RE: Introduction to Subarctic Permaculture (1)
Interesting start. For me, mainly for two reasons: Interest in agriculture in general and a certain memory of my diploma thesis - ‘Sewage sludge treatment according to the Scandinavian model in Central and Southern Europe using the example of Germany and Italy, taking into account the climatic, geological and building law conditions...’ Sounds complicated, but in fact it boils down to your project: what might work differently (or not differently at all) in Scandinavia than in warmer places in the world?
Please tell us which corner of Norway you're in at some point! I'm also driven to this question by - very contradictory - memories... As a young woman I was a bit mad and took part in the Crystal Rally at the North Cape. Priceless impressions, indescribable agony... ;-))
Now I'm curious of your diploma. What was the result of your studies? did many things work differently in Scandinavia?
I'm in Bykle town. Dfc, subpolar climate. Luckily bit more to the south, so with a bit more sunlight, but in the mountains, so the temperatures are lower than usually.
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The result was predictable for me, but disappointing for those who at the time (1997...) had high hopes for water treatment: they had the grandiose idea of adopting processes that had proved successful elsewhere without question (even the wooden houses built in the Norwegian style were such a crazy idea...). Hence the idea of my research. It turned out, of course, that a process based on the interaction of certain bacteria only works WITH THOSE bacteria. Their occurrence and activity is naturally different in this country than in the north. Surprise. Unsuitable experiment.
As a result, it was a lengthy process to adapt the process in question for our latitudes. With the result that in the end it was too expensive and ineffective.
In the meantime, process engineering is always based on regional conditions, but the trial-and-error mentality is here to stay...