Frank Neumann

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Respecting the Earth and the People

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Frank Neumann is a private person, who is having a vision for more than twenty years, to create a place that is dedicated to the nature and a natural living, being independent from Water and Electricity supply and producing natural fruits, vegetables and some livestock products. Working in education and training in about forty countries for nearly thirty years being interested to learn about other cultures and ethnics and support young people in their way of achieving education and training that may help them to make their living…
In 2021, he quit his job and became a “pensioner” in Tanzania, where his main center of residence was/is located. As pensioner, he is following some projects that he is personally interested in and does spend his time and his money to realize his dream together with family and friends.
End 2021, the Hortus Cyrenaicus “was born”. The idea of having a farm that allows to keep the distance to policy makers and other unpleasant people, he was living without TV for more than three years already and enjoying the life as it comes…
The implementation of the Hortus Cyrenaicus as an ecovillage or as a set of ecovillage projects came up recently, when it became clear, that three, four, five people are not enough to keep the farm running. The idea to open the projects, first of all by introducing eco-tourism in a special environment. He ordered Yourtas from Kyrgyzstan which should have been installed in May 2022 already, but administrative barriers keep the process delayed, unfortunately. The Hortus shall have a range of buildings in natural conditions, like the yourtas, wood houses, clay houses etc.
There are several projects already and every day new ideas are raising. In order to have a kind of holistic approach with the Hortus Cyrenaicus, the idea was to enlarge the land scape to about 10 ha and invite more interested people to join and taking over some of the projects.
In the coming two years, Frank would be enlighten if his dream could be realized and the farm is fully operative. Concentrating on some fruit processing’s, marketing of the products and doing Music as the main purpose of life while enjoying the paradise atmosphere in the Greek mountains with his joining family members, friends and supporters…

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12 years ago

Gaia Ashram Internship

The Pioneers of Gaia Ashram , 5th of July– 2nd of August 2015 The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep Ecology. The internship will be a holistic participatory learning experience & process. Interns will experience being part of the Gaia Ashram Community and we will live together for one month at– Gaia Ashram-. At Gaia Ashram we belief in holistic learning that balances the head, hands & heart. Gaia Ashram encourages participatory learning & values the power of community in holding the learning space. We design the daily & weekly structure of the internship and of our lives here based on these values and principles. Theoretical learning (Head) The theoretical sessions will be participatory and interactive. It will cover the 4 keys of Ecovillage Design Education (Social, Economical, Ecological and Worldview inspired by Gaia Education). Each week will cover one of the Ecovillage Design Keys and integrated into this we will be introduced to Permaculture Design & Deep Ecology in terms of philosophy, movement and personal experiences. Overall, We will have a maximum of 2-3 hours of theory per day on the session days, to also create lots of space for practical experiential learning. See more details of the key content below. Practical learning (Hands – on) For the hands – on practical learning we will be developing the Gaia Ashram’s farm and restoring nature on the Gaia Ashram land using permaculture strategies & techniques that are appropriate for the Rainy Season & the land and its local context. The hands-on work will focus on Gardening work i.e. developing the vegetable gardens, planting seeds & seedlings, transplanting, propagation of plants, making composts, growing and maintaining a Food Forest, planting green manures, planting lots of trees, planting seasonal crops. Apart from the Gardening we will also will be doing some natural building which mostly will focus on creating natural finishes usi

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