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Sol și Suflet

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Romanian
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2020

What we do

Sol și Suflet is a project created by the Romanian Institute of Permaculture with the support of Kaufland Romania in 2020 and it’s based at the foot to the Subcarpathian hills, in the southern part of the country.
Our land is covering 6 hectares at the edge of a large forest and all of it is currently used for the production of vegetables in an organic regenerative system, hosting as well a residential and educational center for farm workers, volunteers and visitors.
The model we employ for our market garden is the community supported agriculture (CSA) and our production capacity is for about 300 families. We are delivering our fresh vegetables weekely to Bucharest, the capital and two other cities.
In the same time, we are researching new ways of growing organic vegetables, improving the quality of the soil and expanding the model of community supported market garden. We are educating young people who want to become farmers in extensive internship programs and we are year-round hosting volunteers from all over the world who are interested in knowing more about working with the land and producing their own food in a nature and climate positive way.
Sol și Suflet is a community of resident farm employees, interns and short to long term volunteers, numbering from 7 to 20 people, all involved in operating the farm processes.
Our mission is to perfect a model of small scale regenerative farm, educate farm managers and expand this system across the country as an alternative to the conventional horticultural practices, offering better quality food, cleaner soils and water bodies, more natural diversity and a better livelihood for farmers.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • Romanian
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Community type
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Activities
  • Permaculture
  • Education

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2020
  • Started living together

Video

  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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How to join

People waiting to join our community should have a strong interest and commitment to learn and become farmers, to be passionate about plants and wildlife, have experience with living outdoors and have a high level of self reliance. We value communication, building and repairing, cooking as well as scientific research skills.
Someone interested in joining our community is invited to do volunteering at the farm or better an internship to find out if this activity and setting is suitable for them.

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Transformational Communities of Tomorrow - free live stream

Join Ken Wilber and Doshin Roshi via live streaming, as they honour the gifts of the transformational eco-communities of today, recognise some of the challenges they are currently facing and explore what the medicine to heal and evolve could be from an Integral perspective. Sign up here to join the free live stream. Ken Wilber and Doshin Roshi Honouring the role communities have played in the transformation of the world up until now – the movement from modernity to postmodernity. Highlighting the pain and struggles within these organisations – beliefs, values and preferences that contribute to a sense of ‘stuckness’. Creating curiosity about the medicine needed to support a breakthrough to the next level – what might communities of tomorrow look like once they have embodied this medicine? Sharing inspiration and support to expand the potential of each community – deepening the transformational impulse around the world. Join in as this event will be streamed live to communities, holistic centres and ecovillages around the world. The transformational and eco communities of today grew out of the 1960s era that has been called postmodern—the gifts of multiculturalism, diversity, inclusion, sensitivity, eco awareness. Some of the struggles include co-creating healthy hierarchies, effective decision making, attracting younger people, financial sustainability. Ken Wilber outlines the significance of this rare dialogue offered as a free live broadcast to post modern communities around the world, one that focuses on growing up, waking up, cleaning up and showing up: “The postmodern communities of transformation, including Findhorn, did two profoundly important things: in relative truth, they introduced an enchanted world instead of the disenchanted wasteland; and in ultimate Truth, they simpl
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Introduction to Permaculture

Beyond agriculture or architecture, but borrowing from both, permaculture is a comprehensive design tool that can be used to better own communities, gardens, and lives. By mimicking nature to heal broken systems (both ecological and social) permaculture provides a variety of approaches for positive change. In this introductory weekend, Graham Calder of P3 Permaculture will walk participants through the basics of permaculture philosophy and design. ​ This introductory weekend is designed to equip participants with the confidence and ability to identify and overcome the design problems that surround us. The first day of the course will focus on the history, ethics, and principles of permaculture, as well as provide an introduction to its design methods. We will then use permaculture to explore solutions to the challenges we face in our homes and communities. Examples of permaculture projects from around the world will provide useful case studies. On day two we will put theory into practice: together we will go through the steps of implementing a permaculture design, from observation to the generation of appropriate design strategies. The Deanery Project is a rural learning centre and demonstration site that provides hands-on learning and skill sharing opportunities designed to strengthen community and protect the environment. Through learning about such topics as forest management, alternative energy, natural building, food sovereignty, healthy living, as well as the arts, we can improve the health of our land, waters, natural resources and communities for sustainable social and economic gain. Born out of the desire to support local values and a traditional resource-use economy, The Deanery Project evolved as a natural response to a need to protect the social fabric of the community by saving an old summer camp from private development. The project now continues to reconfigure itself in interesting ways. We have diverse partnerships with schools, all levels

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