House of I * Heritage Chateau

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2000

What we do

The beauty of the Chinese landscape is at the heart of our experience at the House of I. We are here to create meaningful connections between people and place. We aim to foster a holistic relationship of body, mind and heart. Ours is an emergent centre, within a housing development company called Heritage Chateau. Our ambition is to become an eco-education venue with a special focus on connecting ecovillage projects in China. We combine the best of eastern and western modalities such as Tai Chi and yoga, TCM, and Chinese culture with a group of local Chinese experts and International teachers from North America and Europe, who are engaged in co-creating a unique, integrated curriculum for living in harmony with the earth. Since 2015, we have been key members of the Holistic Centres Network and we hosted the HCN Gathering in October 2015. We have created an eco-education syllabus for our kindergarten school and have built an organic model garden from recycled materials adjoining the school area. The project includes some large properties , each of which have an organic vineyard , and we produce our own wines. There is also an art community engaged in cultural activities such as art exhibitions, a museum, eco-exhibitions and a new community centre. We write and produce our own songs and music and have created 4 CDs of ‘House of I’ in-house music. This is used in all of our cultural events and given as gifts to our visitors. We offer beautiful spaces for meditation, yoga, musical events, workshops and conferences. International visitors are welcome to use these spaces as venues for eco-education , and to join us for our new International Volunteer Progamme (IVP). “For me, the most enriching part of my experience at the House of I has been the nourishing connections with the delightful and wonderfully welcoming people here! The warmth and outgoing nature of so many of the Chinese people I have met here has been ” William from Scotland , IVP October 2019.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Polish
  • Spanish
  • Community type
  • Coliving
  • Spiritual Retreat Centers
  • Activities
  • Education
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2000
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2015
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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Location

  • China

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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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