“After years of steady growth, involvement and competition, environmental efforts have expanded and accelerated throughout Dubai International Academy with the elementary and secondary school working in unison to reduce unnecessary energy, waste and water consumption” read more on page 3 in ‘The Eco Times’ , the school’s newsletter.
Organic vegetable garden a huge success read more
This morning I read an article in our national paper on Greece. Yes, they’re throwing firebombs at one another and protesting up and down in Athens but — one woman’s quiet voice made itself heard. From her balcony. Where she’s started growing veggies outside her parents apartment to feed the family. read some more
Dubai plans to recycle 100 per cent of its waste and bring the percentage of rubbish being sent to landfills from the existing 80-90 per cent to zero by 2030 read more
bokashi treated food waste after 15 months in a bin turns to great humus once placed in soil
Imagine leaving your bokashi bin full of food waste in storage for 15 months! I think we would all agree that the obvious thing to do would be to throw the bin and its contents away. In actual fact the food waste continues to ‘pickle’ and can be buried in the soil as usual. The ‘sour’ smell is stronger but the process continues as normal and the bin can continue to be used for future recycling of food waste to make compost.
Did you know this is what a bitter gourd looks like if you forget to pick the ripe fruit? It simply decides to seed itself. The laws of nature take over. This bitter gourd was grown using only bokashi treated food waste added to the soil and was watered with the bokashi liquid - no commercially produced compost, potting soil or fertilizer was used to feed this plant.
the beautiful colours of nature
Ecoventure Field Study Camps using Bokashi to recycle foodwaste
From “Best Gifts for Gardeners” in The National (8 Dec 2011) by Nick Leech
Time for tea?
Is this a gift for the committed recycler, or a gift for the recycler who deserves to be committed? The jury is still out, but the (mostly sane) Bokashi users I know swear by them.
The UAE newspaper ‘The National’ has some interesting suggestions as to why the Bokashi system is the answer to New Year Resolutions.
These veggies have outdone the previous year’s crop. Can you believe these were grown in the desert?
Beetroots & Carrots
To see more photos from this avid gardener please click here.