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Aquaponics Training Programs Offered For IDEAS For Us Members by Sahib Aquaponics
In January 2012, IDEAS For Us partnered with a local urban Aquaponics company — Sahib Aquaponics — to provide educational tours and professional training programs for students and community members.
Aquaponics is the joint cultivation of fish and plants in a man-made re-circulating ecosystem that allows sustainable natural food growing without the use of harmful pesticides or chemical fertilizers. The goal in these workshops is to empower people of all ages to grow their own food naturally, right in your own garden.
“Sahib’s training workshops by Aquaponics Urban Guru’s are a wonderful way to learn and gain knowledge and the skills to successfully practice Aquaponics” stated Chris Castro, Co Founder of IDEAS For Us.
IDEAS FOR US is a 501©(3) non-profit organization that provides consulting services and directing to a network of sustainability leaders and green professionals across the Nation and around the World. We offer professional training courses, resource development and peer-to-peer mentorship programs to nurture the talents of leaders to drive local solutions and implement sustainability initiatives focusing on Energy, Water, Waste, Food and Ecological systems around the World.
IDEAS For US acts as the guiding body for an International sustainability movement called IDEAS (intellectual Decisions on Environmental Awareness Solutions). The movement is a network of campus and community organizations, youth leaders and green professionals working to solve the integrated Energy, Environmental and Economic challenges facing communities around the World. IDEAS FOR US help to incubate new ideas and initiatives; build partnerships and connections; nurture youth leaders; and develop new chapters to expand the movement and our positive environmental impacts across communities around the World.
SAHIB AQUAPONICS is a Florida, USA domiciled corporation and is a pioneer in developing and building Aquaponics hybrid urban growing systems for sustainable urban gardening. The company specializes in Aquaponics and in the promotion of sustainable urban gardening and the establishment of such Ecosystems. Their mission is to strive to be at the forefront of sustainable urban gardening by adopting the latest Aquaponics technologies and growing methods to provide both high quality food and fish, competitively priced, grown locally and grown naturally. SAHIB AQUAPONICS is providing training workshops for community members and students around the U.S., interested in learning innovative methods and market-based solutions using urban agriculture and Aquaponics.
For additional Information on these two organization’s, please visit their websites www.ideasforus.org and www.sahibaquaponics.com
For those interested in additional pricing information and Signing up information for the Next Training Program, March 17th & 18th, 2012, please email Chris Castro at Think@IDEASforUs.org or contact Sahib Punjabi at 1-909-575-8334 or e-mail Sahib@Sahibaquaponics.com
Sahib Punjabi
In the world of Aquaponics, I go by the name Sahib Punjabi. This is a reflection of my ancestral motherland. I have a degree in Economics and Accounting and qualified as Chartered Accountant of England & Wales. Having traveled extensively, my wife and I settled in Central Florida in 1989 and consider that our home. My hobbies, other than spending quality time with my family, include cooking, gardening and spirituality. For years I tried to grow food in soil, only to be disappointed and frustrated by the difficulties in keeping a balanced watering routine and by the amount of harmful pesticides and chemical fertilizers needed for a decent harvest. About 12 years ago, I had built a fish pond at my home and would use the fish waste from the filters to feed my tropical plants. Needless to say, I had beautiful and healthy tropical plants such as mangos, leeches and papaya while limited success with my vegetable gardening. There had to be a better way to grow them. I did not want to use the harmful pesticides and chemical fertilizers. So I began to search and think through the whole growing process. I knew that my tropical plants were doing just fine, so what was different other than that they had the occasional strong diet of fish waste whenever I cleaned the Koi pond filters. In December 2009 I searched the web for “fish water plants” and came across something called “Aquaponics”.