Hortus Cyrenaicus

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2021

What we do

From the first idea buying a “Château dans le Sud” to build an Ecovillage in the Greek Mountains, was “just a jump to the left – and then a step to the right…” End of 2021. Within a meditation session, there was suddenly a clear picture with the directive building a new “Arche Noah” for family, friends and similar minded people.
Finishing the talking and discussion round what mother earth and its children need and start implementing a vision, start doing positive actions for the nature and the people. What better place to start such kind of project than Greece, the cradle of Philosophie, Democracy and Humanitarian disciplines…
The name “Hortus Cyrenaicus” is related to Aristippos of Cyrene, a follower of Socrates who then built his own philosophical approach of “how to enjoy life”. There may have been misinterpretations that reflect on a hedonistic life style, but there could be also seen interpretations for living a “Happy Life” without existing “leadership” and unnecessary side impacts of “Civilisation” in harmony with the nature. This comes to the point: – A garden of a happy life… a place to enjoy life with family and friends in a clean and sustainable nature.
In 2025 we do have the goal to allocate residents for the 6 land plots (total about 1 ha land) who are interested to join the conception and who are ready to invest 40.000 Euro to compensate the costs of water and electricity preparations. As well as for the use of the land. These investments are scheduled to be used for expanding the territory of the Hortus Cyrenaicus for further residents in 2026 and 2027. The overall goal is to allocate 20 active residents in total taking over individual parts of the farm. Details will be agreed on individually with each resident.
We would be happy addressing this call to find potential active residents, Sponsors Donors and other supporters to bring the Hortus Cyrenaicus to an operational level, enabling us to contribute a little bit to the future of the planet.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Russian
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Activities
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2021
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2022
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
3

How to join

We are finishing now the complete electricity construction with 80 KW solar energy, 55 kw batteries, thermosolar heaters and a full water supply solar driven coming from 2 own licensed water drills. We have currently space for 6 families, couples or singles taking over an own piece of land and joining the community. We are not religious nor political oriented, but we are open for music, arts and cultural activities and do look first of all on the nature and the land to be in a good condition and to plant what we do need for living.
There is potential for new members taking over live stock, grains, vegetable production, bees, fish and many more things.

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  • Greece

Hortus Cyrenaicus

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9 years ago

Learn Permaculture Where it's LIVED

Setting. VerdEnergia Pacifica is situated in the mountainous region of Puriscal, Costa Rica. While the Puriscal area is largely deforested, we have worked hard to reforest our corner of the neighborhood and are happily situated in a lush jungle oasis with fresh spring water, lots of fruit trees and a few humble waterfalls. Our area is largely untouched by tourism and our local community embodies a true Costa Rican campo environment. Students have access to our facilities, including a yoga/dance studio, community library and a spring-fed swimming pool. Pricing. Course starts at $1775. A non-refundable $400 deposit is due upon your registration (this is not an additional fee). The rest is paid upon arrival in cash. We calculate course prices based on where you choose to stay, and what you choose to eat. A camping spot (with your own gear), full vegetarian (vegan optional) meals and daily yoga/meditation is included in the basic cost of the course. The price of beds (private and dorms) and meat with meals is additional. We are happy to offer a few subsidized or discounted spots to Costa Ricans and other residents of Central/South America. Please inquire here for information about discounts. Sleeping Arrangements. We have a range of accommodations available, including private rooms, dormitory beds, and camping spots. It is important to understand that our infrastructure is integrated with the surrounding natural environment; all rooms are open-air. • Camping spot (No additional cost) • Dorm bed (+$15/night) • Private room (+$30/night) We cannot supply tents or bedding for campers. Hammock space is very limited, so if you plan on bringing a hammock, please plan accordingly. Food. Each meal features farm-fresh, local ingredients, many of which are grown on the project site. • Vegan (No additional cost) • V
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12 years ago

Ecco 2015

CASA Continental Gathering ECCO 2015 23rd to 26rh June 2015 Ecoaldea AdeaFeliz. San Francisco,Cundinamarca, Colombia ec**@*************ge.org CASA – Council of Sustainable Settlement of America – (Spanish: Consejo de Asentamientos Sustentables de las Américas) – is inviting to its second summit by June 2015. in Colombia. ECCO2015 – (Spanish: Encuentro de CASA Continental 2015) will gather activists, community based leaders and ecovillage movements of Latinameric and the world.. ECCO will be focused on CASA’s internal structure enhance, as well as, fostering relationships among organizations, which articulate to conform a resilient network, capable to promote sustainable and pro-regenerative styles of living, in Latinamerica. CASA is working to wider the approach of its work and the impact of the initiaives articulated to the network: ecovillages, permacultural projects, indigenous, afrodescendans and traditional communities, econeighborhoods, ecocaravans and territories in transicion. One of the key allies for this ECCO2015 is the Latinoamerica Network of Permaculture. With this alliance we seek to offer better learning opportunities and build capacity among people leading and driving the different initiatives, and so, deepen collaboration among movements. When: El ECCO 2015 will go from 23rd to 26th June 2015. Some other related events are taking place, close to dates: 15-20 June – Latinamerican Convergence of Permaculture CLAP 2015, in Varsana Ecovillage, Cundinamarca, Colombia. 21 June – KIVA Ancestral Fire Ceremony, in Cundinamarca, Colombia. 22 June – Sacred Walk – Ritual March, in Bogota, Cundinamarca. ECCO from 23rd to 26th June.
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13 years ago

Taller de Yoga-Danza

Durante este fin de semana tomaremos contacto con un método de yoga, dinámico, que nos permitirá al mismo tiempo conectamos con nuestro cuerpo y experimentar el movimiento con fuerza y elegancia. Disfrutaremos de un entorno natural, en la Sierra Norte de Sevilla en el que podremos disfrutar tanto en el interior como en el exterior de los beneficios de esta hermosa técnica. Horario: sábado: 10:00 – 13:00 & 16:00 – 19:00 y domingo: 10:00 – 13:00 Programa: Las clases prácticas incluyen explicaciones teóricas que se interiorizan a través de la experiencia directa. El objetivo es proporcionar herramientas para profundizar la consciencia corporal mediante un trabajo de alineamiento y enraizamiento que conduzca a la libertad del movimiento creativo. Los temas que se afrontan son los siguientes: El trabajo de enraizamiento: “lo que está arriba es como lo que está abajo, para cumplir el milagro de la unidad”. La fuente de la fuerza vital y el trabajo de reconexión con este poder. El cuerpo como canal: la práctica de la autosanación a través del gesto. Escuchar y expresar las señales internas en forma de movimiento. El poder de las manos. La respiración: el control de la respiración como medio para controlar la mente y “puente entre la realidad densa y la realidad sutil”. Tomar consciencia de la respiración y de la relación entre respiración y movimiento. El ser humano como microcosmo: correspondencia entre las fuerzas internas y las fuerzas de la naturaleza. Las figuras de los animales, los poderes de los elementos y su relación con la experiencia personal y cotidiana. (Pràctica de serie de asanas dinàmicos con visualizaciones). El sonido como impulso hacía el movimiento: la improvisación del movimiento y el encuentro entre el espacio interno y el espacio externo. Margherita Bertoli es profesora de Yoga diplomada por el International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre (Neyyar Dam, India) y por la escuela Ashtanga Saadhana (Mysore, India); su formaciòn in

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