In March 2009 we held a one day Vetiver workshop in Kenya, followed by another in Ethiopia. What we learned in Ethiopia inspired us to try and get a serious Vetiver program going in Kenya. Fortunately one of TVNI’s most…
Over the past 18 months the following have received certification for technical excellence in one or more areas relating to the Vetiver System and its application: Vetiver Systems LTDA – Brazil – Erosion Control, Slope Stabilization, Vetiver Propagation and Management Rasana Vetiver…
When reading posts and responses on the Vetiver Grass FaceBook page and from emails that we receive, I have a strong feeling that some of our member/users are not taking full advantage of the information on our website at www.vetiver.org. I…
Latin American Vetiver Conference – Medellin, Colombia – Oct 3-5 2013 The spirit of the Vetiver System (VS) and those who use it, and of this particular conference, can be summed up in one man, Alois Kennerknecht (left in photo),…
I suspect that most vetiver users have never looked at the 20 newsletters that we published (snail mail) back in the 1990s. I have made it much easier to do this as I have included a table of contents alongside…
“Young Robo” of Papua New Guinea, in front of his father’s Vetiver nursery. The worldwide Vetiver family had another good year in 2013. It was exciting to see expanding use of Vetiver System applications in most parts of the world,…
How often do you check out vetiver videos on YouTube? Over the past few years there has been an increasing number of vetiver videos that touch nearly all applications. For those of you who haven’t visited recently, I suggest you…
How often do you check out vetiver videos on YouTube? Over the past few years there has been an increasing number of vetiver videos that touch nearly all applications. For those of you who haven’t visited recently, I suggest you…
Vetiver Workshop Brazil APRIL 24-25 2014. WORKSHOP BIOENGENHARIA VETIVER – Fundamentos da Tecnologia Verde, Porto Alegre – RS, AUDITÓRIO DA FACULDADE DE AGRONOMIA 24 e 25 de ABRIL – 2014. This workshop will feature special guest Rafael Oblique, Venezuela’s leading Vetiver System…
agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, health, Network News, slope stabilization, urban, wastewater, water Vetiver System has been used in Indonesia for at least 20 years, and in particular the East Bali Poverty Project used VS for a number of effective applications. Other groups and companies have used VS…
