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#+title: The Farm at the End of the World
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A sustainability test-site for open technologies enabling autonomous
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livelihood in arid climates
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* Context
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:CUSTOM_ID: context
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Why it is crucial to address the problem identified?
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The Arab Spring uprisings have deeper set of causes than often quoted.
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Lack of good governance and transparency, rampant poverty, identity
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politics, and fiscal policies are a reflection of social, economic and
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environmental problems. Soil erosion and degradation, depletion of water
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sources, and the end to cheap fossil fuel energies are. The interrupted
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transition towards democratic governance in Egypt is also a result a the
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absence of solutions for the these problems. The political is a
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reflection of the socio-economic.
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What has already been done to solve the problem?
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* Goals and Objectives
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- In five years, implement and improve an increasingly resilient and
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autonomous ecosystem of solutions that work together to meet basic
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human needs (water, food, shelter, energy, sanitation, raw materials,
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industry, communication and culture);
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- In five years, create an economically effective process that allows
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this ecosystem to self-propagate; and
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- Within five, years, identify public policy changes favourable for
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autonomous livelihoods in Egypt.
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* Outputs
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- A proof-of-concept, off-the-grid Earthship dwelling, within the cost
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of current social housing units
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- An increasingly regenerated soil and water resources, allowing for an
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increasingly sustainable and local production of food, fuel and fibre
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for five people
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- Increased knowledge of permaculture and off-grid architecture, both
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adjusted to suit the vernacular
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- A viable food business with more than one revenue stream, providing
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living income for two individuals in a household of five people
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- A policy paper recommending reforms that will catalyse autonomous
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livelihoods in Egypt
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* Activities and duration
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1. Imprinting soil and seeding grasses, one month
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2. Building a Global Model Earthship, six months
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3. Starting a grass-fed poultry production system, six months
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4. Start grassland succession into food forest, four years
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5. Plan for expansion, continuous
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6. Write policy paper, six months
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7. Monitoring and Evaluation, continuous
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* Beneficiaries and impacts
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* Project management
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:CUSTOM_ID: project-management
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Project will be initiated and managed by Amr Gharbeia, a
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* Budget
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:CUSTOM_ID: budget
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* Contacts
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:CUSTOM_ID: contacts
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Amr Gharbeia, [[mailto:amr@gharbeia.net][amr@gharbeia.net]],
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+201001002059.
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* The Farm at the End of the World
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** Bir Tawil colony
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:LOGBOOK:
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- State "TODO" from "" [2021-02-04 Thu]
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** Register as a [[http://www.ecologicalland.coop/register-interest-becoming-smallholder][small holder]]
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** Register at https://freedomcoop.eu/
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** Land reform
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** Hexayurt
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** One acre fund
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** bamboo bicycle
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** vaccinations
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** mosquito nets
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** sulabh toilets
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** rope pumps
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** rocket stoves
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** solar/LED lamps
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** organic agriculture
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** free currencies
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** mesh networks
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** wikipedia
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** linux
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** MOOCS
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Reinventing the wheel
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Atoms
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