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28 guidesRun a small garden comparison that others can learn from
A useful garden trial starts with one question and an honest comparison. It can be modest enough for a courtyard, yet still produce information worth sharing. Decide what you will measure before the result tempts you to change the story.
Help record Namibia’s permaculture history
Local growing knowledge has a history: people tried ideas, adapted them and taught others. Recording that history can preserve lessons that never reached a formal report. Begin with careful interviews and dated evidence rather than trying to write a definitive national timeline from memory.
Make an agroecology farm visit useful
A farm visit becomes more useful when you arrive with questions and leave with a realistic next step. Look beyond the most attractive plot to the water, labour, timing and decisions that keep it working. Ask permission before photographing people or sharing details publicly.
Communal grazing: agree the rules, care for the land
Communal grazing management is a shared agreement about land, animals, water and work. A grazing map helps, but people must also agree who can use each area, how decisions change during drought and how the benefits and responsibilities are shared.