Category Archives: sustainable gardening

Sustainable food production / Duurzame Voeding (Tim JOYE-LNE Flanders / Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

In Dutch : Sustainable food production (duurzame voeding) by Tim JOYE – LNE Flanders http://vimeo.com/34511416

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, drylands, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, seedsforfood, sustainable gardening, vegetables, vertical gardening

What comes first: Strategies for combating climate change or for creating gardens to produce food for children? (Willem VAN COTTHEM / MediaGlobal / UNICEF)

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Let me recommend to read very attentively the former posting on this blog : UNICEF: Children most vulnerable to climate change http://www.mediaglobal.org/2011/12/02/unicef-children-most-vulnerable-to-climate-change/ UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, allotment gardens, balconies / window sills, city gardening, Climate / climate change, community gardens, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, family gardens, food / food security, gardening kids, guerilla gardening, hunger / famine, kitchen garden, malnutrition, nutrition, sack gardening, school gardens, sustainable gardening, UNICEF, urban gardening, vertical gardening, Victory Gardens

Farming or gardening with old tyres instead of containers (Comment Dev Raj Paudel)

Posted on March 29, 2008 by

A new comment on the post #251 “Great ideas for container gardening” :http://containergardening.wordpress.com/great-ideas-for-container-gardening/ Author : Dev Raj Paudel E-mail : merodev@gmail.comComment: Has anyone heard about farming on old tyres instead of containers on rooftops? If yes, please kindly send me … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, erosion, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, herb gardens, irrigation, raised bed gardening, rooftop gardening, school gardens, small-space gardening, Soil, square foot gardening, sustainable development, sustainable gardening, terrace garden, urban agriculture/farming, urban gardening, Water, water management | 1 Comment

Microcredits or microloans of a soil conditioner (Google / Magharebia / Willem)

Posted on March 18, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – Algeria http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/news/awi/newsbriefs/general/2008/03/17/newsbrief-05 Algeria to increase microcredits for young entrepreneurs Algeria’s Ministry of National Solidarity plans to raise the number of microcredits granted to young Algerian entrepreneurs to more than 100,000 by the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, desert/desert gardening, family gardens, fertilizer - nutrients, financial aspects, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, gender, microfinance - franchising, NGO/CSO - Civil society, poverty, rural development, Social dimensions, soil conditioning, standards of living, sustainable development, sustainable gardening, vegetables, water management, women/youth and desertification | Leave a comment

Dirt on Sustainable Gardening (Google / Jasmine’s Blog)

Posted on March 15, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – gardening http://mygardenspaces.com/SFblog/?p=264 The Dirt on Sustainable Gardening By Gail Nelson The Transplanted Gardener Interesting display gardens like Poly Patio, with its use of reused materials, and The Jeweled Garden, with its use of glass, … Continue reading →

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Algeria – Education for children of Sahrawis refugees (uno-fluechtlingshilfe / Willem)

Posted on February 19, 2008 by

http://www.uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de/?page=132 Algeria – Education for children of Sahrawis refugees Algerien – Bildung für saharauische Flüchtlingskinder INTRODUCTIONSince their dislodgement 30 years ago, 165.00 Sahrawis, population of the Western Sahara, live in incredibly harsh conditions as refugees in the western part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, education, family gardens, food / food security, malnutrition, refugees, school gardens, soil conditioning, Success stories - best practices, sustainable gardening, UNHCR, UNICEF, water management, WFP | Leave a comment

Glossary on Sustainable Gardening (Google / Washington Post)

Posted on February 17, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – gardening http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021501649.html Putting In a Good Word or Two for Sustainable Gardening By Joel M. Lerner The green movement has grown dramatically in recent years, creating its own vocabulary to describe a variety of … Continue reading →

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