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Appreciate the needs of the animals (e.g. not touching or carrying them if they don't like it). |
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Saying/singing thank you after spending time with animals or visiting them |
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Discuss what makes animals happy and how and what to share with them. |
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Observe a permaculture way of keeping fish, such as in a naturally-styled pond which fits with its environment. (Educators can find out more about Sepp Holzer's work). |
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Visit a farm where domesticated animals roam freely and see how their houses are designed for winter and compare to regular farms (e.g. sheep, cows, goats, ducks, chickens, guinea pigs). |
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Experience ways to integrate animals in the farm/garden in order to perform their ecosystem function (e.g. let chickens go into a field after the potato harvest, and allow them to turn the soil, add manure, remove pests; or create a flower meadow to feed pollinators (e.g. bees) who will also pollinate fruit trees). |
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Create habitat for wild animals in a garden (e.g. wildlife pond, wildflower meadow). |
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Look after animals in line with the permaculture ethics (e.g. fish, chickens, worms, birds). |
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Create something from a product of an animal found in nature or a garden (e.g. candles, brushes, feather pens). |
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Experience the 'cascade of intervention' when dealing with an animal 'pest', e.g. If there is a slug, 1) what happens if you do nothing about it? 2) What happens if you pick off the slugs (what time of day is best to do this?) or protect plants with a copper? 3) If that doesn't improve the slug 'problem', is there something you could bring in that would eat the slugs, e.g. Indian Runner Ducks? 4) If that still can't work, can you add something mineral or mechanical e.g. salt. 5) Only if all else fails, consider whether to use organic slug pellets and how that would effect everything in the garden. |
