Bomigo Island - Ecovillage Transition Project

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About the Communities

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  • 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

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  • Traditional
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  • English
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Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 1900
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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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Bomigo Island - Ecovillage Transition Project

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Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
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11 years ago

Curso BioconstrucciĂłn Fuego y Barro

Queremos ofrecer un Curso en el que aprender, experimentar y profundizar en algunos aspectos de la BioconstrucciĂłn, de manera profesional, familiar y cercana al mismo tiempo. En el curso Fuego y Barro trabajaremos elementos como: Estufas de masa tĂ©rmica, hornos de leña, estufas rocket, adobe,….. Aprendiendo a construir con materiales sanos y naturales, adaptados a nuestro hogar y necesidades; para obtener una mayor eficiencia, salud y calidez en nuestro hogar y cuidar en medio ambiente al mismo tiempo. Horno de leña tradicional u horno moruno. Aprenderemos sobre su funcionamiento, materiales y herramientas; y construiremos un horno de principio a fĂ­n: base, suelo, aislante, molde, cĂşpula, revoco, puerta y encendido. Obtendremos los materiales de nuestro entorno (barro del rĂ­o), aprenderemos a hacer adobe – cob para: modelado directo, ladrillos…. Estufas de masa tĂ©rmica. Incluye kacheloven – estufas rusas – estufas de mamposteria y estufas rocket. Las estufas de masa tĂ©rmica son altamente eficientes a la hora de convertir el valor calorĂ­fico de la madera en calor, consiguiendo una eficiencia que puede alcanzar alrededor de 90% comparado con un 20% de las chimeneas de fuego abierto. Estas funcionan por una combustiĂłn rápida de la leña, produciendo calor que se acumula en la masa tĂ©rmica y que va siendo irradiado al ambiente poco a poco durante más de 10 horas; proporcionando asĂ­ un calor mucho más agradable que el que producen las estufas convencionales. Durante este mĂłdulo aprenderemos sobre: – los principios de funcionamiento de las estufas de masa tĂ©rmica y rockets, – la masa tĂ©rmica – los diferentes componentes del sistema: cámara de combustiĂłn, laberinto, chimenea – adaptaciĂłn de una estufa convencional de hierro en una estufa de masa tĂ©rmica – principios de encendido y combustiĂłn – limpieza y mantenimiento. Practicaremos construyendo un modelo a escala real, aprendiendo las habilidades básicas de construcciĂłn para poder aplicarlas a la c
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14 years ago

Practicas de Eco-Construccion

Sunseed TecnologĂ­a del Desierto (STD) ofrece puestos de prácticas para voluntarios en el departamento de Eco-construcciĂłn durante el perĂ­odo comprendido entre Mayo y Noviembre del 2013 (con una estancia mĂ­nima de 6 semanas). El Departamento de Eco-construcciĂłn incluye una gran variedad de oportunidades de aprendizaje para personas interesadas en la construcciĂłn con materiales naturales locales como la arcilla, el bamboo, la madera del agave, la piedra y el yeso. El trabajo en el departamento de Eco-construcciĂłn incluye: – General: Diseño de estructuras de bamboo. ConstrucciĂłn de hornillos de masa tĂ©rmica. Building clay bread ovens. ConstrucciĂłn de hornos de arcilla para cocinar pan. Dry stonewalling. Piedra seca RenovaciĂłn de casas españolas tradicionales. Sistemas de recogida y filtraciĂłn de agua de lluvia. – EspecĂ­ficas: RestauraciĂłn y reforma de una casa para aumentar su funcionamiento bioclimático. InstalaciĂłn de aislantes. ConstrucciĂłn de escaleras y techos planos. Alicatados y enlucidos de yeso. Los voluntarios en practicas pueden apuntarse por un mĂ­nimo de seis semanas y trabajar de Lunes a Viernes. El precio son 95 Euros a la semana e incluye el alojamiento, la comida, conocimientos sobre bio-construcciĂłn y su puesta en práctica. Los voluntarios en Sunseed juegan un papel importante en la vida de la comunidad, lo que incluye las tareas de cocina y limpieza. Nos comunicamos en ingles y castellano, por lo que es un buen lugar para practicar ambas lenguas. Para más informaciĂłn no dudĂ©is en contactarnos o visitar nuestra página Web. Sunseed TecnologĂ­a del Desierto es una organizaciĂłn sin ánimo de lucro situada en el Paraje Natural de Karst en Yesos de Sorbas en el pueblo Los Molinos del RĂ­o Aguas en AlmerĂ­a. Se estableciĂł en 1986 y desde entonces, intentamos desarrollar, demostrar y comunicar mĂ©todos de vida de bajo impacto ambiental para reducir nuestra huella ecolĂłgica. La organizaciĂłn esta promovida por voluntarios, trabajadores y trastees d

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