Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Dr Simon Michaux
Food Production
Water Collection
Waste Sewerage
Waste Solids
Health
Energy
Educate as many people as possible how to grow fruit and vegetables organically
Public Awareness
Public Awareness Public awareness of the need for self sufficient management of solids rubbish and what useful methods of recycling garbage in the home
Phase 1
Educate as many people to can and preserve food of all kinds Educate as many people how to compost and generate fertiliser Establish the first community garden Chicken coops Establish a market place where people can sell their produce As many water tanks as possible have stand alone powered pumps or manual pumps, preferably both Get the right trades people with local sewerage system expertise working to develop methods for making / modifying spare parts with locally sourced materials and machinery
Public awareness of: the need for self sufficient management of our health needs link between health and nutrition in our diet benefits of preventative health measures
Educate as many people as possible with regard to the importance of power and energy to our society and the current systems vulnerability to peak oil and peak coal
Public Awareness Community workshops or small scale consultations in how to develop houses/properties on the mountain
Phase 2
Established seed swapping practice and a seed savers network on the mountain Establish fruit tree orchards in public spaces Establishment of a number of dairy cows on the mountain Build community warehouse(s) for food storage
Have several tradespeople develop the method of repairing and maintaining water tank systems with parts made on the mountain
Establish a wrecking yard to house broken equipment (fridges, cars, etc) that can be used for parts in manufacture of other things. A place to dump things that are rubbish now but may be useful later
Training and support of a midwife to assist with childbirth Community herbal garden for medicinal purposes Network of health practitioners and facilities
Develop procedure to make: Biodiesel Generate power with biofuels Manufacture a windmill Power spike filters
More than 50% of properties on the mountain are self sufficient to stated degree
Phase 3
Several community water bores in place and working, all with stand alone power generation and manual pumps
Have a system fundamentally overhauled using parts manufactured on the mountain, and shown to run safely for an allocated period of time
Mountain self sufficient in: fruit and vegetable production dairy products & eggs beef production at a sustainable level
Protocol to completely maintain and repair water tanks using parts manufactured on the mountain developed and shown to be hygienically safe
Establish multiple community recycling centres across the mountain. Each centre would process that garbage into something useful, or into something that can be put in landfill where it will quickly biodegrade in a locally sustainable fashion Prepared storage sheds in place to store useful recycled products for later use
Develop the medical centres on Mt Tamborine to be able to handle the more serious medical needs Manufacture the disposable products used in medicine Support for the ambulance
Have all systems with stand alone power generation (solar or wind)
Transport
Communication
Finance
Community Coordination
Public Awareness
Public Awareness
Encourage the purchase of good shoes & bicycles Develop skills handling and riding horses
Planning for what would be required to transition between a nation state/global economy and a local self sufficient small town economy
planning for what would be required to transition between a Federally issued fiat currency to a hard asset (gold/silver) backed currency
Develop skills to make horse gear (leather work) Develop horse and cart skills Farrier and horse shoeing (black smith) Shoe making (leather work) Learn to make biodiesel
Run community based workshops for reskilling Start to think about how formal schooling for children would work in a post peak oil world Phase out dependency of the mobile phone network Establish on mountain expertise in HF/UHF ham radio operation to communicate with other communities Develop means of transport of postal items that are not dependent on fossil fuels Have people using the skills in various crafts learned in the reskilling process. Have the products of their labours being used by parts of the community on the mountain Establish formal school training for children in a post peak world
Encourage the phasing out of business practices that detract from the sustainability of the mountain
Encourage those people to acquire or make the necessary tools to apply their craft
Develop ability to breed and break in horses Make/purchase a large oil press Biodiesel manufacture established Network of non fossil fuel freight transport across mountain Network of non fossil fuel freight transport between communities
Phase 3
Develop a vibrant local economy that services all the basic needs of the Mt Tamborine area
Have practical logistical support to engage local business with: A LETS scheme
Use community groups to determine the best places for community based assets
Phase 2
Development of a community based information resource hubs at the Mt Tamborine Library and at any community garden markets
Establish a skills register Establish a library of useful books that contain knowledge of self sufficiency
Encourage and support the development of local business that contributes to the sustainability of the mountain
Encourage the reskilling of people on the mountain into useful crafts that were prevalent in 1880-1945
Phase 1
Conduct an awareness raising campaign concerning the need to reskill for greater local resilience
Public Awareness
Public Awareness
Public Awareness
Public Awareness
Community Structure
Management of appropriate land stewardship in community environment Attended to by people in the community, to be used by the community What needs to be done? Who will do it?
Mapping what is where in the community Community scale food & product crops
Maintaining communication hubs Building and construction of community assets Dispute resolution Interaction and trade with surrounding communities
Worm Farm
Compost Heap
Livestock Poo
Sheep
Goats
Pigs
Veterinarian
Bee keeping
Skill set
Woodwork Wood Turning Leather Work Basket weaving Textiles and rope Rubber Casting Blacksmith Metal Casting Pottery
Technology
Electrical power
Manufacture
Milling Machine Welding
Glass Blowing
Steam Technology
Recycle and Recover Nails, bolts, washers and screws Wood Metal Plastic Rubber Glass Forge & bellows
Blast furnace
Pottery Kiln
Glass Kiln
Horse(s)
Electric Car (golf car) Bicycle Diesel Vehicle
Hand Pump Septic or Grey Water System Camping Portable Toilet Gas BBQ Household Cooking Refrigerator Open Fire Hearth Wood Stove Range Kalgoorlie Fridge Bucket & Wringer
Library
Computer
Battery Radio Land line Telephone
Sewerage System
Washing Machine
Workshop
Water Tank Pump Growing Food Vegetable garden Chicken Run Communications Household Cooking Land line Telephone Consider developing alternatives Refrigerator
Sewerage System
30 days food
5 days drinking water General Stores
Washing Machine