Yeryuzu Ecovillage

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About the Communities

Forming
Turkish
Social

Founding year

2008

What we do

Earth ecovillage is an initiative for experiencing an ecological way of life.
It was established in 2009. We work to farm our land with ecological methods to offer an alternative to conventional farming methods which harm the weather, soil and air.
Our goal is to be self-sufficient by producing organic vegetables and fruits, and to enhance the surounding environment using permaculture methods. We construct our village structures with local materials and ecologically informed architecture.
We are striving to make our village a place where people can feel at home, relying on help from our volunteers. Our door is open to anyone interested in these efforts. We prepare many courses and seminars about ecological way of living.
Participation is free of charge for all activities except for the trainings. We seek to fund all other activities with gift and donation culture. Our cuisine is vegetarian, but we don’t forget vegans.
ACTIVITIES IN 2017
WORKSHOPS
Home without toxic materials
Yeryuzu Repair Cafe
Harvest time in Yedikule district
Sabahat Yilmaz Swap Festival
City gardens
City Beekeeping
JOINED GREEN FESTIVALS
Kadikoy Ecological Festival-Kadikoy
Eco-Friendly Life on the islands and Recycling- Prncess Islands
Kilyos Environment and Art Days- Kilyos
FOOD RELATED ACTIVITIES
Food communities meeting in Eskisehir city for Community supported agriculture
Kadikoy Food Festival-Kadikoy
Seeds and seedlings distribution under City Garden project
Consumption Unions – Collects and distributes foods from producers to consumers in 4 different districts in Istanbul
SEMINARS
“Do I freely choose my food?” done in Kadikoy CKM
SYMPOSIUMS
Thermal Power Plants and Human Rights Violations-Kaikoy Baris Manco KM
2nd Food Communities Workshop with 500 attendees – ISTANBUL
ACTIVITIES IN YERYUZU ECOVILLAGE
1st multinational group activity in 10-18th June 2017
2nd multinational group activity in 29 July and 6th August
Gastro Garden Training Camp- Basiskele/Kocaeli
PRESENTATIONS and EXHIBITIONS
Never again Hibakushas
Citizen’s Power Plant-Kadikoy
RUNNING PROJECTS
Thermal Power Plants and Human Rights Violations- A visit done to SEYITOMER
Thermal Power Plants and Human Rights Violations- A visit done to ESKISEHIR
Yeryuzu Ecovillage: www.ekokoy.yeryuzudernegi.org
Founding Association: www.yeryuzudernegi.org

Address: Hasanpasa Mah. Sogutlucesme Cad. 196 / 3, Kadikoy-34722, Istanbul/TURKEY

Purpose

Social

Languages

Turkish
English

Community type

Intentional Neighborhoods

Commemorative dates

January 1, 2008

Started planning

January 1, 2008

Started living together

Membership

Not open to new members

Open to visitors

Open to volunteers

Total

20

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Location

Turkey

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Events

EDE France 2021 | Écovillage Sainte Camelle

We had to wait 2021, against all odds, to see the very first French EDE. How come it was only the 1st? Why never before? Well, we know why. FHF. This is why making an EDE in France was a tough challenge to take on. And yes, we did it! The group of participants we had for this EDE was so diverse that no clan emerged. It is quite usual that people gather by affinity in small groups but here, the entire group stuck together no matter what. The glue was really strong. Some personalities were more extraverted of course, but with a real care for other’s presence and voice. To the extent to become a real counter-power: if we made any facilitation mistake, if we failed to propose in the most careful way and if it felt like we were imposing anything, we would be immediately in trouble. We knew it came from a childhood school trauma for these people, who were very open about it. It was an amazing journey to navigate the facilitation process with such awareness. This context led to something incredible during week two: a very quiet voice, Pauline, protested against the fact that they had agreed to community agreements on the first day but now, she said, they had to review them by themselves and check if it reflects who they really are. We, as EDE crew members, opened a space in the program for them to take the time to do it. They used Sociometry, a tool taught to them before, to assess the agreements. They counted in percentage who agreed or not for each topic. They even discussed about the structure of the program and finally approved it. It was a very beautiful real-life example of self-empowerment. One of the most iconic moment of this EDE was the Derdian roleplay in which they completely immersed themselves for three hours. The participants playing the indigenous Derdians went in the forest and created another set of social rules to add to the existing 10 social rules, making it even harder for the engineers to understand them. Howeve

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EDE, South Odisha, India

Siddhartha Village [THREAD] is organizing an International Ecovillage Education Design Course from 10th Feb to 8th March 2015. This course is certified by Gaia Education and has an official contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005- 2014. For more details, contact: th***********@***il.com/ th*********@***il.com

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Curso de Permacultura

Curso Certificado de Diseño en Permacultura Del 8 al 26 de julio El Curso Certificado de Diseño en Permacultura de Can Bordoi, con 108 horas de teoría y práctica en casi tres semanas, es uno de los cursos más extensos que se imparten en la península – un aprendizaje de calidad, para descubrir, profundizar, experimentar y palpar la Permacultura con plenitud. La Permacultura, con su enfoque holístico, nos permite concebir y crear espacios sostenibles, productivos, bonitos, útiles y eficientes. La Permacultura es el diseño consciente de hábitats humanos productivos que tienen la diversidad, la estabilidad y la adaptabilidad de los ecosistemas naturales. Consiste en la integración armoniosa del paisaje y las personas, para proveer sus alimentos, su energía, su cobijo y otras necesidades materiales y no materiales de una manera sostenible. (Bill Mollison, co-creador del concepto de Permacultura) La Permacultura es allí donde un campo yermo se transforma en un bosque comestible, un huerto en una sinfonía de biodiversidad, una caja se convierte en horno solar, una ruina en una bioconstrucción de formas gráciles, una escala de vecinos en una comunidad intencional… Ven a aprender cómo diseñarlo y cómo hacerlo realidad en tu entorno. Durante los 17 días de curso aprenderemos los principios de la Permacultura, sus aplicaciones concretas, veremos cómo plantear el diseño y cómo desarrollarlo, tendremos tiempo para practicar en el huerto, para conocer varios proyectos de la comarca y aprender de los que ya tienen experiencia. Todo esto en el entorno privilegiado de Can Bordoi, una finca en plena naturaleza, con jardines y bosques, donde respirar, sentarse un rato, conversar, donde compartir música, y perfecta para liberar nuestra imaginación con un diseño permacultural. El curso se desarrollará en Llinars del Vallès, en una comarca donde proliferan las iniciativas y los proyectos, a apenas 45 minutos de Barcelona. Apúntate al CDP de Can Bordoi a p

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Empathic Leadership

An international training course on empathic leadership and deep communication skills. Our social competence is rooted in the possibility to offer empathy, to benefit from conflict and to create cooperation. Deep communication enables new forms of contact with ourselves, with the people around us and with the environment. It connects us with the context in which we act and supports integrative growth. In this training we will experience different approaches to non-violent and intercultural communication, deep ecology and Forum. Start of the training is 5 pm! Team: Dirk Adams & Ina Meyer-Stoll Costs: € 250-350 CF (income-based) + € 217.50 B&L/ST em*****@**gg.de