Global Campus Palestine:Global Campus Palestine:Hakoritna farm, Tulkarem, 13–26 October 2013Hakoritna farm, Tulkarem, 13–26 October 2013
The setting:The setting: neighbouring Israeli neighbouring Israeli chemical factorieschemical factories
The setting:The setting: the Israeli ‘Apartheid’ wall the Israeli ‘Apartheid’ wall
Fayez and Mona TaneebFayez and Mona Taneeb
Fayez Taneeb speaks at a public meeting Fayez Taneeb speaks at a public meeting with the local mayor, shortly before the with the local mayor, shortly before the
project startproject start
Introduction day in the meeting Introduction day in the meeting centrecentre
Fayez Taneeb and Aida Shibli Fayez Taneeb and Aida Shibli introducing the 14-day programmeintroducing the 14-day programme
Clean-up:Clean-up: removing and sorting removing and sorting piles of junk from the farm sitepiles of junk from the farm site
Clean-up:Clean-up: preparing our gathering preparing our gathering space at the farmspace at the farm
before …
… … and afterand after
Biogas:Biogas: Imad Atrash introduces the Imad Atrash introduces the workshopworkshop
Ismael and Wafa help assemble Ismael and Wafa help assemble the biogas partsthe biogas parts
Setting up the biogas digester tanksSetting up the biogas digester tanks
Wafa presents the biogas digester on Wafa presents the biogas digester on the open daythe open day
Earthworks:Earthworks: preparing the ground preparing the ground
Digging the raised vegetable beds: Digging the raised vegetable beds:
before and afterbefore and after
‘‘Upcycling’ materials for the solar Upcycling’ materials for the solar dryer and compost toiletdryer and compost toilet
Building the solar dryer … 1Building the solar dryer … 1
Building the solar dryer … 2Building the solar dryer … 2
Frederick Weihe (with hat) and team Frederick Weihe (with hat) and team finish the solar dryerfinish the solar dryer
Solar dryer:Solar dryer: first experiment with first experiment with drying peppersdrying peppers
The compost toilet gets the finishing touchesThe compost toilet gets the finishing touches
Cucumber harvest helpCucumber harvest help
Molokhia harvest helpMolokhia harvest help
Public open dayPublic open day
Aida Shibli interviewed for a local TV station
Open-day workshops on Open-day workshops on composting and seed ballscomposting and seed balls
A typical A typical evening mealevening meal
Lunch on the farmLunch on the farm
Washing up!Washing up!
Education: Education: Saad Dagher lecturing on Saad Dagher lecturing on agroecologyagroecology
Education: Education: Jillian Hovey talks Jillian Hovey talks permaculture to the earthworks grouppermaculture to the earthworks group
Group-building:Group-building: Saad Dagher leading Saad Dagher leading a daily ‘morning attunement’a daily ‘morning attunement’
Group-building:Group-building: afternoon sessions afternoon sessions
Imagine:Imagine: the group share their visions the group share their visions for a beautiful future on the farmfor a beautiful future on the farm
Solidarity, friendship, trust …Solidarity, friendship, trust …
… … pave the way to success!pave the way to success!
Follow-up:Follow-up: the group returns three weeks later, to the group returns three weeks later, to see some ‘fruits’ of their labour and to support the see some ‘fruits’ of their labour and to support the
regular farm workregular farm work
Follow-up:Follow-up: hundreds of interested students and other hundreds of interested students and other visitors flood the farm in the weeks after the Global Campusvisitors flood the farm in the weeks after the Global Campus
January 2014: success with the January 2014: success with the new organic vegetable bedsnew organic vegetable beds
Thanks for being part!Thanks for being part!
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