Training
Training
will be provided for all age groups particularly the young.
This will initially comprise weekend courses and be gradually
extended to medium and long term programmes.
Training
modules will be based on Qur’an and the practice of the
Prophet, blessings of Allah and peace be on him. A range of
subjects covering the environmental sciences will be taught.
Practical training will include farm work and the use of low
energy, low cost technology.
Organic farming
Non-industrial, traditional farming techniques will be
used as a practical demonstration of self-sufficiency. IFEES
will be drawing on the expertise already developed in the
field.
Two
examples are organic farming methods being practised by HRH
Prince Charles at Highgrove and the Mollison Forest Analogue
System commonly known as ‘permaculture’, an adaptable system
in use all over the world in both urban and rural environments
as well as widely differing climatic conditions.
Intermediate technology
It has
been estimated that renewable sources of energy have the
potential to meet or exceed the current total world demand for
energy. The sun, for example, offers us solar energy directly
as light and heat and indirectly in the form of wind, waves
and the products of photosynthesis by green plants.
IFEES will
function as a demonstration centre for such technology (water
wheels, solar panels, waste recycling, etc.) and will
participate in its promotion and development.
