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13 years ago

Taller de energias renovables

Taller de energias renovables e inventos caseros (energías convencionales y energías naturales de siempre) Si estás pensando en simplificar tu vida y salir de la ciudad, este es tu curso… Contacto: inma.morales(arroba)gmx.net Se profundizará en los siguientes temas: – Paneles solares, molinos de viento, turbinas, inversores, baterías, etc. – Recursos naturales: sistemas de calefacción solar (muro trombe, masa térmica, etc.). Ventilación natural (refrescar-calentar ambientes, fresqueras, etc.). Radiadores de agua caliente, bombas caseras. – Información practica sobre autoconstrucción referente a: cargador de baterías con bici-dinamo, bici-lavadora, radiador solar casero de agua caliente, bomba de ariete, bomba solar de impulsos, experiencias personales sobre la construcción de motor magnético y otros inventos posibles. – Contaminaciones electromagnéticas: Agentes contaminantes (telefonía móvil, sistemas inalámbricos, cables de alta tensión, electrodomésticos,…). Interferencia en los seres vivos. Cómo protegerse. – Energía en los números: Geometría sagrada, perfección en las proporciones de la naturaleza. El taller esta pensado como una convivencia, un compartir, una interacción dinámica entre tod@s, más que como alguien que imparte y otr@s que reciben. Imparte Zenshin Giacchetta (Milán), monje zen, técnico en electrónica industrial y apasionado investigador de lo renovable, auto constructor con balas de paja. Colaboradores: Taller Karuna, Elías Klimberg y Samuel. Alojamiento en habitaciones de 3-4/ 6-7, (si vienes con tu pareja no podemos garantizar que os alojaremos en la misma habitación). También puedes montar tu tienda de campaña o traer tu caravana (la contribución es la misma). L@s niñ@s menores de seis años no pagan. La alimentación será vegetariana, los perros no están permitidos, lo sentimos. Contribución Taller: 75 € Para las personas con problemas económicos existe la posibilidad de reducir el precio del taller.
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7 years ago

Intensive Permaculture Course, Thailand

Course: Intensive Permaculture Course, Thailand At: Daruma Ecovillage The concept for the Intensive PDC at Daruma emerged from one simple thing: student’s needs. Typically, these have been in two categories. The Intensive Permaculture Course in Thailand: Student Pre-Requisites Category 1 The first category is students that have already exposed themselves to a significant amount of permaculture theory and/or practice. Possibly having visited, volunteered, worked, and studied at places that employed permaculture in the design or in the operational aspects of a property. Possibly students have already created PC designs, master plans and even implemented these designs on their own property. And even students that have read and studied thoroughly many of the core books that form the corpus of what is modern permaculture. Usually these students only need an opportunity to demonstrate proficiency of understanding and competency in practical design in order to feel comfortable in having a permaculture design certificate. The intensive course allows for this but still also challenges them to identify areas that are in need of clarification and development. Time is spent validating what is known, identifying what needs expanding and integrating this all together to equal or better what is completed in a traditional PDC. Category 2 The second category is for anyone that wants or needs to complete a PDC but has inflexible time constraints. Having hosted many courses in both permaculture design and natural building for Japanese students over the last 10 years, it is simply a fact that it is quite rare for a Japanese student to have an opportunity for two weeks of consecutively which is why most PDC courses in Japan span several months or are separate two week periods. But, with a little p
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18 years ago

Lakabe, 2003

Del 14 al 17 de agosto, en Lakabe, un pequeño paraje del prepirineo navarro fue el lugar donde se celebró el VI Encuentro Nacional de Ecoaldeas (ENE) que patrocina la Red Ibérica de Ecoaldeas (RIE). Más de 300 personas, de varias generaciones y venidas de todos los rincones, se reunieron durante cuatro inolvidables días para hablar y aprender todo aquello que les sirviese para vivir en comunidad. Entre intercambios y reuniones, diferentes grupos han trabajado para poner en común experiencias. Las charlas y los talleres se sucedieron a elección de los asistentes. El objetivo básico de estos encuentros es poner en contacto a personas interesadas en realizar proyectos de ecoaldeas y tratar temas que puedan ayudar en la consecución de este fin. Los talleres de comunicación, resolución de conflictos, educación, viabilidad de proyectos, permacultura, bioconstrucción y energías renovables tienen una gran aceptación y son tratados un año tras otro. También se analizó el presente de las ecoaldeas, en su mayoría rurales, y se vio la necesidad de desarrollar proyectos urbanos. Ha sido asombrosa la impecabilidad y la fluidez de cómo se han ido sucediendo los acontecimientos durante este encuentro, “la gente ha respondido de maravilla demostrando una gran madurez”, comenta Mabel, de las fundadoras de la ecoaldea de Lakabe que durante estos cuatro días, junto a todos los habitantes el pueblo y algunos voluntarios, han estado al pie del cañón atendiendo a esta multitud de visitantes. También recalca que “ha sido una experiencia muy importante para los habitantes del pueblo”. Todo ha estado a punto gracias a la dedicación de los habitantes de Lakabe. Incluso los adolescentes han trabajado de lleno, atendiendo la guardería y el pequeño bar donde se servían limonadas e infusiones a los visitantes. Pero no todo ha sido trabajo. Las jornadas de reuniones daban paso a la música y la celebración con las actuaciones del grupo local Hurto (compuesto por los jóvenes del lugar), bai
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12 years ago

III Encuentro Bioregional Ecoaldeas

¡Nos volvemos a encontrar! En la Ecoaldea de Valdepiélagos. ¿Quieres venir a compartir con nosotras sobre la vida alternativa y en ecoaldeas? En este video puedes ver cómo fue el anterior encuentro ¿te animas a volver a compartir? Organizado por Taller Karuna, El Rincón de los Sueños y la Ecoaldea de Valdepiélagos, miembros de la RIE. El espacio para compartir y comprender el proceso para materializar aquí y ahora la opción de las ecoaldeas, los proyectos comunitarios, la vida alternativa… Creamos una nueva forma basada en desarrollar las 4 dimensiones: social-comunitaria, ecológica, económica, espiritual. Con talleres, charlas, experiencias que nos permitirán trazar nuestra propia ruta por este universo ecoaldeano. También será un momento festivo en donde compartir experiencias, comprobar lo valioso de las ideas y las dificultades de su implementación, divulgar conocimientos que nos ayuden a transformar, de manera creativa, nuestras vidas y nuestro entorno hacia nuevos modelos de convivencia que velen por la sostenibilidad, la autogestión y el respeto por minorías y mayorías. Además talleres, actuaciones, música, fiestas, juegos… PROGRAMA Las cuatro Dimensiones necesarias para construir una ecoaldea o proyecto comunitario: Dimensión Social y comunitaria: En ella abordaremos los criterios sobre los que construir comunidades sanas y equilibradas. Aspectos como los liderazgos, las tomas de decisiones, el activismo social, la comunicación no violenta, la gestión emocional y del poder… Dimensión Ecológica: Agricultura biológica, la Permacultura, la bioconstrucción, la huella ecológica, la huella hídrica, la autogestión energética, el agua, las iniciativas en transición, herramientas para una nueva so
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8 years ago

Fall part time Permaculture Design Course

Dates: 9 weekends (16 days) from Sept 8th -Dec 9, 2018 What better way to wind down the growing season than to embark on a permaculture design course? During this 100 hour course students learn to read the landscape, analyse problems, and design ecological solutions for the home, garden, or city. The Permaculture Design Certificate is a participatory and dynamic learning experience; classes include in-depth permaculture theory, design methodology, exercises, and group projects. They also include a whole lot of deep questioning, laughter, and growth! The curriculum we follow at P3 was developed by the late Bill Mollison in Australia in the 1970’s, and is today regarded as the standard in permaculture education, recognized and respected worldwide. At P3, our facilitators emphasize that permaculture goes beyond gardening and agriculture. With permaculture we can design solutions for: food deserts, the heat-island effect, and mis-managed waste systems. With edible landscaping and ecological architecture, we can increase the efficiency of our homes, our farms, and our communities. The solutions-based vision of permaculture practice is holistic and regenerative. P3 Permaculture alum have used their PDC to start projects and businesses in permaculture consultation, education, ecological agriculture, regenerative community organizing, urban farming, composting, and much more. The PDC program helps students to closely observe the natural principles and patterns that drive ecological systems. Understanding nature and our place within it is the first step towards healing broken systems. We hope that you can join us!
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11 years ago

People Care PDC

We increasingly recognize the vital role of a healthy community in addition to raising awareness of the sustainable ecosystem. We recognize the importance of effective interpersonal relationships and also the relationship of the individual to him/herself . Usually the focus of the PDC is to strengthen the ecosystem. From there, the pattern is transferred to other systems such as the social, the monetary system, the educational system, etc. By designing the People Care PDC we have developed a workshop in which we put the development of sustainable social systems at the center. People Care PDC is devoted to the social demands of our time and offers practical impetus to dealing with interpersonal challenges both in the private and professional environment. These includes conflict resolution, decision-making processes, organic planning and development processes, etc. The course offers useful tools of permaculture design in theory and practice and connects them with adjacent systems and methods . The aim of the course is to prepare and qualify the participants for strengthening and developing their social environment in communities, relationships, work and project teams, schools, GARDENS from Dreams, etc. *** Course content: The course includes the basics of Permaculture: History of permaculture and its role in today’s society Permaculture ethics and principles Basic Permaculture design for ecosystems (permaculture and its connection to ecosystems) Development and implementation of concrete designs for an ecosystem (for example garden, compost, animals, water) Methods and practices for strengthening social systems: Preparing social design according to the permaculture design tools (zoning, resource analysis and flows) Developing a strategy and ethics for implementation Monitoring: analysis of results and preparation of the closure phase as well as the preparation for the start of a new cycle What does sustainability

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