http://comuntierra.org - Aprende como hacer un horno solar en tu casa, cosechar el sol y cocinar ricos y sanos alimentos energetizados por el sol! El video explica el proceso de construir el horno solar del Proyecto Común Tierra, guiado por Nora y Tonchi de El Tilo Taller Permacultural en Mendoza, Argentina. https://youtu.be/4qN27f7zO2M … Read more
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3er Encuentro Argentino Permacultura Relato de Común Tierra
En la vida, hay cosas que uno a veces no puede hacer por que quedan lejos, o hay un conflicto de horarios, o no hay recursos. Viajando, no podemos coordinar para estar en todos los lugares que queremos por una cuestión de logística, ritmo de viaje y todo eso. Pero a veces también pasan esas sincronías que son como un regalo en el camino… escuchamos el llamado al Tercer Encuentro Argentino de Permacultura y nos quedaba justo en la ruta!! Así que pudimos llegar con nuestro Proyecto Común Terra … Read more
Joining an Ecovillage "I'm searching for an Ecovillage to settle, what should I do?"
Each time more people are willing to leave their actual life behind and step into a more fulfilling life situation. We are so happy to see this tendency, but many times it is not easy to find or create a project. Supporting all this seeking people and help to establish more and more Eco villages is one of the main reasons for creating this website. Read here what you can do: Presenting yourself First make sure your profile is well set up, so you awake the interest of potential partners or … Read more
Erasmus+ y la RIE
NOTA INFORMATIVA Retraso en la resolución de la Convocatoria de proyectos de KA1 (Movilidad para el aprendizaje) Debido a una serie de problemas técnicos habidos con las aplicaciones informáticas que utilizamos todos los países del Programa, ajenos al OAPEE, no estamos aún en condiciones de notificar los resultados del proceso de selección de propuestas de la Acción Clave 1 (KA1, Movilidad para el aprendizaje), cuyo plazo de presentación de solicitudes finalizó el pasado 24 de … Read more
Become a Friend of GEN The Friends of GEN/Supportive Membership-Campaign!
At the coming GEN-Europe Conference from July 9 - 13, a new initiative of GEN will be launched: The Friends of GEN/Supportive Membership-Campaign! Often, when people get in contact with GEN, either through real life encounters or through the Internet, they are eager to be part of the movement, to stay in touch, or just to show their appreciation and willingness to support by giving a one-off donation. Moreover, what we have noticed is that a lot of people already donate regularly, and it is … Read more
Solar Dryers in Palestine Decentralized and Organic Food Technology in the Westbank
To have peace in Israel-Palestine, the mentality of scarcity needs to be replaced with an awareness of abundance, because the conflict is based on the fear that there is not enough for everyone: not enough land, not enough water, not enough energy. In the frame of the Global Campus, in the process of founding GEN Palestine, Aida Shibli made another step in food sovereignty in organising seminars to create abundance on a farm of the Westbank. Frederick Weihe reports. If we want to support the … Read more
São Paulo, Brazil Community Gardens in the Largest Metropolis of the Southern Hemisphere
Public parks, abandoned lots, pavements and even churches: in São Paulo every piece of land has the potential of turning into a community garden. After all, where food is planted citizenship grows! Henny Freitas reports. Imagine an avenue where over 1.5 million people transit every day, and where more than 4,200 cars and 200 buses go by per hour at peak times. What you have just imagined is the main financial road of São Paulo: Avenida Paulista. Now imagine a community garden in the midst of … Read more
Kenya: Food Sovereignty A Way to Achieve Food Security
Food sovereignty is a critical alternative to food security that asserts that not all ways of realizing food security are equal, says Victor Odula – GEN Ambassador from Kenya. He reports about the Rodi Ecovillage´s initiative to improve nutrition on the shores of the Lake Victoria. Rodi Ecovillage Development Initiatives is a community organization whose goals are to reduce poverty, and improve nutrition and the health of the rural poor, while improving the profitability and sustainability of … Read more
“Land Awakening” Exploring Our Relationship with the Land.
“LAND AWAKENING” is an independent feature documentary film. While volunteering at organic farms in the Mediterranean, Mexican-Canadian filmmaker and director, Raúl Álvarez, embarked on a personal journey to learn about organic agriculture, and other technologies, to grow and gather food, creating an inspiring film about the goodness and generosity of the Land, but also about his own life transformation. In the GEN Europe conference 2013, Raúl already showed his results. Now the documentary is … Read more
The Solar Mama Project In the Democratic Republic of Congo
Solar Mama Astride Kapinga, and the women of her rural community, explain how they feel about the Solar Mama Project, stressing their struggle and suffering without electricity. Astride explains how this energy project - thanks to Bunker Roy and the Barefoot College - will help change and improve her, and other peoples, lives in the village of Mbulungu, in the Kasai province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Watch the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEEMyDnZIsI Facebook: … Read more
