These gorgeous kids are doing a great job collecting plastic bottles off the street. They take them by the sack to a depot nearby where they get paid; it’s probably a valuable contribution to their family economy. Soft plastic bags have no value so they stay on the street, but in some way there isContinue reading “Recycling kids”
Author Archives: Bokashi Myanmar
Shake, rattle and roll
This is how we get around to our business meetings in Yangon. Dead cheap and we’re always delivered more or less to the door. You have to run and jump a bit sometimes to get on to the bus but the drivers are pretty flexible about it all. Side benefit is that we get toContinue reading “Shake, rattle and roll”
Green rooftops?
I would love to get hold of this rooftop and make it green! #bokashimyanmar #greenrooftops #greenyangon
Recycled plastic with Chu Chu
Recycled plastic Yangon-style! This organisation is doing a fantastic job doing small scale plastic recycling. They manufacture some great stuff from the ”new” materials they produce. This is their latest design, nexr time we go to visit them I really want to buy a few of these bags. They’re based on the other side ofContinue reading “Recycled plastic with Chu Chu”
Brave attempts
Lots of brave attempts to grow something nice on a street corner. A bit tough when there’s no good soil… Which is why we’re going to give bokashi a good chance! /Jenny #bokashimyanmar #bokashi #urbansoilsucks
Doh Eain, making alleys great again
Downtown Yangon has all these back alleys, sort of like a common back yard for residents. Normally they look pretty disgusting: rubbish, mould, bad sewerage, and drainage that doesn’t cope with monsoon. This is a shiny, clean alley! Complete with kids and dogs. This fabulous organisation Doh Eain here in Yangon has taken a gripContinue reading “Doh Eain, making alleys great again”
Cashews on trees
Who would have thought cashew nuts look like this when they grow? We’re sticking our nose into everything these days, and when we came across a cashew nut plantation on the way back from the rice mill we just had to check it out. Well, it turned out the fruits didn’t taste that good andContinue reading “Cashews on trees”
What is bokashi?
Bokashi is a great way of making rich, living soil out of everyday food waste. There are other types of bokashi used in other applications auch as agriculture, it’s a broad concept. But it always involves EM microbes, fermentation and organic material. Our focus here in this community is on food and organic waste fromContinue reading “What is bokashi?”
What’s in the pots?
Amazingly, for any of us that live in Europe, it seems like all commercial plants are potted up in a mix of biochar and sand. Nearly all char in fact. Seems to be working but we’re not quite sure of the process used to transform the readily available rice husks to biochar. But we’re ontoContinue reading “What’s in the pots?”
First day, first meeting
We’re on! First day, first meeting. We have a long list of questionmarks; many ideas but no concrete plans. We’ve booked a bunch of meetings with people we think can help us get started. Here we’re talking with U Myint Lwin of the Myanmar Nature Farming Network. He’s a microbiologist, passionate about soil, and hasContinue reading “First day, first meeting”
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