Young family looking for an alternative, social and sustainable way of living

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We are a young family with two little children who want to start a new, more social and sustainable way of living. We would like to buy land for housing, rural tourism and farming and are looking for partners. We want to grow our own fruits and vegetables, to keep a few farming animals and to produce our own solar energy. We want to do this because we think that we will benefit from this in the long run while at the same time contribute something to save our planet. However, this should be achieved, in the most practical way necessary as we do not follow any political or dogmatic ideals nor any perception of a parallel society!
So we are looking for like-minded people; neither age nor background is of any importance. You should be able to think on your feet, be creative and flexible and, obviously, be social, open-minded and ecologically aware.
It would be fantastic, if we could raise our and maybe your children within a group of people who support each other and who want to create a fair and green-minded living environment.
Ideally this ground should be situated somewhere is Spain, Portugal or the Canary Islands with sufficient space for living, renting out and farming.
If you want to get to know us better, participate or even can offer such a place we are very much looking forward to be hearing from you!
Anna & Sebastian

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Young family looking for an alternative, social and sustainable way of living

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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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