Claytor Nature Study Center

Global Ecovillage Network logo with a turtle and leaf design.
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About the Communities

  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2010

What we do

The CNSC is a former farm in rural Bedford County, VA, USA. It was given to Lynchburg College in 1998 for use as an environmental education and research center. Our mission is to 1) enrich the learning experience about nature through education and research, 2) to demonstrate and promote sustainable human-environment interactions, and 3) to preserve and enhance the diversity and function of ecosystems. We serve approximately 1000 Lynchburg College students faculty and staff, 1000 adult lifelong learners from the regional community, and 1000 K-12 children, each year, with high quality environmental education and outdoor nature experiences. Our Eco-Village will provide versatile residential lodging via 8, ca. 600 square foot cabins, each demonstrating a different green building technology or material. All tied together into a village by attractive outdoor living areas, rainwater capture and reuse, solar and other alternative energy. Residents will be both short- and long-term students and guests of Lynchburg College. The transient nature of this population will make the goal of a sustainable food system a challenge. We will complete the local permitting process and begin construction of the EcoVillage in 2011.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Activities
  • Ecological Restoration
  • Education

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2010
  • Started living together
  • Open to visitors
Total
25

How to join

Non-working Guests welcome, Work Exchange welcome, Volunteers welcome,

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Location

  • United States

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  • Events
10 years ago

Seeds and seedlings exhange days

Seeds and seedlings exhange days Event program: -Announce starts: 01/03/2016 -Registration finish: 08/04/2016 -Location meetings: Location meetings will be held in several locations: KADIKOY : 09/04/2016 in Yeryuzu Association at 12:00-14:00 – Hasanpasa mah. Sogutlucesme Cad. No: 196/3 MERTER : 10/04/2016 in Karsi Kapi Association at 12:00-14:00 – Mete Sok. Baris Apt. B Blok No:8/6D TAKSIM : 16/04/2016 in Ek Bic Ye Ic at Gumussuyu Mahallesi, Inonu Cad. No 9/A, Beyoglu BOSTANCI : 17/04/2016 in Tohum Parki at 12:00-13:00 – 50 meter to the East direction from Bostanci Ferry Pier USKUDAR : 30/04/2016 in Kuzguncuk Bostani at 12:00-13:00 – Kuzguncuk LEVENT : 08/05/2016 in Kahve Dunyasi in Levent Carsi -12:00-13:00- Levent – Seeds and seedlings exhange day: 22/05/2016 in Yeryuzu Association at 12:00-14:00 – Hasanpasa mah. Sogutlucesme Cad. No: 196/3 Detailed info (Turkish): http://yeryuzudernegi.org/projedetay.php?id=51 Coordinators: SULE GONULSUZ sulegonulsuz@hotmail.com NURIYE KAYALI kayalinuriye@gmail.com We use local seeds and we provided those seeds from people who make organical farming. After we procure those seeds, we put them on a cycle. We organized “Seed Exchange Days”, where people could meet and exchange their seeds, their knowledge and experiences. We tried to take it one step further and we are trying to categorize the seeds. For example, -there is a bean seed. But which type of bean seed is it? Or we try to categorize the seeds according to their durabilty in which city they could grow. We believe that all the seeds in the World are people’s seeds and we want to share them with everyone.
  • Events
11 years ago

Ecotratamiento de Aguas Residuales

Agua es vida, el recurso más importante de todos. Desde la perspectiva de Sunseed como un centro educativo sobre la vida de bajo impacto nos gustarĂ­a ofrecerles un curso para aprender, profundizar e intercambiar los conocimientos teĂłricos y prácticos sobre el cuidado de agua. El curso va a estar enfocado principalmente en el tema de saneamiento ecolĂłgico de aguas residuales, cubriendo a la vez los aspectos teĂłricos de potabilizaciĂłn de agua y aprovechamiento de agua lluvia. Vamos a aprender como diseñar y construir un sistema completo de tratamiento de aguas grises a travĂ©s de la construcciĂłn de humedales artificiales de flujo subsuperficial, en cuales se trata de la utilizaciĂłn de plantas acuáticas para depurar las aguas residuales que han tenido un tratamiento primario. Los humedales artificiales son canales de gravilla sembrados con las plantas depuradoras, han sido aplicadas y debidamente reguladas en varios paĂ­ses de Europa y ofrecen una alternativa sana y segura tanto para autogestionar los recursos de agua como poder reutilizar agua tratada en un hogar. Usando herramientas como power point, videos y charlas vamos a aprender sobre el diseño y aspectos claves para tener en cuenta construyendo nuestro sistema casero. En tiempo libre vamos a divertirnos con juegos, mĂşsica y baños en una poza cercana. El curso va a estar dividido en partes teĂłricas y prácticas. La parte práctica va a incluir – Diseño de un sistema completo de tratamiento de aguas residuales – las tuberĂ­as, tratamiento primario (trampas de grasa y tanques sĂ©pticos), tratamiento secundario (Humedales Artificiales de Flujo Subsuperficial), riego con aguas grises. – ConstrucciĂłn de una trampa de grasa como el tratamiento primario – PreparaciĂłn de un humedal artificial de flujo horizontal – impermeabilizaciĂłn y conexiones. Parte teĂłrica va a cubrir la introducciĂłn a la potabilizaciĂłn de agua y aprovechamiento de agua lluvia. Para mejorar nuestra experiencia educativa vamos a definir los aspec

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