RESOURCE CENTRE
Find the next useful step for your home.
Build resilience by solving the system in front of you, then adding complexity only when the foundations are dependable. Start where your household needs attention now, learn the system, and choose the next practical action with confidence.
Use the pathway as a map, not a fixed order. Water is a useful early project for many homes, but your next step may be better soil, a protected growing space, a manageable food garden or a sounder foundation for animals. Start with the system that makes the greatest useful difference now, then use the connections between stages to plan what follows.
The five connected stages
01 · Water
Build the foundation with storage, circulation, filtration, safe catchment, pressure and responsible reuse.
02 · Compost & Soil
Turn organic matter, mulch, moisture management and observation into healthier, more productive soil.
03 · Food Production
Use reliable water and healthier soil to build manageable gardens, productive beds and food forests.
04 · Shelter & Structures
Use shade, protected growing, dry storage, greenhouses and practical structures to protect working systems.
05 · Livestock & Fish
Add chickens, fish and other animal systems only when water, feed, housing, waste handling and daily care are ready.
Learn across the pathway.
Sustainability School
Build a stronger understanding of the systems around you through structured learning, then use the Resource Centre to put that learning into practice.
Guides library
Read practical articles, project guidance and local considerations before you buy materials or add a new system.
Cape Town herb growing guides
Use the Chicken Herbal Garden Pack as a working garden system. These individual guides adapt sowing, watering, wind protection and seasonal care to Cape Town’s winter-rainfall, dry-summer conditions.
- Oregano – Growing guide – Cape Town
- Thyme – Growing guide – Cape Town
- Sage – Growing guide – Cape Town
- Basil – Growing guide – Cape Town
- Parsley – Growing guide – Cape Town
- Dill – Growing guide – Cape Town
- Coriander – Growing guide – Cape Town
- Fennel – Growing guide – Cape Town
- Moringa – Growing guide – Cape Town
- Amaranth – Growing guide – Cape Town
How Modloba resources work
The pathway gives you orientation; the Resource Centre gives you the practical next step. Every guide is designed to answer four questions: what problem are you solving, what system will solve it, which components do you need, and what should you maintain over time?