Permaculture Protes Kampuchea (pt 1/4)

First part of documentary following itinerant permaculture designer Rico Zook and local Khmer permaculturist Hoeuy Han on a journey across Cambodia.

In a Jarai tribal village in remote north-east Cambodia, Khmer NGO staff are learning how to apply permaculture design to their work with local indigenous communities.
Filmed across Cambodia between December 2010 and February 2011, this is permaculture education and regenerative design in action.

There is a multi-functional design element to this video : The film is presented here on PermaScience channel in 4 parts, with each part also serving as educational/promotional tool for the featured NGOs.
The full 31 minute version of Permaculture Protes Kampuchea can be seen on AstralJester's channel here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKcQurZU3HY

You can find out more about the work of Ockenden, the NGO featured in this part by visiting their website :
Ockenden Cambodia : http://ockendencambodia.org

For more information about the work of Rico Zook and Hoeuy Han, please visit Rico's website : http://www.ricoclime.com

For more information about the permaculture movement around the world please visit : http://www.permacultureplanet.com/

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• permaculture
• Cambodia
• Rico Zook
• Hoeuy Han
• Kampuchea
• Khmer
• Jarai
• Ratanakiri
• Ockenden
• NGO
• education
• training
• agriculture
• eco
• A-frame
• contour
• soil
• water
• recycling
• mulch
• village
• sustainability
• bamboo
• design
• 2011
• resources
• management

[jeanineadele]

Would like to have had the speaker talk directly to the camera explaining why, what and how he was demonstrating. What his objectives were. The water pits to hold the water, the rustic level and the fermenting in the piece of bamboo in the field? All would have benefited if the teacher had directly explained the why's and how's to do this. All in all, this video had the potential for some great information all lost on poor presentation. Gave it a like because it did have useful information.

[permascience]

@jeanineadele

For a more detailed view and explanation of harvesting IMOs (indigenous micro-organisms) in a buried section of bamboo watch part 3 of Permaculture in Cambodia with Rico Zook (see video responses).

This is not really a 'how-to' video but more of a documentary glimpse at permaculture activity in various parts of Cambodia. I agree it would be a great idea to have a good 'how-to' build an A-Frame video - such a simple and useful tool.

Lots of fun with bamboo!

[MsLaBajo]

The students don't really look very engaged in the lecture. Why?

[permascience]

@MsLaBajo

The students, almost all of who were local NGO staff, were very engaged and motivated by the whole training course. There was a good balance of classroom and outdoor activities.

[vidaripollen]

good work.even rubber does beautifully in organic system.trees breakage during mansoon will vanish and spotted pink leaf problem also is not much.

[permascience]

@vidaripollen

Rubber is fine as part of a healthy forest system. However, a big issue in this and other provinces in Cambodia is deforestation, often followed by non-organic monocrop rubber plantations. The forest land is frequently siezed from the local indigenous communities by profit-seeking companies. As a consequence, the forests in Cambodia are diminishing rapidly and these communities are having to adapt to life without jungle and it's many natural resources.

[Aimrehtopyh]

At 3:15 is that guy wearing a Nirvana (band) t-shirt? He's probably a Buddhist, that's funny.

[vidaripollen]

@permascience same sad story in many pristine areas.perhaps these forest communities can organize a sort of collective or smaller rubber patches atleast,to relive the demand pressue as well as earn some cash.but all this may b wishful thinking.

[permascience]

@AcidProblemChild

In this first part it is a training course for NGO staff, who happen to all be men, but overall there is usually a well balanced mix of students. The local culture is a factor to consider.

Permaculture is for everyone :-)

[AcidProblemChild]

Honest question, no critique: Why do you seem to only have male students?

[vidaripollen]

good work.