Curso Introducción a la Permaculta

If you live or want to live according to the values of cooperation, sustainability, and equality this conference is for you. You’ll get something out of this event whether you’re brand new to communities and cooperatives, or have been living and working in them for decades. The conference focuses on Intentional Communities, including models such as Ecovillages, Cohousing, and Housing Cooperatives, and the larger cooperative movement, including all kinds of cooperative and collective organizations. The Twin Oaks conference site has open air facilities and the basic registration option includes camping. Indoor accommodations are also available. Meals and snacks are provided (including food contributions from participants) from Friday dinner through Monday dinner. Activities at the conference include formal workshops and presentations, open space workshops provided by participants, community introductions and networking, tours of three different intentional communities, a rockin’ dance party, and plenty of time to hang out and have fun.

Two-thirds of sub-Saharan Africa live without access to safe, sustainable and affordable energy, stifling human and economic development in the region, and leaving communities vulnerable to the potential impacts of climate change. Join us for an inspiring and interactive discussion on energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, where we will explore solutions to resolving the complex energy challenges facing rapidly urbanising cities in the region. Perspectives from South Africa, Senegal and Cameroon including from Sonita Mbah from NextGEN: GEN’s youth platform.

“Build a small wind turbine” construction course July 24th to August 2nd, 2015 A ten day live-in course in Nea Makri, Greece Learn how to build a small wind turbine and put yourself on the road to self-reliance Organized by Nea Guinea Small wind turbines ‘Nea Guinea’ has been organizing small wind turbine construction workshops since 2009 and has empowered many people with the knowledge of harnessing power from the wind. The wind turbines built in the workshops are based on the designs of Hugh Piggott, a renewable energy expert living in the off-grid community of Scoraig (Scotland), as described in his ‘Wind Turbine Recipe Book’. These wind turbines can be constructed with the use of common materials, simple manufacturing techniques and basic tools, providing a low cost small wind turbine that anyone can built. Hundreds of homemade small wind turbines have been constructed worldwide using these designs, and have proven to be robust, efficient, easy to maintain and quick to repair. Typical applications of locally manufactured small wind turbines are development projects such as electrification of village communities in the global south, educational projects in universities and schools and sustainability projects such as renewable energy electrification of eco-villages. Course outline During this one week course a 600W small wind turbine with 2.4m rotor diameter will be constructed from scratch, using simple raw materials like wood for the blades, steel for the mounting frame and tail, copper wire for the coils and neodymium magnets cast in resin for the generator. The wind turbine will be the product of enthusiastic team work, as we will work in groups focusing on woodworking, metalworking and generator fabrication, along with short breaks to share what we have learned with the whole team. Woodworking will involve hand curving the blades of the rotor using drawknives and spokeshaves, planes and chisels. Metalworking will involve fabri

Herramientas para la Transición Interna, Grupal y Medioambiental En La Casa Encendida – Madrid El objetivo es explorar nuestras respuestas internas a la situación de nuestro mundo, coger fuerzas y prepararnos para tomar parte en la recuperación de la salud del medio ambiente y del planeta. Es un taller activo, con diversas actividades y dinámicas, algunas en grupo, en parejas y otras individuales ahondando en nuestro interior. Basado en: la Ecología Profunda y El Trabajo que Conecta de Nuevo y el Trabajo de Procesos, de la Psicología Orientada a Procesos y la Democracia Profunda. OBJETIVOS DEL TALLER proporcionar a las personas la oportunidad de experimentar y compartir con otros sus respuestas más íntimas a la condición actual de nuestro mundo (crisis ecológica, social, etc..) replantear su dolor por lo que sucede en la naturaleza en el mundo, como prueba de su interconexión en la red de la vida; y por lo tanto de su poder para participar en soluciones sostenibles. proporcionar a las personas conceptos de “sistemas” desde diversos enfoques: científico, la ecología profunda, tradiciones indígenas…, con ejercicios que revelan su rol en sus propias vidas. proporcionar métodos por los cuales la gente puede experimentar su interdependencia con la naturaleza, su responsabilidad, y la inspiración que puede extraer de las generaciones pasadas y futuras, y otras formas de vida. Ampliar la visión del yo y desarrollar un “yo ecológico”. permitir a las personas abrazar el Gran Cambio hacia una sociedad sostenible que cuida y apoya el medioambiente, como un reto que sean totalmente capaces de cumplir de modo creativo, en una amplia variedad de formas, y como un privilegio en el que puedan tener alegría. que las personas puedan apoyarse mutuamente en el esclarecimiento de su papel-rol, y afirmar su compromiso con la protección de la Naturaleza. BENEFICIOS PARA LAS PERSONAS PARTICIPANTES Un mejor entendimiento de el pensamiento sistémico y del