hey peoples,<div><br></div><div>we (meaning anybody who can make it!) will be meeting up around 2pm today at the community garden to discuss future plans and ideas.</div><div><br></div><div>please come down if you can. there will be some food to share!</div>
<div><br></div><div>see you then,</div><div><br></div><div>ali</div><div><br></div><div>p.s. really sorry for the very late notice!!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ali Majokah</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amaj6@student.monash.edu.au">amaj6@student.monash.edu.au</a>></span><br>
Date: 2009/9/24<br>Subject: some long term ideas for the garden<br>To: <a href="mailto:timscott97@gmail.com">timscott97@gmail.com</a>, Imogen Jackson <<a href="mailto:imogen.jackson@gmail.com">imogen.jackson@gmail.com</a>><br>
<br><br>hey tim & imogen, <div><br></div><div>thought i would share some longer term ideas on where the food-gardening could lead to in the months and years to come:<div><br></div><div><ul>
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<li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">As fruit trees and vegie gardens spread and start appearing all over the Clayton Campus, a possible long-term vision could be as follows:</p>
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<li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Build a mudbrick stove near
every vegie garden at the Clayton campus.</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Plant woodlots around the
Clayton campus.</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Cook lunch at the stove using
vegies from the garden and wood from the woodlot- initially do
this only once a week but as the number of vegie gardens
increase and the number of people who become involved in the
project grows, then eventually encourage people to cook meals at
the stove every day. Run cooking classes to help students and
staff learn how to cook simple and delicious foods.</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The food is always free but in
order to eat you must spend some time gardening as well as
helping prepare the food and/or help clean up afterwards.</p></li></ul></li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Myself along with some other
permaculturalists can help design the organic vegie/food gardens
in accordance with permaculture design principles before the
gardens are planted out. This will help ensure that the gardens
are self-sufficient to the greatest extent possible and require
minimal or no human input to survive.
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<div><br></div><div>The gardens as we were discussing earlier today have a great potential to act as community hubs on Campus, providing an opportunity for people from all walks of life (and from all courses!) to get together, make friends, grow/cook/share food and generally have a great time!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Also it can be a great social justice initiative- when people can grow and cook their own food on campus then nobody would have to miss meals 'cos they're out of money as they would no longer need money to be able to buy food (for the most part). Instead the food would always be free but in order to eat they must spend some time gardening as well as helping prepare the food and/or help clean up afterwards.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I believe the garden could also present a good opportunity to bring staff and students together (yep, that's right! i think we should also try and persuade Monash staff to volunteer in the garden too! as i'm sure you are well aware, there are heaps of greenies among the 'staff population' as well). Help the vice-chancellor green up his act- one vegie garden at a time! </div>
<div><br></div><div>get the hall kids involved! help them set up gardens at their halls (and also to contribute to the gardens on the main campus)!</div><div><br></div><div>get everyone into it, make vegie gardens and fruit tress 'the monash thing' and through this (& other ways) help spread the awesomeness of vegie gardens and fruit trees all over the world!</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>hope the above ideas are useful and helpful in helping the gardens grow,</div><div>let me what you think!</div><div><br></div><div>ali</div><div><br></div><div>ali</div><div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Ali Majokah<br>Freelance Journalist<br>Phone: 0411 025 358<br>Email: <a href="mailto:amajokah@gmail.com" target="_blank">amajokah@gmail.com</a><br><br>'Live simply, so that others may simply live'<br>
<br>'There is enough for everyone's need but not enough for everyone's greed' <br><br>'Be the change you want to see in the world'<br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ali Majokah<br>Freelance Journalist<br>Phone: 0411 025 358<br>Email: <a href="mailto:amajokah@gmail.com">amajokah@gmail.com</a><br><br>'Live simply, so that others may simply live'<br>
<br>'There is enough for everyone's need but not enough for everyone's greed' <br><br>'Be the change you want to see in the world'<br>
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