Quote of the Moment:

“I grew up in a time when you wanted to save so that your children would have a better life than you had. Now, in all the Anglo-Saxon economies, people don't seem to want to help the next generation, they want to cheat it, by leaving a legacy of worn-out capital...and debt.”
K.R.

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Photos of past workshops

Workshop Photos 2005

Day one


About ground cover...
 

Plant roots store energy
 

Discussion on the moon...
 

Plant roots
 

Water infiltration on sand
 

On bare ground
 

Pioneer plant
 

White hairs protect from
sunlight and water loss
 

Demonstration of gully erosion
 

Grown up erosion gully
 

Chris explains that this tree...
 

...will probably not survive
another fire
 

Alligator Creek monitor site after the fire
 

Next to Alligator airstrip
 

Fresh green pick
  

Alligator airstrip from above
  

Day two


Animal maintained fire break
 

An attentive audience
 

12 HP at work...
 

12 HP at work...
 

12 HP at work...
 

12 HP at work...
 

 
 

Our youngest participant

Day Three


Fire experiment; site B
 

Site A and B
 

Different soils, different vegetation
 

The fire could be stopped...
 

Outdoor classroom
 

Judi explains a soil profile
 

Lots of leaf litter
 

In the jungle...
 





Black humus
 

What's in there?
 

Where's my contact lens?
 

Beer o'clock
 

Mmmmmmmhhh...
 

Relaxing...
 



Delicious melons!
 
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Regula Gorge