Bomigo Island - Ecovillage Transition Project

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Traditional
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 1900

What we do

The Bomigo community is an island comprised of around 1500 inhabitants in the coastal areas close to Anloga in the Keta district of the Volta Region of Ghana. It is a community surrounded by the salty waters of the Keta Lagoon, around 146 kilometers from Ho, with a final journey by boat the only way to reach the island from the mainland. Bomigo is off the electricity grid, with minimal access to public services – it is one of the poorest and most deprived areas of Ghana. The main occupations are into fishing and subsistence farming, and a large proportion of the economy in this area is generated by the process of fish-smoking, primarily done by women, and often with children in the near vicinity. The men also harvest the mangroves and sell as firewood for fish smoking in the local communities thereby depleting the mangrove ecosystem.
The Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solutions (ISEES) Department for Community and Ecovillage Development is working with the leadership of the community to support them in transitioning from into an ecovillage. Beginning with a grant support from the Canadian High Commission to introduce Clean Cookstoves for Fish smoking women groups to improve their healths and livelihoods, Lovans Owusu-Takyi, the head of ISEES and the Vice President of GEN Ghana is working to inculcate ecovillage principles into the community and helping them to transition into a full eco-community
The Bomigo Ecovillage Transition Project has been featured on Global Giving www.globalgiving.org with initiatives to use Education and Clean Energy to improve rural livelihoods and Health link here http://goto.gg/47397
Additional information:
https://challenges.openideo.com/challenge/2019-bridgebuilder-challenge/ideas/building-resilience-in-climate-displaced-island-communities-in-ghana/comments
https://www.ghananewsagency.org/social/bomigo-community-members-trained-in-alternative-woodlots-129733

  • Purpose
  • Traditional
  • Languages
  • English
  • Community type
  • Land-Based Communities

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 1900
  • Started living together

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Everyone is welcome to visit us and stay with us. Please contact Lovans Owusu-Takyi, Community transformation leader on 00233244108268 or lo*********@***il.com to link you up with community leadership

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  • Ghana

Bomigo Island - Ecovillage Transition Project

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13 years ago

Taller de energias renovables

Taller de energias renovables e inventos caseros (energĂ­as convencionales y energĂ­as naturales de siempre) Si estás pensando en simplificar tu vida y salir de la ciudad, este es tu curso… Contacto: inma.morales(arroba)gmx.net Se profundizará en los siguientes temas: – Paneles solares, molinos de viento, turbinas, inversores, baterĂ­as, etc. – Recursos naturales: sistemas de calefacciĂłn solar (muro trombe, masa tĂ©rmica, etc.). VentilaciĂłn natural (refrescar-calentar ambientes, fresqueras, etc.). Radiadores de agua caliente, bombas caseras. – InformaciĂłn practica sobre autoconstrucciĂłn referente a: cargador de baterĂ­as con bici-dinamo, bici-lavadora, radiador solar casero de agua caliente, bomba de ariete, bomba solar de impulsos, experiencias personales sobre la construcciĂłn de motor magnĂ©tico y otros inventos posibles. – Contaminaciones electromagnĂ©ticas: Agentes contaminantes (telefonĂ­a mĂłvil, sistemas inalámbricos, cables de alta tensiĂłn, electrodomĂ©sticos,…). Interferencia en los seres vivos. CĂłmo protegerse. – EnergĂ­a en los nĂşmeros: GeometrĂ­a sagrada, perfecciĂłn en las proporciones de la naturaleza. El taller esta pensado como una convivencia, un compartir, una interacciĂłn dinámica entre tod@s, más que como alguien que imparte y otr@s que reciben. Imparte Zenshin Giacchetta (Milán), monje zen, tĂ©cnico en electrĂłnica industrial y apasionado investigador de lo renovable, auto constructor con balas de paja. Colaboradores: Taller Karuna, ElĂ­as Klimberg y Samuel. Alojamiento en habitaciones de 3-4/ 6-7, (si vienes con tu pareja no podemos garantizar que os alojaremos en la misma habitaciĂłn). TambiĂ©n puedes montar tu tienda de campaña o traer tu caravana (la contribuciĂłn es la misma). L@s niñ@s menores de seis años no pagan. La alimentaciĂłn será vegetariana, los perros no están permitidos, lo sentimos. ContribuciĂłn Taller: 75 € Para las personas con problemas econĂłmicos existe la posibilidad de reducir el precio del taller.
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9 years ago

Zambia - Ecovillage Development Training

The Ecovillage Development Programme inspires communities not only to adapt to Climate Change but also to improve their quality of life and lift them towards resilience. GEN inspires local authorities and governments to include ecovillage development programmes in their strategies for the implementation of SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement. We have learned that, while there is no one way of being an ecovillage, there are 3 core practises shared by all: Being rooted in local participatory processes Integrating social, cultural, economic and ecological dimensions in whole systems approach to sustainability Actively restoring and regenerating their social and natural environments Together, we will Explore the ecovillage concept and the work and contributions of different types of ecovillages across the world Understand ecovillage development as a tool for climate change adaptation and reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals Become familiar with a framework for holistic sustainability grounded in decades of hands-on experience and design of resilient communities worldwide Practice participatory whole-systems design, using the Ecovillage Playing Cards Explore assets, needs and potential next steps of a group, project or community in each dimension of sustainability Select specific learning areas (demand driven training) e.g. community building skills, seed multiplication, social entrepreneurship, water catchment systems, etc. to dive into You can choose to join us only for the first week or for the whole training. Facilitation Team: Kosha Joubert, Mugove Walter Nyika, Linda Kabaira, … and more! More information and registration: re*****@************ls.org Phone: +260 978402378 700 dollars for food, accommodation and training materials for 3 weeks (12 free places fo
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18 years ago

Asamblea, 2000

A la asamblea constituyente de Madrid acudieron los siguientes colectivos: Amayuelas (Palencia), La Carrucha Cultural (Huesca), La Osa (Asturias), Permacultura Montsant (Tarragona), Valdepiélagos (Madrid), Matavenero (León), La Garrotxa (Girona), Vettonia (Salamanca), Jardines de Acuario (Murcia), GEA, Bajo el Asfalto está la Huerta (Madrid), Cosas de la Luna (Madrid), Mas Noguera (Castellón). No estuvieron en la reunión, pero manifestaron su deseo de pertenecer a la Red: Los Arenalejos (Málaga), Más Lluerna (Lérida), El Pardal (Jaén), Habioclima (Lérida), Valberzoso (Palencia), As.Macrobiótica PAM (Huesca), Equi-libre (Tarragona). En la reunión se decidió hacer una página web, que se instalaría en el servidor del GEN Europa. Los contenidos de la página incluirán información de los proyectos existentes y otras informaciones útiles para la Red y para las personas de fuera. Todavía pendiente de hacer. La Red tomará el nombre de Red Ibérica de Ecoaldeas, RIE. Se han hecho contactos con personas de Portugal que están dentro del movimiento de ecoaldeas y no han puesto ningún reparo al nombre, aunque consideran prematuro unirse a la RIE. De momento prefieren formar la Red portuguesa de ecoaldeas. Se decidió también formar parte de la Red Global de Ecoaldeas, GEN Europa, con la que ya teníamos contactos. La Carrucha (ahora Selba) lleva la coordinación entre la RIE y el GEN Europa. Ulysses informó de que el directorio de ecoaldeas estaba prácticamente terminado. Sólo faltan algunas fotos y algunos datos. Se recordó a todos los miembros de la RIE que contamos con dos revistas impresas, La Osa y GEA (a partir del otoño de 2001, GEA desaparece y tendremos en su lugar una revista de mayor tirada para la difusión de la RIE: ReHabitar). Por último se decidió que el siguiente encuentro sería en la ecoaldea Los Arenalejos (Málaga), del 23 al 26 de agosto de 2001.

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