[Lapg] TONIGHT/June 30 7pm Winchester CA Jilious Piti of Zimbabwe Permaculture and Social Justice
Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
lakinroe at silcom.com
Sat Jun 30 06:08:04 PDT 2012
http://transitionmarvista.blogspot.com/2012/06/permaculture-and-social-justice.html
Permaculture and Social Justice
EVENT: Saturday, June 30 at 7:00pm
Community Hall of Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, 6700 W. 83rd,
Westchester, CA 90045
Come hear the story of how an ecological initiative in a small village
in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe grew into a community model of
sustainable living. Along the way they have become masters of conflict
resolution. The project has been about health, conflict resolution, and
social improvement—as well as food.
Julious Piti Julious Piti has more than 20 years experience in
Permaculture, he is the co-founder of one of the most interesting
Permaculture Projects in Zimbabwe (CELUCT in Chikukwa - Zimbabwe).
Watch video http://vimeo.com/36582870 (6 minutes)
Mr Piti will speak about his Permaculture projects and how they have
helped transform his local area. He will explain the "Three Circles of
Knowledge"—how he works within the area where indigenous, spiritual and
analytical knowledge overlap.
Community Permaculture Chikukwa Ecological Land Trust (CELUCT) is a
unique community permaculture organisation in the Chimanimani district
of Zimbabwe. Set in the highlands bordering Mozambique, the region is
heavily populated and has suffered from deforestation, serious erosion
and soil degradation since the area was named a Tribal Trust Land in the
colonial era. In this setting, the Chikukwa community has developed a
successful permaculture program involving around 8,000 farmers and is
one of the largest and relatively unknown permaculture sites in the world.
About PORET The PORET Trust works with the community to address hunger,
malnutrition, and poverty. PORET is designed to take the success of
CELUCT and spread it further. The aim of PORET is to support the farmers
in the low rainfall area of Chaseyama in Zimbabwe in adopting techniques
and skills which are essential for them, their families and the whole
area to survive and attain a sustainable, productive and healthy life
situation. They are currently planning to expand their work since the
demand is growing in the face of the climate change problems they are
facing today.
About Chikukwa Chikukwa is a community nestled high up in the
Chimanimani mountains. Because of its location—right on the border with
Mozambique, in the gap between two stretches of mountains—Chikukwa was a
route for Zimbabwean guerrillas based in Mozambique during the
liberation struggle, and Rhodesian soldiers used to come and burn down
people's houses. After Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, the same paths
were used by Mozambicans in their bitter civil war. Up until 1990,
Chikukwans often slept in the bush to avoid attack by Renamo guerrillas.
War—together with Chikukwa's remote situation— limited development in
this area.
With the support of the Chikukwa Ecological Land Trust (CELUCT), not
only have they managed to stay food secure and peaceful during the last
conflict ridden years in Zimbabwe, but they have also managed to retain
strong and joyful community relations with plenty of heart-warming
laughter, singing, dancing and celebration. At the heart of this lies a
powerful commitment amongst community members to cooperate to create a
strong and sustainable community through the use of permaculture,
conflict resolution and the practice of mindfulness.
Venue:
Community Hall of Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, 6700 W. 83rd,
Westchester, CA 90045
Cost: Mr Piti will be collecting donations to PORET (Participatory
Organic Research Extension and Training)
Contacts
Initiative email: info at envirochangemakers.org
Primary point of contact: Joanne Poyourow
Hosted by Environmental Change-Makers
The Environmental Change-Makers continue to gather, now focused on our
local Westchester neighborhood. We maintain an active community garden,
out of which we teach an Organic Vegetable Gardening class series. The
Harvest Westchester local food redistribution program was a natural
extension of the garden action, as were group purchases of fruit trees
and rain barrels. We started a LETSystem (local bartering /
community-based finances) for our local area. And we continue to host
local Transition-focused gatherings in the Westchester neighborhood of
Los Angeles.
As of October 2010 we are at the stage of building a steering group
which would be specific to our Westchester neighborhood.
Contacts
Initiative email: info at envirochangemakers.org
Primary point of contact: Joanne Poyourow
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