Composting on your balcony can be a little tricky without ground soil surface and much space. My balcony composting experience has not always been easy. But I’ve kept at it and today gives me enough to keep my edible garden going. I use what is eas...
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Mid 2010, burnt out and restless I made up my mind to move out from working within the landscape of big corporation to focus on projects I was passionate about. On a journey to find my niche, I freelanced as a strategic communications consultant and ...
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Photo credit: Mr Teoh, my classmate from the Murujan, PDC 2014. I attended a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) in January 2014. The PDC was organised by Murujan.com and conducted by an experienced and dynamic Permaculture Design consultant and trai...
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Before the January 2-week Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) course run by Murujan, at Bamboo Village, Hulu Langat, Malaysia, I was very disconnected from the story of my food. All I knew was buying organic was a good thing, and buying local org...
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Photo credits: All photos published here were taken by Nina Chabra. This is a reflection of my experience at Kebun Kaki Bukit (KKB) , a progressive and breathtakingly scenic farm in Banting Malaysia. This experience, albeit being a few months ago,...
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I find it hard to throw out my kitchen scraps into the rubbish bin. Why? Because kitchen scraps are an awesome source of organic matter that can help us build nutrient rich compost for plants at home. Now if you are trying to grow food on a balcony, ...
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In Penang, Mr V Subbarow, (Education Officer CAP) wanted his team to learn more about cultivating bees sustainably. So what does he do? He calls upon a bee expert from India Mr. P. Kaliyamurthi from Lalgudi, Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu on a week long queen b...
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I first met Ili Farhana at the Building a Community Garden workshop at Eats,Shoots and Roots. We were in the same team learning about Permaculture elements and brainstorming community garden designs. I remember Ili’s sharings about her Kebun GangCh...
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