Elves of Armenia Eco-Project

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About the Communities

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  • English
  • Ecological
  • Nomadic

Founding year

  • 2018

What we do

Our project was established in 2018. Initially there was a 2 hectares land plot acquired. The project site is located in Great Dilijan area in Armenia – a very green and spectacular place. There is a river near to the site, also a rock for climbing and an Elves forest.
Now we establish/install infrastructure on it: water, electricity and gas supply.

  • WATER: water for technical use is taken from the river, there is also a rainwater collection system (we are about to make a filter to make it also drinkable). Drinkable water is been brought from a spring source located in the nearest village (about 1 km distance).
  • ELECTRICITY: we have established a small-scale solar electricity generation station with ~1.5 KW per day generation and ~1 kW storing capacity, which allows us to have light in the evening, charge phones and notebook and use some tools like grinder or drill during the day (we were very surprised identifying that it is more than enough for our daily activities). We also plan to have a hybrid system of electricity generation by using water and wind in addition to the sun power.
  • HEATING/FOOD MAKING: for food making we usually use both natural gas and/or firewood. Now we buy gas from a supplier, but we plan to establish a small bio-gas generation system. For heating we use traditional iron stove burning dried firewood we collect from the nearest forest. Water for the summer shower is being heated by the sun :)

The project will implement certain principles of natural resource management and good green socio-economic practices: No/Minimum Waste (Separate Waste Collection, Refuse-Reuse-Recycle, etc.), Maximum Diversification, Natural Aesthetics (Integration in Nature – green building, etc.), Cooperation vs Competition, Greater Value for Natural Products vs Money, Shorter Market Links (direct networking vs longer value chains), etc.

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  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Russian
  • Community type
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Spiritual Retreat Centers
  • Activities
  • Permaculture
  • Education
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Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2018
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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Elves of Armenia Eco-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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10 years ago

Con los Refugiados

Querid@s amig@s, Tenemos el gusto de invitaros al concierto que tendrá lugar el sábado 14 de mayo en el SalĂłn de Actos de la Casa de Cultura Carmen Conde de Majadahonda. Es un concierto con fines benĂ©ficos, cuya recaudaciĂłn irá destinada al proyecto de construcciĂłn de una Aldea de la Paz en Grecia, a travĂ©s de la asociaciĂłn GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) y de su proyecto refuGEN. RefuGEN es un proyecto nacido de la asociaciĂłn de varias ecoaldeas españolas, entre ellas Los Portales, y europeas para atender a los refugiados de Siria. Hasta hace pocos meses, su trabajo en Grecia se ha centrado en dos campos de Lesbos (Moryia y Pipka) donde mas de 100 voluntarios han colaborado atendiendo las necesidades de los refugiados y mejorando sus condiciones de vida. El reciente acuerdo entre la Comunidad Europea y TurquĂ­a ha tenido entre muchas otras consecuencias el cierre de los campos de Lesbos, pero las situaciones que vemos y vivimos cada dĂ­a nos mueven a continuar aportando nuestra experiencia en temas de desarrollo, sostenibilidad y convivencia. El proyecto actual es la creaciĂłn de una primera aldea sostenible (Aldea de la Paz) donde estas personas puedan convivir en condiciones dignas y ofrecer una posible soluciĂłn a un problema humanitario que se está desbordando. “La aldea de la paz” es una esperanza de vida en la convivencia, el respeto y la diversidad para muchos refugiados que huyen del horror causado por la guerra. Ya tenemos el lugar, el apoyo de las autoridades locales y un numero cada vez mayor de voluntarios para materializar este proyecto. Este concierto es una de las muchas acciones que se están llevando a cabo para financiarlo, ya que solo con la ayuda desinteresada de muchos podremos hacerlo realidad. Os animamos a que os sumĂ©is a nosotros en esta ocasiĂłn, asistiendo al concierto (si no podĂ©is asistir, tambiĂ©n se pueden comprar entradas

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