Eco Caminhos

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2014

What we do

Located in the mountains of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Eco Caminhos is a working permaculture farm and a reference project in the region for regenerative practices, education, and community living.
Our planet is facing growing environmental crises: climate change, extreme weather events, pollution, deforestation, and the depletion of natural resources. The world needs concrete, working examples of a different way of living — and we believe the answers already exist in how we grow food, build homes, and live together. That is what we practice here every day.
Since 2014, we have built a farm that is almost self-sufficient in energy and produces 60% of its own food, including vegetables, fruits, milk, eggs, and meat. We have planted over 10,000 trees, developed 6 agroforestry systems with more than 260 plant species and 4,500 coffee trees, and built several bioconstruction structures using natural and local materials.
We are currently developing Ecolibrium, an ambitious project designed to become a regional permaculture learning center.
We work with native species, reforestation, water source recovery, soil management, natural building techniques such as cob and wattle-and-daub, and we are constantly improving our systems.
Living here means getting your hands dirty, sharing responsibilities, learning by doing, and being part of something meaningful.
We offer different programs depending on your interests, availability, and how long you can stay, from short immersive experiences to free long-term volunteering for those ready to commit and grow with us. We receive volunteers, students, researchers, families, and groups from all over the world, all year round.
If this resonates with you, we would love to hear from you.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
  • Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Spanish
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Activities
  • Permaculture
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2014
  • Started living together

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How to join

We have different volunteer oportunities and programs, some short term and others long term.
Please visit our webpage to find out more and get in contact with us: www.ecocaminhos.com

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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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