White Carpathians (Vrbovce)

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2010

What we do

Ecovillage White Carpathians (Vrbovce) is research experimental project founded spontaneously in 2010 by Petr Skořepa. The Project Ecovillage White Carpathians is located at the border of Slovakia and Czechia and is divided to Ecomuseum and Ecovillage which are about 5 km away from each other. Ecovillage Vrbovce aims at restoring traditional crafts and shows possibilities of more free lifestyle without installments, banks, mortgages and electricity bills.
The idea is that everyone deserves free living without dependences. Here you could have opportunity to see healthy independent buildings built from 5 000€ to 20 000€ of which some are self-suffiencient, with own clean and warm water, electricity and with use of modern technologies which makes work easier – all with respect to the environment. White Carpathians is focused on sustainability and evolution of villages. Besides, you can find here:

  • Cheap natural houses built with an effective approach from straw, clay, wood, hemp, reed, wool…with a long life evolution (Jurta, Sauna,…)
  • School and Workshops of Natural Architecture
  • Ecomuseum of crafts with shop where you can find homemade bio-sustainable products made through workshops or created by locals or experts
  • Workshops led by the experienced founder Petr Skořepa – in Ecovillage, Prague or Bratislava (in Czech or Slovak) where you can learn more about Rising-house, Bio architecture, Sustainable cities and flats, Self-suffiencient mobile house, transformation old windows to insulating windows or triple glass-windows, use of wastewater for toilet, clay plaster for 80 years, Composting toilets…
  • Volunteers working in Ecovillage thanks to Erasmus+, The European Union, European Voluntary Service and Iuventa, led by supervisor Petr Skořepa

Slavonic tradition (clothes, crafts, rituals) and spirituality have a place here too but most of time is devoted to practical work and life, courses and spreading vision: The path of self-sufficiency and sustainable future.

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  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Land-Based Communities
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  • Education
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2010
  • Started living together

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How to join

Because we had too many visitors and guests, to develop community and vision we had to limit time for people from outside. If you want to learn more or visit us, work in ecovillage or live in natural buildings, for first take a look on our websites for events and possibilities. (http://ekovesnice.cz/kontakty, Iuventa, European Voluntary Service, Erasmus+)

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  • Czech Republic

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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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Autumn PDC 2017 Greece, Tinos Island

Autumn 2017 Permaculture Design Course 23 September – 5 October (12 days, 80 hours certificate) Led by Andrew Jordan and Elena Symeonidou We are excited to announce the second FULL PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (PDC) that will be hosted in Tinos Eco-lodge with two knowledgeable teachers Andrew Jordan from Ireland and Elena Symeonidou from Greece. The Permaculture Design Certificate The Permaculture Design Certificate is an 80 hour theoretical course based on Bill Mollison’s Designers Manual, teaching how we can use today’s tools and technology to create a more sustainable world. Permaculture is not only about growing vegetables and animals, it is a whole sustainable lifestyle. Permaculture ethics are Earth Care, People Care and Return of Surplus and this is taught by showing students to focus on local resources and their local community, and to have well thought out design practices to create abundance sustainably. Andrew and Elena aim at inspiring students with their own very real examples of transforming their lives with permaculture in a contemporary context. Having worked in a broad spectrum of climate and social conditions, they will share with their students the thrills but also the challenges they faced. Oftentimes permaculture is being presented as a panacea for world problems and the road to resilience and abundance is depicted as straightforward and easy. Andrew and Elena will challenge this notion and try to prepare their students in a realistic manner for their own fascinating journey towards change. Nikos will share his hands-on experience of building the ecolodge and designing the energy, water, plant and waste systems. We will have the rare opportunity to discuss and elaborate on Nikos’ and Marilia’s choices on different aspects of their project, reflect on the challenges, opportunities and limitations. Anyone who wants to bring a big change in his life and gain a thorough understanding of how we can use our natural e

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