Event Date: 7th April 2016 (All day)
SWELLENDAM/Overberg open training day
Invitation
We hereby invite you, all conservation-minded landowners and practitioners, and all Conservancy members and their senior staff to attend the 2016 Overberg Training Day in Swellendam
TIME & DATE: 9h30am -16h30, THURSDAY 7 April 2016
PLACE: Kam’bati River Resort, Swellendam
DIRECTIONS : Kam’bati River Resort is located between Riviersonderend and Swellendam on the N2, about 40km from Riviersonderend and 18km to Swellendam. The sign board for the turnoff will be visible on your left hand side if you are coming from Cape Town.
Please RSVP by 31 March 2016 Contact: Ingrid du Plessis
Telephone: 028 316 2774 /conservation.at.work@gmail.com
Swellendam training day 7 April 2016
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09h00 – 09h30 |
TEA/COFFEE ON ARRIVAL |
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09h30 – 09h45
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Welcome and introduction By Liz Eglington, Conservation at Work Chairperson |
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09h45 – 11h30 |
Showing of award winning internationally acclaimed DVD/Film “Symphony of the Soil” by Lilly Films directed by Deborah Garcia. This film has been life changing for thousands of farmers globally.
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11h30 – 11h45
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TEA |
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11h45 – 12h30
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Erosion Control and Repair through no-till farming practices by Francis Steyn, Dept. Landcare
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12h30- 13h30 |
Organic Grain Farming IS Possible- a Farmers Perspective by James Moffett an organic grain farmer for 25 years in the Free State |
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13h30 – 14h15
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LUNCH |
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14h15 – 15h15 |
Climate Change, our Future with Eskom, and moving to Renewable Energy by D a v i d Lipschitz BSc (Honours) MBA M.Inst.D FSAAEA Of My Power Station Technology (Pty) Ltd |
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15h15 – 16h15 |
Looking after your Soil- with particular emphasis on soil rehabilitation and Erosion Control. By Wally Stroebel of Conservation Management Services |
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16h15 |
Closure By Liz Eglington, Conservation at Work Chairperson |
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With thanks to our Funder Table Mountain Fund (TMF) and to our partners Cape Nature & Department of Agriculture
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