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The
island school is powered by wind and sun
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Solar
arrays and windmill, connected to the grid replaces diesel power.
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Wetland
system treats all sewaage and wastewater
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Morning
circle
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Learning
from local farmers
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Helping
the Deep Creek middle school establish thier first garden
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A
hands-on session about animals in permaculture
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A
lesson about local medicinal plants
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Time
for reflection and relaxation
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Thawing
out in the winter sun of the Bahamas
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| Collecting local resources | Stirring the liquid fertiliser |
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| Planting out garden | Goat in barrel |
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Raising
the casuarina timber frame
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David
Orr, keynote speaker at the Sustainability Summit with Ashley of
The Island School, watch the raising of the workshop
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Theresia
presentating a zone 1 design
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Zone
2 detail design
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Design
project - illustration of food forest
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Growing bananas in holes to protect from coastal winds and collect
more moisture and nutrients
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| View from the office | Morning meeting |
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Picnic
lunch in Banyan forest during a field trip in biodiesel fuelled
vehicles.
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Last
day celebration at Lighthouse Beach
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Cooling
off after a day of visiting local farms
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Pigeon
Pea - important legume for soil and human nutrition
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Pineapple
- a valuable crop for the island
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Pioneer
legume, Leuceana, is naturally recolonising cleared areas
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Okra
- a traditional food
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| View from the dining hall deck | Swimming at dusk - they are all in the water |
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Magnificent
sunsets
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