In the documentary movie "Dirt," Kenya's very own Nobel Peace prize winner, the late Wanagari Mathaai tells a story about a hummingbird that did the best it could to rescue a burning forest while every other animal just stood and watched. Moral of the story: the little you or I can do in turning the effects of climate change, ill-advised laws and ignorant cultural practices does in fact make a difference.In our mind's eye, the EcoVillage will be a human settlement that is consciously designed to secure long term sustainability. If we do not turn the corner, more is at stake. Less than twenty-eight percent of Kenya is green with "good" dirt. This productive land is scarce and thus a source of conflict and greed. When we fight over prime real estate, we are fighting over dirt!
Through bad agricultural practises and the rampant cutting of our forests, we changed our lands. The result is a high demand for the dwindling natural resources that in turn altered our relationship with the "dirt". EcoVillage Project Kenya would like to turn the tables. Restore the "waste land" and thus restore the dirt. .
In the Hummingbird's spirit, the EcoVillage Project Kenya plans to implement solutions that slow down the effects of climate change and solutions that will prove to provide healthy dirt for future generations!
a) homes built with sustainable material;
b) an organic farm using the permaculture techniques;
c) a water system that harvests rain, is damned and recycled;
d) a forest that changes the surrounding climate; etc.
This is what we would like to do! Join us!
You can be a Hummingbird too!
a) Recycle
b) Support organic farms
c) If you have a garden, build soil by creating your own compost from scraps in your kitchen
d) Choose renewable solutions:- solar panels; water harvesting; biogas energy; etc.
Watch the movie!
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