A participative, contemplative, reflective, analytic and creative programme designed to accommodate applicants with interests in a variety of areas of leadership: Education for Empowerment; Personal and Spiritual Growth; and Community Empowerment. … Read more
This two weeks affordable Natural Building Internship will be held from the 16th – 30th November at Gaia Ashram in Thailand. This internship is ideal for those that are interested in building their own earthen home, for those interested in learning a variety of natural building techniques & for those that are looking to live a sustainable lifestyle. Throughout the two weeks we will have theoretical sessions and practical hands-on experience in natural building. We hope that participants go … Read more
A guided immersion in the life of the community Los Portales, founded in 1984 During this week, you will become part of a dynamic, diverse, multi-generational and multicultural group. You will get to know the essential values of the community, participate in our daily activities, experience a feeling of connectedness with each other, with nature and with life itself, and explore being at the service of the changes that the planet needs.Located in the heart of nature, LOS PORTALES … Read more
Join the founding members of the 8th Life Panama EcoVillage Project in rural Panama to learn how being a Permaculture designer can lead you to real environmental solutions, both locally and globally. Permaculture provides us with the tools necessary to live more lightly on our planet. Applying this design science to our lives and all our projects we can create the new (or perhaps adapt a very old) way of living that is needed if our species is to survive. We’re destroying ourselves and our … Read more
Learn the traditional craft of timber framing and gain the skills you need to build your own tiny house. Build a beautiful handcrafted timber frame on our course, no nails, just beautiful natural wood! Join our community of craftsmen and women in a fully-catered week-long course in Golden Bay, Tasman. … Read more
Los Portales organizes an experiential workshop on working with dreams, a tool to connect to your strength and integrate it, enhancing your ability to consciouly take part in the design of both your and the planet’s futures. … Read more
The activities shall include: 1. Tree planting, environmental conservation practices. 2. Speeches on child rights and protection and environmental capacity building. 3. Food and in kind donation to the children. 4. Community mobilization and resource mobilization 5. Round table dialogue on global issues and challenges. 5. Beach cleanup and roadshow on activities. … Read more
A week of Yoga, Art & Nature taught by Indian Yogini Prianca Shharma in an Offgrid Forest Village in South Goa, India. We’ve put together a very special retreat to unplug and reroot into the depth of what keeps us alive – Nature. … Read more
Curso de Diseño de Ecoaldeas (EDE) Diseño de Sistemas Integrados para la Regeneración 2X1 PDC+EDE Curso de Diseño en Permacultura y Curso de Diseño de Ecoaldeas. … Read more
Come for your Permaculture Course in Thailand, and experience Daruma ecovillage at our incredible location only 1 hour from Bangkok (BKK) airport, on the Eastern seaboard of the Gulf of Thailand. The Permaculture Design Certificate Course, widely referred to as the PDC, typically requires 72 hours of class and practical design activities, and has been taught globally for decades now to students all over the globe. … Read more
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