Unity Ecovillage

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2004

What we do

Unity offers visitors the opportunity to learn about indigenous African culture, experience community life in a traditional village, and make a positive impact. The mission of Unity Ecovillage is to promote peace and understanding through cultural immersion programs that integrate workshops, field research, lectures, and service learning. Our ten-acre campus, including visitor accommodations, artisan workshops, amphitheater, conference hall and an organic farm, reflect Unity’s commitment to ecological sustainability.
Service Learning:
Unity provides a broad range of opportunities for groups to engage in sustainable development projects. Working with Unity’s team of expert staff, program participants collaborate with the leaders of vulnerable communities on the design and implementation of projects. The goal is to provide communities with the knowledge, skills and tools to needed increase their resiliency by creating wealth and employment opportunities, halting environmental degradation, and increasing agricultural productivity.
Arts and Culture:
Learn about Ghana’s rich culture through workshops in drumming, dancing, batik, and glass bead making from our faculty of internationally renowned artisans. Formal instruction is enhanced through participation in ceremonial occasions in the surrounding area, featuring the traditional arts. These include life-cycle events (naming ceremonies, weddings, funerals, etc), religious ceremonies, and festivals.
Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty Alleviation & Climate Resiliency:
Participants learn how to grow food using sustainable organic methods. Workshops introduce the principles and techniques of rainwater harvesting, composting, seed propagation, companion planting, and more. Critical issues such as food sovereignty, climate change, and international food aid are also addressed.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Activities
  • Education
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2004
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
12

How to join

Please contact unityecovillage@gmail.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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