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TDP
Recognition and Endorsements
Tlholego has received wide
coverage in the media for its work, and has been endorsed by Government,
Private Sector and Community Organizations for creating some of the
highest-quality solutions to housing and food security needs in South
Africa today. TDP is now internationally recognized as a
reference point and demonstration center for sustainable living in rural
South Africa.
In 1997, TDP director Paul Cohen
was awarded an Ashoka fellowship in recognition of the innovative nature
of the TDP and it’s potential to become a model of sustainable
development. The Ashoka International fellowship invests in pioneering individuals who are
leading social entrepreneurs. Through
its global networks, Ashoka supports creative resourcing opportunities
to further the work of its fellows.
Endorsements:
Full Copies of these letters of
endorsements are available on request.
“I am pleased to
recommend the Tlholego Development Project as a good example of people
centered, sustainable community development.
The steering committee of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN)
were guests at Tlholego for 10 days at the end of October 1997.
During this period we conducted a workshop for 30 participants
on village design, took part in an open day for 200 people and had
many opportunities to get to know both staff and site.
Even though each of
the elements of the project are still in an early phase, we as
visitors to the center are amazed by how much it has been possible to
achieve in the short years since the farm was bought and the land made
into trust.
The Global Ecovillage
Network is pleased to endorse the work of the project and to welcome
Tlholego as a focal point for Ecovillage Development in Southern
Africa.”
- Office
of the Premier, North West Province, 10 June 1996.
“The Office of the
Premier of the North West, in collaboration with the Office of the
President, RDP, have carefully reviewed your progress to date as well as
the phase two business plan, interim phase business plan and the
prospectus portfolio for the Tlholego Development Project (TDP).
These offices fully endorse the aims and objectives of the TDP
and encourage donor organizations to support the venture as an
important contribution to rural education, village design, food
security and enterprise, based on sustainable resource development.”
- Ministry
of the Office of the President, 8 May 1996.
“The advantage of
the system is not easily measured in the short term but measured over
a longer period (more that five years), benefits will become apparent.
Indications will take the form of food sufficiency, a greater
understanding by farmers of agriculture and land dynamics, an
increased quality of life, a decrease in the use of fossil fuels, a
decrease in the use of synthetic energy and an increase in the number
of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMME’s) emanating from such
a project.”
Published Articles:
Establishing
Sustainable Rural Economies – Developing from Natural Origins:
Janet
Jarmen and Kris Herbst, Changemakers.net,
1999
Housing
the Nation – African Solution is Showcased:
Kathryn
Valdal, Engineering News, Issue July 7 – July 13 2000
Global
Eco-village Network visits South Africa:
Max
Lindegger, Permaculture International Journal, Issue # 66, March to May
98, pages 28, 29, 30
Low-impact
development and ecologically built homes help bring logic to urban
sprawl:
Ufrieda
Ho, The Star Newspaper (Trends Section),
31/10/97, page 13
Sustainable
Human Habitats in South Africa:
Paul
Cohen & Ailene Isaf, Roots (Botanic Gardens Conservation
International Education Review), volume 14, August 97, pages 24, 25, 26,
article 5
Of
Mud and Men:
Marion Whitehead, SA
Country Life, March/April 97, pages 74, 75, 76
Aussies
bolster SA’s housing initiative:
Janice
Morice, Engineering News, Volume 17 no 2, 24/01/97, page 14
Outback
experts teach us thing or two about housing:
Ufrieda
Ho, The Star Newspaper (Trends Section), 09/01/97, page 14
Tlholego
Development Project launched:
Tolly
Seakatsie, North West Mirror, 12/12/96, page 11
Building
on natural origins:
Hazel
Friedman, Open Africa (supplement to Mail & Guardian Newspaper),
October 96, page 8
Land
of milk and honey:
Hazel
Friedman, Open Africa (supplement to Mail & Guardian Newspaper), May
96, pages 1, 3
Hands-on
farming bears fruit:
Glenda
Daniels, The Star Newspaper (Trends Section), 19/04/96, page 15
Wasteland
to wonderland:
Hazel
Friedman, Open Africa (supplement to Mail & Guardian Newspaper),
October 95, page 8
Tlholego
Development Project:
Paul
Cohen, Architecture SA, September/October 95, pages 30, 31, 32
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" . . . we as
visitors to the center are amazed by how much it has been possible to
achieve in the short years since the farm was bought and the land made
into trust."
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