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Food Sovereignty of Konohana Family Japan: “Before cultivating a field, cultivate your spirit”

Japanese people believe that the land is a gift from the Ancestors. This is why they do not want to sell it. Therefore, local elders often ask the Konohana Family to manage their land. As a result, more than 95% of the land that Konohana Family uses is free, and sometimes the ecovillage gets paid to cultivate the land because the government will charge owners a higher tax if it is not used for cultivation. “The financial crisis happened, but it did not affect us at all since we produce … Read more

The (R)evolution of Agroecology Future Farms as Ecosystems

Modern mechanised agriculture is already the most fossil fuel intensive industry. This feature will increase when, in order to feed a growing world population, we have to grow more than 50% of our food; as representatives of global agribusiness currently assert. Ethel Chiodelli explains why this is wrong and biased thinking, and why agroecology and small farms are the future of modern farming. If we shift paradigm, the problem becomes the solution. Between two paradigms: farming for money or … Read more

Ecovillage in China The Current Situation of the Second Home of Lifechanyuan

Last year, GEN started a campaign to protect the largest ecovillage in China, Lifechanyuan. But the authorities were stronger still. On April 1st 2014, the last two Chanyuan celestials withdrew from Yunnan, which means that the three branches of the Second Home of Lifechanyuan located in Anning, Chuxiong, and Lincang city have ended their development. The new place of the ecovillage is in the Gobi desert, 5000 km from their original location. With immense courage they start to apply permaculture … Read more

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Next to each entry you find buttons (on full page view), or little icons (on teaser view). They allow you to flag content by a single click in various ways. By flagging entries you are able to post them in your user profile or in a project presentation, store them in your toolbox or promote them in public listings. The flags set by you are visible in teaser or full page view, where you can simply un-flag them with a single click. … Read more

Duda sobre nuevo estatus de colaboradores

Hola, Supongo que esta es una duda para Coordinación Interna, pero como no estoy segura lo pongo aquí. Ayer me ha escrito Loris para preguntar porque no recibe los mensajes del consejo, y le expliqué como apuntarse. Pero luego me ha entrado la duda: ¿el proyecto de Loris es "colaborador" o es dentro del nuevo estatus de "amigos"... ¿Los "amigos" tienen acceso al Consejo? ¿decidimos si fuera "retroactiva" o no? Es decir si proyectos que antes eran Colaboradores y no cumplen con la … Read more

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