Pilot: Green Learning Domes Uganda

Our pilot project

Permaculture learning places in Uganda

Can teachers in Uganda use Infinity Tools to make their schools flourish and create new learning spaces? And can the principle work anywhere in the world?

Context: Uganda’s challenges in agriculture and education

Over 80% of Ugandan households depend on agriculture for their livelihood, but the country remains poor. Inefficient farming methods and an overburdened education system, characterised by overcrowded classes and scarce resources, exacerbate the situation. Almost 50% of the population is under 15 years old, which further increases the challenges.

With the Infinity Tools pilot project, we want to address both: more efficient, sustainable agriculture and better, hands-on learning for the next generation.

Permaculture can transform barren landscapes into flourishing areas.

The land of the BEU farm in 2015. And from 2022.

Uganda a pioneer in permaculture?

Since 2016, Broadfield Permaculture (BEU) has been strengthening communities in Uganda through permaculture and promotes climate-resilient agriculture. The social enterprise has even managed to incorporate permaculture into the country's school curriculum.

Now the team around founder Charles Mugarara wants to make Uganda a global permaculture pioneer.

The plan: With the support of SolarPunk Now, the innovative Infinity tools for teaching and learning permaculture will become established in Ugandan schools and with them new learning places will spring up all over the country.

How the project works

Step 1: Production
Production workshops on the local manufacture and availability of Infinity Tools such as Beenius and Infinity Stonepaper in Uganda. These workshops promote access to sustainable learning materials while creating new local income opportunities.
Step 2: Seed workshops
Seed workshops for 16 pilot schools in Uganda: Participants learn how to use Infinity Tools to teach permaculture and other subjects in a practical and interactive way.
Step 3: Model2Reality
Participants will learn how to transform their own Infinity Tool models into large, low-cost structures made from bamboo. Participants will be able to share their knowledge in their own workshops, spreading new learning spaces and permaculture content across the country.
Step 4: Distribution
All participants are now able to pass on their knowledge in their own workshops and thus independently create new learning spaces.

The goal: video documentation of the Change NOW in Paris

At Change Now, the world's largest EXPO for presenting solutions for the planet in Paris in April 2025, we want to present the results of the pilot project in a video documentation and thus convince decision-makers why it is worth investing in permaculture learning places all over the world.

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