Comments on: Letters from Sri Lanka – The World’s Largest Water Harvesting Earthworks Project

By: DH

DH — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:26:26 +0000

Sengalese???

-> http://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=Sengalese – eg. not here

By: Craig Mackintosh

Craig Mackintosh — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:56:47 +0000

Hi Susil. You’re welcome to put the first two or three paragraphs on your site, and then link to this page for readers to read the rest. Sorry, but you cannot post the entire post elsewhere.

By: Susil

Susil — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:06:36 +0000

Dear Sir this is a great article Craig.Would you give me permission to post this in my website? Please..

Thanks

By: fernando pessoa

fernando pessoa — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:38:23 +0000

It would be great to think,that Government could form this partnership with it’s constituent’s it’s unlikely. B.C.M has been telling them about the salt in the Murry since the salt watch issue in the PIJ and probably before.Many years later we address the catastrophe.Maybe if we all start our own continuos swale dam system it will get done,power to the people.
Regards fernando

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:29:07 +0000

Great update, thanks Craig.

Imagine what we could do now if our governments actually cared for the welfare of their people to the same degree now? (forced labour aside of course).

Imagine if Kevin Rudd had the guts to start a 300 year project to sustainably green our deserts?

Aren’t we infrastructure building our way out of a recession? how about some decent, long term, well thought out solutions to real (eternal) human needs rather than another expressway?

Lets think, Sri Lanka, 21 centuries ago, bone dry.
Australia, now, mostly bone dry. Looks like we are a bit slow on the uptake.

By: Bernado Soares

Bernado Soares — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:46:17 +0000

What a wonderful story,thankyou for the insight Craig.I would like to second you Ernest,it will truly be a humbling and beautiful book and a real treasure.Best wishes Mr Mackintosh looking forward to the next chapters.
BS

By: Tim Auld

Tim Auld — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:15:51 +0000

Fascinating! It’s great to see permaculture techniques and principles vindicated so thoroughly. It can be done with ancient tools and slave labor therefore we can do it with earth movers before fuel becomes scarce. I recommend having a browse of Sri Lanka on google maps to see how large these reservoirs and canal networks are. Very impressive!

By: Eernest Truman

Eernest Truman — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:04:16 +0000

Very Interesting!

It always strikes us as exciting and wonderful that it is these off the beaten path places that are taking permaculture systems to new levels of engagement. This book will be a great asset to our global community. We all should try to document and convey our own works throughout the world, each project is a reservoir of wealth that will help us grow in knowledge and expand our ability to communicate the site specific relevancy to new interested people. Keep up the great work Mr. Mackintosh and get home safely!

Fraternally,

Ernest