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We hope to implement what we learn from this design course
in our daily lives and teach the principles and techniques to others. We bought
51 acres of land in Northeastern New Mexico, which has been traditionally used
as grazing land for cattle. We need to develop a Permaculture design for the
land, and are eager to apply Permaculture techniques, making it a practical
learning site and eventually, a demonstration site for teaching and
development.
We are focusing on a specialist field within Permaculture, where
its practice is linked to the religious teachings and lifestyle of Islam.
Permaculture is an integral part of our way of life. We will look at the
various practices within Permaculture to ensure that they are religiously
compliant, and for those that aren’t, we will look for suitable alternatives.
One example is from the soils video made by Geoff Lawton, where various types
of animal waste were used to make compost. One of them was pig waste, and as
pigs and their by-products are considered unclean in Islam unless they’ve gone
through a chemical change where they are no longer in their original form and
no longer considered pig, we must look for a suitable alternative to see if the
compost can be made just as well without it.
If we do find a successful alternative, this information will be passed
on to other Islamic organizations and Jewish organizations, as they both hold
the same restrictions with regards to pigs.
In the meantime, we plan to use as many techniques as we can
here in Saudi Arabia. It is not only good practice for us, but also beneficial
to our lives and practice of Islam here. We have a small planted area and
chicken run, which we hope to continually improve upon and make more efficient
with Permaculture techniques.
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