BEND Eco-Neighbourhood

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What we do

Bend has been designed using permaculture principles, and we value environmental sustainability, social diversity, food production, and energy conservation. Our homes include passive solar design, composting toilets, rainwater tanks, and solar hot water.
As a community we share conservation areas and certified organic agricultural land, as well as neighbourhood fire-fighting, photovoltaic, and greywater recycling systems.
Our neighbourhood house includes a gathering area, a kitchen, guest accommodation, and a communal laundry for all to use. We enjoy coming together for regular meetings (where we make decisions by consensus), monthly shared dinners, and the occasional party!
There are 18 households currently living at Bend, including 10 affordable rental homes, with 9 other blocks yet to be built on or completed; our growing community living on-site includes 24 adults of all ages, and 19 children and teens.
If you’d like to get in touch with us to find out more, please email: be****@******rg.au
If you’d like to build and live at Bend, there are a few lots currently for sale, email enquiries to: be****@******rg.au

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BEND comprises 10 hectares of land (previously farmland) adjoining the Bega River; however it is a 10 minute walk from the centre of town. One-third of the land includes residential housing, one-third earmarked for agricultural use, and one-third comprises a conservation area intended for reafforestation.
BEND includes affordable rental housing as well as privately owned lots. All tenants and owners of lots are members of the Neighbourhood Association and all share in the use and care of the greater land area.
BEND also includes a Neighbourhood House, shared laundry, dams, and orchard area.
A few properties are currently for sale at BEND – two vacant lots and one house plus vacant half-lot attached.
Please contact us at BEND for further information.

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11 years ago

Thai Massage course in Greece

4-11th July: Thai Massage course in Nea Makri, Greece A one week live-in course in Nea Makri, Greece hosted by Nea Guinea Course outline Traditional Thai massage is an ancient healing art that consists of a set of techniques developed in Southeast Asia 2500 years ago. These techniques are applied in order to stimulate and balance the flow of energy in the basic channels that run throughout the body and enhance the system’s potential for self-healing. Application of pressure along the energy lines and passive stretching, release nerve and muscle tension, activate blood and lymph circulation and detoxify the tissues. This workshop is a one week immersion in this traditional healing art, focusing on: – the correct posture and the synchronization of movement and breathing . – basic stretching and pressuring techniques (using thumbs, elbows and forearms) in prone, supine, side. Instructor Aspasia Rarri has been trained in Traditional Thai Massage, in Northern Thailand, by attending seminars and practicing with local teachers. Specifically, she has studied Traditional Thai Yoga Massage with Dot Po at the Sunshine Massage School of Chiang Mai and Advanced Thai Massage and Chi Nei Tsang (abdominal massage) with Ohm Rinraya in the Omsala School in Chiang Mai. For the last 5 years she has been working as a practitioner, immersing in this healing art with love and devotion. Since 2012, she has been organizing Thai massage courses in Nea Guinea and she has been coordinating the Alternative Healing Space, a project that has been developed with the collaboration of natural healers who are committed in diffusing natural healing practices and making them accessible to everyone, through open informative events and therapeutic sessions at very low rates. In addition, she has been practicing Yoga and Capoeira, in search of diverse methods and techniques to approach and explore in depth the complexity of the human body. Venue The course will be held in Nea
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13 years ago

Voluntari@s para la tribu Akiiara

Bon dia Gran Familia!! La Tribu AKIIARA estamos preparad@s para recibir y acoger personas que quieran venir a compatir nuestro “dia a dia Akkiara” durante los meses de julio y agosto. Hemos preparado una propuesta de acogida a voluntari@s que ahora comparto con vosotr@s. La tribu AKKIARA nace en la luna de Wesak de 2011. Vivimos en Arbucies, Montseny (Catalunya) y somos una tribu comprometida con el crecimiento personal y el acompañamiento a los procesos de vida desde el respeto y la conciencia. Nuestra base y nuestra fortaleza son la confianza, el apoyo mĂştuo, la autogestiĂłn y la conexiĂłn con la tierra. La propuesta de acogida a voluntarios es la siguiente: -La acogida se realizara durante los meses de julio y agosto de 2013 -Tenemos 3 focos activos de igual importancia, puedes aportar en cualquiera de los tres o en los tres: 1. Rehabilitacion, recontruccion y cuidados de la tierra y espacios. 2. Acompañamiento respetuoso a l@s niñ@s 3. Alimentacion -Concentraremos el trabajo en 3 jornadas a la semana de 8 horas, los dias lunes, martes y miercoles. El resto de la semana queda libre de trabajo y se funcionara por afinidad. – La planificacion del trabajo sera semanal y las personas que quieran incorporarse como voluntarios, agradeceremos que lo hagan en domingo, para poder asistir a la “Reunion de Planificacion” que se realizara cada domingo por la tarde. -Ofrecemos espacio de acampada, minimo para una semana, con acceso a cocina comunitaria y comidas cubiertas los 3 dias de jornadas semanales. El resto de dias puedes organizarte a tu manera y gestionarlo tu. -Los domingos tambien realizaremos asamblea con circulo para el cuidado y la gestion emocional, individual y grupal, de asistencia voluntaria. Agradecemos os pongais en contacto con nosotr@s y aviseis antes de venir, a traves de nuestro mail: tr**********@***il.com y los siguientes contactos: Maribel: 636358028 Gemma: 636124893 Gabri: 662242869 tribuakiiara@g

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