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[email protected] Sergio: 083 411 0809 Alex: 082 775 4115 Amelia: 078 554 6753
June 2017
Organisation 2nd Quarterly Report
Vegetable Garden Project at Tsakani Primary School in Kagiso Krugersdorp
Early this year we were approached by another charity, Adopt a School Foundation, to help them
construct a vegetable tunnel that would be used by Tsakani Primary school to supplement their
feeding scheme. Our goal was to keep costs down and to get maximum vegetable yield whilst
limiting any negative environmental impact.
122 Market Street Johannesburg North
Randburg 2188
We made plans to erect a shade cloth
tunnel with gum-polls and irrigate
using a rainwater catchment, dripline
system. We used 40% Grey Shade net
as it lets in enough light whilst
preventing the plants from drying
out, being damaged by hail and
keeping temperature more constant
so as to prevent frost.
After chopping all the weeds out, the
site was carefully measured and
marked. We added 6m³ of great
organic compost to improve the soil
quality and water retention capacity.
A level and solid foundation needed to be
constructed for the 5000L water tank to rest
upon. We used old concrete blocks and a small
amount of cement to achieve this.
We dug trenches to help shape the
beds. Raised beds help with good soil
drainage and moisture retention,
whilst limiting erosion. We plan on
using the tyres to plant potatoes.
For over 10 days, our four member
team worked through rain and shine,
from early till late.
A nice thick layer of mulch was added
to prevent weed growth and prevent
the soil from drying out. The mulch will
eventually decompose back into the
soil. Spinach and cabbage grow well in
the winter.
Pictures Above and Right:
Capitec bank, whom had
sponsored the vegetable
garden, attended the
official handover to
Tsakani Primary school.
This vegetable garden will
be maintained using
organic and water saving
principals. It is irrigated
using rainwater through a
dripline system. The
grounds staff from the
school will maintain the
vegetable garden and are
being trained by Eco
Culture over the course of
the year.
Pictures Above and Right: The
team demonstrates how to use
the multi-bin recycling system
during a school assembly. The
sale of the recycling materials
will generate an income for the
school.
Pictures Above and
Left: We designed
and placed about
25 posters around
the school to
remind the leaners
which bin to use
for each type of
waste item.
Launching the Recycling Programme at Cosmo West Primary School
Pictures Above and Left: 90L orange bins were
placed in each classroom, these are for white
paper only and are emptied into the orange bins
in the quads. Each quad in the school has a
multi-bin recycling station.
Orange = White paper Yellow = Mixed/ coloured paper Blue = Mixed recycling Green = Organic/food waste Black = Non-recyclables / general waste White = Metals We are sourcing sponsorship for the vinyl stickers for the bins
Picture Left: Sergio
Shows Mutshidzi how
to use the core drill.
We needed to make
slight alterations on the
system to allow more
feedstock to pass
through the pipes.
Picture Below: Alex gives the feeding scheme kitchen staff a presentation on biogas. This formed part of a series of biogas workshops held with the school staff.
Biogas digester at Cosmo West Primary
Pictures Above and Below: Mutshidzi and Tshepo give
a hands on demonstration, teaching the kitchen staff
how to feed the biogas digesters. The kitchen staff
now feed the digester every day.
Picture Above: The biogas digester has
rapidly filled up with flammable gas since
the kitchen staff stared feeding it.
Pictures Bottom: Tshepo cuts piping to place around
the base of the fruit trees, to protect against the weed
eater ring-barking the trees
Biogas Slurry to Garden Fertilizer & Fruit Tree
Orchard
We have created our own mechanism to store the
slurry from the biogas digester, which can then be
used as a
fertilizer for our vegetable garden
and fruit tree orchard.
Picture Below and Right: Tshepo and Mutshidzi sort
through packs of educational posters, wildlife
books and stationary that were then distributed to
the schools in Cosmo
Distributing Donations to Cosmo Schools
Vegetable Gardening at West Primary
Pictures below: We are still helping the school maintain their vegetable garden. From June we
will start the process of training the kitchen staff to take over the maintenance, watering,
weeding, planting and harvesting.
Pictures: Recent harvests of spinach, beans
and tomatoes from the garden and
vegetable boxes were enjoyed by the
learners from the school.
Pictures Above and
Left: The new Climate
Proofing team at
Cosmo Primary
school 1 clearing land
for the schools’ new
vegetable garden.
The Eco Culture team
is training managing,
and coordinating the
entire project.
The City Of Johannesburg (CoJ) has been supporting our school based environmental programmes
for a few years now. This time round they hired 20 community members to help us set up and
install a school vegetable garden; rainwater catchment and dripline irrigation systems; and a
Biogas digester. These 20 community members would gain valuable skills that could assist them to
get a job after the project has been completed.
Climate Proofing Project at Cosmo Primary 1
Pictures: The community members learn how
to plan and how to erect the gum-poles,
fasten the wire and design the bed layout for
the vegetable garden.
Picture Left: Tshepo
emerges from the Jojo
tank after securing the
outlet pipe.
Pictures Below: Fitting the
rain water catchment
system which will then
lead to the irrigation
system in the vegetable
garden.
Pictures Bottom: The new
compost structure and the
finishing touches to the
irrigation system.
Picture Left: The team adds
the grey 40% titanium
weave shade-net. Either
grey or black are the
preferred colours for
growing vegetables. The
shade-net regulates
temperature, prevents
excessive evaporation and
protects against hail.
Pictures Below: The
finished vegetable garden
with dripline irrigation
system.
Picture Below: We attended the launch of Environmetorz in Eldorado Park. A good success and a great
turnout for our fellow organisation.
Pictures Bottom: We actively attend the Gauteng Environmental Education Forum, where we are able to
network with other likeminded organisations, and often are asked to give important “on the ground”
feedback to government officials. We have now been asked to sit on the ESD (education for sustainable
development) regional centre for expertise. We’re feeling very proud!
Pictures Above: We attended two National working group meetings for ESD (Education for sustainable
Development) and were able to give valuable input.
Installing the biogas digester
Pictures Below: The team was actively involved in installing the biogas digester outside the kitchen. This digester will generate methane gas from the old food scraps. It will start generating gas in about 6 weeks’ time.
Attending
Forums
and
Committee Workshops