| REAP 2010 - 1 Applicant: Janice Ertl SVDP Clinic, Phoenix, AZ (JErtl@svdp-phx-az.org) Title: Campus Garden Non-profit Sponsor: Society of St. Vincent de Paul Diocese of Phoenix Allocated Funds: $1000 | Funded Activities: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is dedicated to serving the poor and creating opportunities for lay person service. The Society wants to dedicate part of its campus property to a garden & orchard that could offer a source of fresh foods for its family dining program, experiences for urban dwelling families, advance good nutrition and environmental stewardship, and provide opportunities for volunteers and students from the University of Arizona Landscape, Nursing, Horticulture, and Anthropology programs and the Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Service. The funding requested is for initial startup and feasibility study costs, for site assessment, to conduct soil testing and determine water suitability/line repairs for both the orchard and vegetable garden sites. We are looking at both city water and “gray” water possibilities. |
| REAP 2010-2 Applicant: Brad Kindler, Lincoln, NE Title: Permaculture Earth Activist Training Non-profit sponsor: Prairie Hill Learning Center Allocated Funds: $2450 |
Funded Activities:Participation in the Earth Activist Training (EAT) course, January 2009, in Cazadero California provides the principles and ethics of ‘regenerative’ Permaculture and how they relate to sustainable community, landscape transformation, and maintenance of whole systems. Workshops taught include rainwater harvesting, bioremediation, composting/vermiculture, mulching and cover cropping, conflict resolution and consensus building, agro-forestry, wind breaks, plant propagation, aquaculture, renewable energy, natural building, and passive solar design. This training and new skills acquired will help to develop youth and community outreach garden and horticulture projects in Lincoln, NE that emphasize Permaculture principles. These include applications of new knowledge into existing organic vegetable, rain, and shade gardens and working with elementary and middle school students and Prairie Hill Learning Center staff in teaching and learning Permaculture principles. Assessment of the Lincoln market and project outcomes will determine the need for-profit community development of Permaculture in Lincoln. |
| REAP 2010-3 Applicant: William Waters, UNL, Lincoln, NE (bwaters57@yahoo.com) Title: The establishment of Kowoperativ Flambwayant (Cooperative Flame Tree) in Pasbwadom, Haiti Non-profit sponsor: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Allocated Funds: $2933 |
Funded Activities: Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries, is a microcosm of the world’s humanitarian and environmental problems including deforestation, erosion, unsafe drinking water, under/unemployment, and lack of appropriate agricultural training and technology. REAP funding supports new ventures capping off 25 years of applied anthropological projects through the Kowoperativ Flambwayant (Cooperative Flame Tree) which facilitates cooperative partnership with all interested individuals in the village of Pasbwadom, Haiti; helping them to identify their needs to improve the quality of their lives and their environment. New projects are discussed, evaluated, and agreed upon before they are enacted. In June 2010; I (Bill Waters) returned to Pasbwadom with three UNL anthropology students for three weeks work with Kowopertiv Flambwayant on the following projects: beeswax candles, bottling honey, candle & soap making, composting toilet, water well platform, and a bread oven. Accomplishments included:
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