Footsteps NZ-TZ
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- Footsteps - Short Stories
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- Footsteps - Soapbox
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Environment |
| Occupation | Forester/nurseryman |
| Location | North Otago, New Zealand |
| Introduction | I trained as a Forest Ranger and have spent a lifetime growing/harvesting trees in sustainable plantation forests. I have also been involved in the protection of indigenous forest, though are not totally against sustainable utilization. I have also worked as a nurseryman/manager, encouraging the planting of trees as a way to improve the planet, conserve soils and regulate rainfall. My life-changing experience was to use my skills in order to help improve the living environment of some village people in Tanzania and do some other projects such as rainwater harvesting and school building. I worked there for some seven years. There were some 28 primary and 7 secondary schools involved with the projects - all of them in the poorer rural areas surrounding the base of Mt Meru, Tanzania. I call the first NGO I worked for Hifadhi, meaning Conservation. The bulk of my time was with DME. |
| Interests | Environment, humanities, movies, Tanzania, sustainable forestry, revegetation, history, evolution, insects, birds, plants, fungi, the world about us, peace, geology, water equity, forest fungi, sharing stories of unique experiences, my family of course including those at Makumira. |
| Favorite Movies | Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Living Desert & Vanishing Prairie, Ben Hur, 007, Porky's Bald Top |
| Favorite Music | 60/70's, Music from Shows, Roy Orbison, Sonata Melly J, Ernies' Singalong |
| Favorite Books | Jean Auel, Philip Pullman, Lobsang Rampa, Asterix, Handbook of Coniferae Dallimore & Jackson, Birds of East Africa, Mammals of Africa, Useful Trees & Shrubs of Tanzania, Flora of NZ - HH Allan, Sno Wilkie's Whiskey - Kak, Making Pyrimids on the Run |
Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?
Each to plant a tree. Victory over those who would destroy this planet.