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Ananda Festival of Bliss is a festival for those who believe in and work towards making the world a better place. It’s an adventure through art and nature, a dive for activists and dreamers, young people and families, lovers of ecology and warriors of light.

If we want to be free, if we want to live a life of profound wholeness and purpose, then we need to discover and become grounded in the source of our Being. In this weekend retreat we will dive deeply into the experience of meditation, not through a technique, but through discovering our natural state. Experiencing awakened consciousness and sharing that discovery with others is the most fulfilling and liberating experience we can have. When we discover direct access to our inherent freedom we find ourselves in communion with Life, fearlessly open to the future, and able to respond with clarity, creativity and spontaneity. The retreat will be held in silence except for teaching periods and question and answer sessions. No previous meditation experience is necessary and people from all faiths and spiritual orientations can benefit. Program: Friday 7pm – Dinner 9pm – Orientation Saturday 7am Meditation 8am Optional Qi Gong 9am Breakfast 10 -1pm Meditation Sessions 1pm Lunch 2-3pm Free Time 3-5pm Meditation Sessions 5-5.30pm Tea Break 5.30-6.30 Meditation 6.30 – 8pm Dinner 8 – 9.30pm Question & Answer Sunday 7am Meditation 8am Optional Qi Gong 9am Breakfast 10 -1pm Meditation Sessions 1pm Lunch 2-3pm Free Time 3-5pm Meditation Sessions 5-5.30pm Tea and Snacks For more information check our website at www.awakenedlifeproject.org and look under events I hope to see you there!

This session draws on how ecovillages provide a plethora of ways to reverse climate change and ensure regenerative development. The panel of speakers will showcase a range of regenerative design solutions from around the world illustrating how ecovillages in Asia, Africa, and Latin America can be a source of inspiration and provide new opportunities for Europe on climate action. 15:00-16:30 Mon, 06 Nov 2017, Meeting Room 10, Bonn Zone, COP23 Conference Centre Speakers: Kosha Joubert, Global Ecovillage Network, Executive Director Yvette Dzakpasu, Global Ecovillage Network, Advocacy Director, Robert Hall, Global Ecovillage Network Europe Sarah Queblatin, GEN Oceania and Asia, Green Releaf, Co-Founder

Después de varias semanas de dudas por la escasez de materia prima, hemos decidido empezar la recogida de la oliva para hacer nuestro aceite. Esto es un llamamiento a aquellas personas a las que les gustaría probar esta hermosa experiencia de salir por las mañanas en equipo al campo, con sol y tiempo fresco, a batear y peinar olivos centenarios para recoger la preciada oliva, en alternancia con la actividad en el molino, limpiando y moliendo las olivas, ayudando a montar la torre para la prensa y viendo salir el dorado líquido (aún un poco negro por estar mezclado con el alperchín), para decantarlo luego en las bañeras del sótano. Una ocasión única para descubrir una actividad tradicional, llevada a cabo con métodos tradicionales, con un grupo de personas entusiastas. Condiciones: Necesitamos máx. dos voluntarios para el equipo que deberían inscribirse en la página WWOOF (http://ruralvolunteers.org) Inicio 14 de noviembre, duración prevista: 3 semanas Interesados ponerse en contacto con Charlotte lo antes posible a través del correo: voluntariado@losportales.net ¡Gracias y bienvenidos!

YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US AT OUR BEAUTIFUL GAIA ASHRAM COMMUNITY AND ECO LEARNING CENTER! Gaia Ashram is an Permaculture Education Center established in 2012 on 6 hectares of land in the North East of Thailand. Gaia Ashram has over 10 years experience of practicing permaculture and applying permaculture principles to the design and the development of our land. Gaia Ashram aims to keep progressing the land towards absolute abundance for nature and people. Increasing biodiversity and life throughout the land. At the same time Gaia Ashram aims to increase resilience for upcoming challenging. Gaia Ashram is strongly rooted in the local community as our founders are from the local area. Gaia Ashram is working with the local community on different projects promoting ecological resilience. We strongly believe that there never was a bigger need for spreading knowledge of Permaculture and related sustainable living practices. Especially with increased climatic changes and the growing awareness of the ecological crises we are facing. In these times people’s empowerment and community experience is the right response to change. WHAT IS A PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (PDC)? A Permaculture Design Certificate Course, short PDC, is an internationally known and accepted 72-hour theory course resulting in a Permaculture Design Certificate. The PDC provides an introduction to permaculture design according to the movement’s founder Bill Mollison and it is designed on his international course curriculum. The Permaculture Design Course equips you with the knowledge and an understanding on how to design sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes and climates. To date, thousands of permaculture designers worldwide have been certified through this course, and now comprise a global network of educators, ecological activists, consultants and practitioners who are influencing the decisions of major corporations, small businesses, and people from all walks

DESCRIPCIÓN Esta formación cubre desde la cimentación; las consideraciones que hay que tomar para diseñar la banqueta, para luego pasar a saber cómo ejecutar un muro de balas de paja con el sistema Nebraska. También explicaremos qué criterios hay que seguir en las cubiertas, tan importantes para proteger nuestras construcciones . Naturalmente mostraremos cómo proteger adecuadamente los muros con los revestimientos de tierra arcillosa. Primero aprenderemos cómo preparar las superficies,cómo averiguar las proporciones adecuadas de nuestro mortero de tierra y cómo aplicarlo. Para ello hemos ideado este curso eminentemente práctico (aproximadamente 70% práctica 30% teoría) dirigido a autoconstructores. DURACIÓN 5 días PRECIO: 220€ (comida a parte 110€) ovolacteovegetariana DESCUENTOS Y BECAS 100€ de descuento para 2 becas de trabajo. La primera beca se podrá conceder si hay un mínimo de 8 personas inscrita y la segunda con un total mínimo de 10. Hay que venir 1 día antes del taller para ayudar en la preparación (por tanto la tarde antes del dia de voluntariado), echar una mano con tareas de la finca. Durante el taller (pero siempre en horario libre) y quedarse 1 día al finalizar la formación para ayudar en la recogida. Descuento de 50€ Si haces los dos niveles A QUIEN VA DIRIGIDO • Personas que quieran autoconstruirse una casa tengas o no experiencia en construcción • Constructores o arquitectos que se quieran iniciar en el tema • ¡Todo el mundo al que le interese! OBJETIVOS • Enseñarte los conocimientos necesarios para ejecutar correctamente construcciones con Muros de Carga de balas de paja. •Saber lo que necesitas aprender sobre el resto de la obra (cimentaciones, tejados, etc.) para poder adaptarlas a las balas.) •Ganar la confianza necesaria para lanzarte a la aventura de construir con inteligencia y realismo •Fomentar el trabajo en equipo y el cuidado en una obra • Ver la construcción cómo un camino de aprendizaje en la vi

Hi guys! Let’s get together and eat drink be merry and talk and design and create and ponder and come up with fun ways to heal ourselves and our dear home Earth.

Yoga Integral, meditaciones guiadas, senderismo consciente, cantos sagrados “mantras”, danzas y más… En plena naturaleza en el Paraje Natural de Karts en Yesos de Sorbas, un oasis en el desierto. Guiado por Manuel Robles “Kirtan Raja” profesor de yoga integral. Precio: 200€ alojamiento y comida incluidos. El alojamiento será en El Mirador de Los Molinos, un proyecto de bajo impacto (para más info consultar su facebook). La comida será vegetariana, ecologica, local, sana y preparada con amor e intención. Plazas limitadas. Fecha límite de inscripcion 6 de Abril. Para más información e inscripciones: 652 238 231 – manuchuco@hotmail.es (Manuel) losmolinosdelrio.blogspot.com Material necesario: ropa cómoda para yoga, esterilla, manta para relajación, cojín o zafu para meditación y calzado cómodo para caminar. 652 238 231 – manuchuco@hotmail.es (Manuel)

1 al 5 de abril Durante este curso, intensivo y completo, te ofrecemos aprender las herramientas básicas de diseño para que puedas integrarlas en tu vida, así como vivir en Pc. Caña Dulce, un laboratorio de permacultura que lleva muy activo desde hace quince años; abarcando la experimentación en múltiples áreas como la bioconstruccion, bosque de alimentos, proyecto agro-ecológico, diferentes sistemas de cultivo, gestión integral del agua, optimización de recursos, autogestión de la salud, Yoga Kundalini, experimentación con diferentes tipos de dieta, etc… que podrás ver y aprender “in situ”, al experimentarlas. Cada día, ocho horas de clases teóricas y prácticas más la posibilidad de practicar Yoga Kundalini por la mañana temprano. Para cerrar el día visionaremos documentales o proyección de diapositivas, en las que puedes aprender aspectos fundamentales de la permacultura. Impartido por Lucho Iglesias y Matricia Lana Más info: www.permaculturacanadulce.org Tel: 607 63 29 37 Matricia Lana: matricialana@gmail.com Tel: 607 63 29 37

El Camino – microagroecosistema familiar es uno de los 62 Hubs alrededor del mundo dispuestos para la transmisión de la Cumbre del Poder de la Comunidad: Cambio Climático y Conciencia, de la Global Ecovillage Network, con la misión de tomar acción de forma individual o en comunidad para cumplir con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. Esto es para ti si: • Estás buscando inspiración y esperanza para el futuro que enfrenta la crisis climática de hoy. • Quieres unirte a los demás en la acción correcta creando centros de conciencia en todo el mundo. • Deseas disminuir tu huella de carbono mientras te conectas con líderes de todo el mundo. • Tienes una agenda ocupada y tiempo extra limitado. • Crees en el poder de la comunidad, pero realmente no sabes dónde empezar a construir o quieres más herramientas para conectarte más profundamente. • Sientes a un nivel profundo que las soluciones son urgentemente necesarias para regenerar nuestro planeta. • Deseas unirte a una red establecida de laboratorios vivos que cataliza la sostenibilidad multidimensional en la actualidad. Con este evento también buscamos propiciar la vinculación local de personas interesadas e involucradas en conocer mejores formas de vivir en equilibrio con los recursos limitados del espacio en que radicamos. Tendremos conversatorios, además de información exclusiva para hubs. También se darán recorridos guiados en el microagroecosistema a los asistentes que lo deseen. Y contaremos con la presencia de un elemento del equipo operativo de MY World México para charlar sobre los #ODS. – IMPORTANTE – CUPO LIMITADO A 20 PARTICIPANTES por día, con previo registro en

You can visit the Communities Conference Website at communitiesconference.org, and register for the conference at communitiesconference2016.eventbrite.com. 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. More information is available at communitiesconference.org. Registration for the conference is open at communitiesconference2016.eventbrite.com.

El cuerpo es capaz de producir hormonas por si mismo. La brasileña, Dinah Rodrígues, desarrolló en los años 90 una serie de ejercicios de yogaterapia hormonal a partir de diferentes tradiciones de yoga, como yoga hatha, kundalini y yoga energético tibetano. Un estudio científico para verificar los efectos del yoga hormonal demostró que la concentración hormonal de las personas que participaron en el ensayo ascendió un 254% en cuatro meses: disminuyeron los sofocos, desparecieron las depresiones y el mal humor, y se aliviaron otros síntomas. El yoga hormonal no sólo influye positivamente sobre el nivel hormonal, sino que alivia los síntomas que acompañan a los desarreglos hormonales. Las asanas practicadas con regularidad ayudan a mantener el peso ideal, a disminuir los cólicos menstruales, a mejorar el ánimo, a acelerar las curaciones de miomas, quistes, prevenir cáncer de mama, etc… El yoga hormonal es muy beneficioso para todas las mujeres a partir de los 35 años, pero especialmente para: Mujeres con dificultades de fertilidad Mujeres son síntomas relacionados con la menstruación Mujeres en menopausia Osteoporosis Profesora: Claire Ingrid Suanzes Rey, terapeuta de shiatsu y drenaje linfático desde 1993, formada en Austria, Holanda y España. Profesora de yoga desde 1989, formada en Canada y Austria. Trabaja en el Centro Crealliance en Madrid. Está formada en yoga hormonal Dinah Rodrigues e imparte cursos de esta especialidad desde 2010. Fechas: Sábado 21 y domingo 22 de febrero de 2015 Lugares: por las mañanas en Sevilla (120€) por las tardes en Los Portales (90€ – non incluye pensión) Información e inscripción: Claire Suanzes – tel: 659 884 354 – clairesuanzes@yahoo.es

The 9th version of Call of the Mountain, will be held at the Misak University in the territory of indigenous Guambía Misak , 15 minutes from Silvia, Cauca. The Misak University was founded in 2010 and is an institution of native intensive classroom training and distance mode with integrated processes in the implementation of own knowledge and generate new knowledge and skills for survival. The Call of the Mountain is a meeting that was convened for the first time in 2006 by the Colombian Ecovillage Network (REBORN) and today is called by CASA Colombia (Council of Sustainable Settlements of the Americas). The Call of the Mountain gathers hundreds of people; ecovillagers, professionals, representatives and members of social movements, farming communities and indigenous groups, as well as scientists, philosophers, educators, social innovators, entrepreneurs and experts on world view. The Call of the Mountain, takes the form of the Vision Council, which originated in Mexico over 15 years ago, adapted to the reality of the meeting in Colombia. These meetings allow participants to experience an emerging new culture, a living experiment in community living which encompasses all four aspects of sustainability. Visit the Llamado de la Montaña website or more information and to register – http://llamadodelamontaña.org/ Support the Call of the Mountain croudfunding campain – https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-make-peace-happen INFORMACIÓN E INSCRIPCIONES: llamadodelamontaña.org Carmiña Rojas carmi.arquitecta@gmail.com Yamilet Campo yamina8@hotmail.com Jennifer Trujillo jennifer.trujilloobando@gmail.com

Los visitantes pueden ver estas innumerables iniciativas, hacer preguntas a sus desarrolladores y decidir por sí mismos si el sistema de diseño de permacultura tiene relevancia para los desafíos que enfrentamos y para crear comunidades que sean resistentes frente a impactos indeseables e imprevisibles. Un día en cual los proyectos como huertas, jardines, fincas, granjas entre otros abren sus puertas para ofrecer la oportunidad de experimentar la Permacultura y aprender, se organizan charlas, talleres educativos, películas, entre otros eventos. ¡Animamos a todos los que practiquen la Permacultura a cualquier escala a celebrar!.

Your PDC course here at Daruma will begin with an orientation tour of the farm and grounds to give you an overall impression of how individual elements interrelate to each other here. Topics covered during class will include the 14 chapters of ‘Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual’ by Bill Mollison, and classes are generally scheduled morning to lunch with hands-on application during the afternoons. The PDC content can be daunting in its breadth and scale. From the scale of the soil microbiome where we look at EM & IMO (effective microorganisms, and indigenous microorganisms), through to plants, integrated animal systems, trees, the water cycle, regenerating landscapes, and on to learning about the part we humans play in this huge ecosystem & how we can effect positive changes, the course is both detailed, and diverse. Upon completion of your PDC, you will be presented with your Permaculture Design Course Certificate. Students must complete the 72 hours of class & hands-on activities along with presenting their own design project at the end of the course. You will also be registered on the Permaculture Global Network website by your instructor, confirming your attendance & announcing your successful completion of the course to the global permaculture community. Venue The venue for your Permaculture Design Course is Daruma Eco Village, a functioning Ecovillage based within the culture & education domain of the permaculture flower. We feel our all inclusive price delivers excellent value to you, covering all meals, accommodation, use of the extensive library & other study areas including 20 computer cubicles in the Learning Resource Centre, super fast internet, natural pool, sauna and FarmLab™ to name a few of the facilities at Daruma which are at your disposal during your stay. For further details see the webpage here:

In the heart of the Alentejo, surrounded by Nature, explore an authentic Yoga retreat. All practices will help you to release tension, creating conditions to reconnect you with your center, connecting you with the brilliance of your true being. ~ ASANA ~ PRANAYAMA ~ YOGA NIDRA ~ MANTRAS ~ KRIA ~ SOUND HEALING ~ MEDITATION ~ What do we offer? Integral Yoga Practices Meditation Practises Therapeutic Massages Camping or Glamping Organic vegeterian meals Eco-friendly bathrooms and hot showers Swimming pool Bicycles Hiking ​ Accomodation in Camping included – Galmping (Wonderland Yurt,Hobbit House or Open Air Tree House) available upon request. Minimum donation: 230 euro

The Noosa Forest Retreat Permaculture course on Australia’s beautiful Sunshine Coast will include the standard “Permaculture Design Certificate” (PDC) curriculum as created by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren This is a globally recognised education course on sustainable living design. This includes valuable hands on practical exercises plus experience with permaculture principles and systems including – animal systems, super compost making, swale design and implementation for water harvesting and food forest establishment. The course is well suited to anyone interested in sustainability, organic food growing, natural farming, community living, holistic + healthy living or self-sufficiency. Noosa Forest Retreat is a beautiful lush 160 acre property with 4 houses in the Noosa Hinterland on the Sunshine Coast, Australia. The property is home to 9 full time residents and backs onto the Woondum National Park. It rises to an elevation of 420 meters with the highest house site on the Sunshine Coast. Noosa Forest Retreat is one of the largest and longest running permaculture demonstration and education centres in Queensland, Australia. Course cost: students/pensioners $1295 or full price $1390. Accommodation & food (catered organic & vegetarian meals) for a small fee. Noosa Forest Retreat donates 5% of course fees to a permaculture charity. www.permaculturecourseaustralia.com.au/ sunshinenaturalhealth@gmail.com International phone: +617 5409 7577 Within Australia phone: 07 5409 7577 You Tube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9heAaqeTns www.permaculturecourseaustralia.com.au/ sunshinenaturalhealth@gmail.com International phone: +617 5409 7577 Australia phone: 07 5409 7577

Our Permaculture Design Course course at Keela Yoga Farm is certified by the internationally recognised Permaculture Association (UK). We will cover the standard 72 hour PDC syllabus with an emphasis on permaculture systems, practical work and permaculture design. You will experience living off-grid in a community setting, connect with nature, and enjoy healthy organic food and yoga classes. On completion of the course, you will receive a certified PDC certificate.

The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month Summer Internship 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. To get an idea of the internship here is a video compilation of three internships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nspbKJZ7fLI 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. 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 d

Get in tune with yourself and GAIA, the spirit of the earth! The Gaia-Initiation is a powerful healing process and self-discovery. The shamanic teacher Sunwalker has developed it from American and African shamanic teachings for people of western culture. His ceremonies and shamanic techniques will help you to experience the union with yourself and GAIA. You may receive new orientation, more clarity and vitality. Your life will be enriched with important and deep experiences. With: Inipis (Sweat lodges) Trance dance Working with the medicine wheel Shamanic journeys with the drum Meditation with trees Circles with the talking stick … and much more For informations and registration, look at: www.sensaciones.de/en/event/gaia-initiation-0