Ser Humanos: Building sustainable self-financing village communities

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Spanish
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2010

What we do

The objective of the project “ PLAN OF POPULATION REDISTRIBUTION FOR FAMILIES FROM URBAN MARGINAL NEIGHBORHOODS: CONSTRUCTION OF SELF SUSTAINABLE RURAL PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITIES” is to construct a self sustainable, productive rural community with the families from “slums” around the city of Córdoba, Argentina.
Previous community work in the most poor neighborhoods of the City, have shown that families would like to go or return back to life in the countryside, and have shown the possibilities of living in the countryside to leave the vicious cycle they encounter in these urban settlements (addictions, crime, institutional violence, lack of public services, etc). Families begin gradually creating a new perspective of a dignified life through coexistence in a rural environment. With access to health services and education, families can create a productive self sustainable community, emphasizing the need for tools and the necessary roads for their personal and family development and also collaborating with a better distribution of the population.
The project works with young families with children, who live in urban marginal settlements in precarious situations, but also with other people in other actualities. While the children have access to recreational activities, sporty and educational, their parents can strengthen or develop their skills in a healthy environment and continuous contact with nature, in an environment that incorporates them.
The families become part of social community that has a considerable difference to the circumstances or their actual life . A rural, agricultural, sustainable and organic environment is the developmental goal. And we are part of a growing ecovillage in Villa Albbertina, a very small village with a population of 71 people. Together with another families, we create a community garden, a sistem of garbage recycling and different channels of cooperation and education for a sustainable and resilient ways of living.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
  • German
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Activities
  • Ecological Restoration
  • Permaculture

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2010
  • Started planning
  • Open to new members
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  • Argentina

Ser Humanos: Building sustainable self-financing village communities

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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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