Lammas - mudzi woyamba ku Britain

Lingaliro la Lammas ecovillage ndi ulimi waung'ono womwe umathandizira lingaliro la kudzidalira kwathunthu pogwiritsa ntchito nthaka ndi zachilengedwe zomwe zilipo. Ntchitoyi imagwiritsa ntchito njira ya permaculture pa ulimi, momwe anthu ali mbali yofunikira ya chilengedwe. Ntchito yomanga ecovillage inayamba mu 2009-2010. Anthu a ku Lammas amachokera ku zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana, ena mwa iwo ali ndi chidziwitso chokhala ndi mphamvu zachilengedwe, ndipo ambiri mwa iwo alibe. Banja lililonse lili ndi malo okwana mapaundi 35000 - 40000 ndi zaka 5 kuti amalize. Madzi, magetsi ndi nkhalango zimayendetsedwa pamodzi, pomwe nthaka imagwiritsidwa ntchito kulima chakudya, biomass, eco-bizinesi ndikubwezeretsanso zinyalala. Bizinesi yakumaloko imaphatikizapo kupanga zipatso, mbewu ndi ndiwo zamasamba, kuweta ziweto, njuchi, zaluso zamatabwa, vermiculture (kuswana kwa mphutsi), kulima zitsamba zosowa. Chaka chilichonse, eco-village imapatsa Khonsolo lipoti la momwe zinthu zikuyendera pazizindikiro zingapo, monga kufa-chonde, kukolola kwa nthaka, ndi momwe chilengedwe chikuyendera. Ntchitoyi iyenera kuwonetsa kuti imatha kukwaniritsa zosowa zambiri za anthu okhalamo kudzera muulimi, komanso kuwonetsa zotsatira zabwino za chikhalidwe, zachuma ndi zachilengedwe. Nyumba zonse zogonamo, malo ochitirako misonkhano ndi zipinda zothandizira anthu amapangidwa ndikumangidwa ndi anthu okhalamo okha mothandizidwa ndi anthu odzipereka. Nthawi zambiri, zinthu zachilengedwe zakumaloko kapena zosinthidwanso zidagwiritsidwa ntchito pomanga. Mtengo wa nyumbayi umachokera ku 5000 - 14000 mapaundi. Mphamvu yamagetsi imapangidwa ndi kuyika kwa micro photovoltaic pamodzi ndi 27kW hydro generator. Kutentha kumaperekedwa kuchokera ku nkhuni (mwina zinyalala zosamalira nkhalango kapena minda yapadera ya makope). Madzi apakhomo amachokera ku gwero laumwini, pamene zosowa zina zamadzi zimaphimbidwa ndi kukolola madzi amvula. M'mbiri yakale, gawo la eco-village linali msipu wopanda malo abwino, munkakhala famu ya nkhosa. Komabe, ndikupeza malo oti pakhale malo okhalamo mu 2009, feteleza wamalowo adayamba kukhalabe ndi chilengedwe chonse kuti akwaniritse zosowa zosiyanasiyana za anthu. Lammas tsopano ali ndi zomera ndi ziweto zosiyanasiyana.

Chigawo chilichonse chili ndi malo pafupifupi maekala 5 ndi gawo lake m'nkhalango yonse. Chiwembu chilichonse chimaphatikizapo nyumba yogonamo, malo olimapo mbewu zamkati (zobiriwira ndi greenhouses), khola ndi malo ogwirira ntchito (zoweta, zosungirako ndi ntchito zaluso). Dera la kukhazikikako lili pamtunda wa 120-180 mamita pamwamba pa nyanja. Chilolezo chokonzekera Lammas chinapambana pambuyo pa pempho mu August 2009. Anthu okhalamo anapatsidwa chikhalidwe: mkati mwa zaka 5, gawo la kukhazikikako liyenera kudziyimira pawokha 75% ya kufunikira kwa madzi, chakudya ndi mafuta. "akutero wokhala m'mudzimo Jasmine." Anthu okhala ku Lammas ndi anthu wamba: aphunzitsi, okonza mapulani, mainjiniya ndi amisiri omwe ankafunadi kukhala "pansi". Lammas Ecovillage ikufuna kukhala odzidalira momwe angathere, chitsanzo cha moyo wodziyimira pawokha komanso wokhazikika m'tsogolomu. Kumene kunali msipu waulimi, Lammas amalola anthu okhalamo kuti apange dziko lodzaza ndi moyo wachilengedwe komanso wochuluka.

Siyani Mumakonda