Ecoashram

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Founding year

  • 2011

What we do

Ecoashram is an eco-village initiative in Armenia, which started as an idea about 17 years ago, has been spinning around and gaining power by interacting with many different cultures in East and West, and this year it started getting realized and took a physical form on one great location as a main spot, and several other places in smaller sizes, as urban and semi-urban eco-village projects.
Ecoashram Intercultural Center (EIC) Non-Governmental Organization is the curator and organizer of all the activities of Ecoashram eco-village initiative. Here is some information about Ecoashram NGO:
Our organization is newly established and is now in the process of submitting different grant applications local Armenian and international funds. We may get the first local grant project funded in the coming few weeks. Until that we rely on the financial support of our members and supporters from Armenia and abroad.
Our Mission is:
1. Promote healthy lifestyle and environmental consciousness, organize educational programs in those fields,
2. Develop intercultural contacts, support the culture of peace locally and internationally,
3. Research and preserve the Armenian ethnic cultural heritage, as well as develop new strategies of its presentation to the young generation in order to make preservation more effective,
As a team we have worked in various projects on both local and international levels since 1996, being members and authors of creative initiatives and projects, in the frame of other organizations or groups.
We came up with this new Ecoashram NGO to unite and strengthen a number of similar cultural, social and ecological initiatives, which, during the years, have developed into one main direction and strategy, ready to act under the umbrella of one organization.

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  • January 1, 2011
  • Started living together
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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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