Alfonso Carreras

Born in Barcelona (1960) where I studied graphic design, photography, film, comics and finally videography and audiovisual communication and exercised as video artist for several years.
In 2001 I started a sustainable settlement project called the Base, in northern Catalonia where I built the first straw bale house to be inhabited in the Iberian Peninsula.
Through the eco building I entered the world of ecovillages and communities where I designed and released the Karavan Project, an itinerant and singular ecovillage who reported our sustainable development model giving more than 100 activities in this regard throughout the Camino de Santiago in Spain.
In 2008, some projects and The Base among them, founded the Iberian Ecovillage Network (www.ecoaldeas.org);
During 2009/2010 I’ve been studying Conflict Mediation, Progress Work and Group Facilitation with Gill Emslie and Anne Rhodes from Findhorn Foundation.
In 2010 I helped to design The Ecovillages Incubator Program. Also, some community tools for youth while I was working in Team Building camps for a British environmental organization specialized in Deep Ecology (www.easy-day.org).
For three years I was councilor of GEN Europe, bringing to reality several projects such as the Incubator Ecovillage Program (2012), the Emergencies Protocol, etc ….
Since the summer of 2014 to February 2017 I was a member of GEN International Board and Communication Officer at GEN Europe Office.
I am nowadays helping in the foundation and progress of the community of Arterra Bizimodu, Navarra, Spain. (www.arterrabizimodu.org)
Founder of the Karavan Project: www.comunidadkaravan.blogspot.com
Founder of the Avalon Project: www.ecoaldeaavalon.blogspot.com
Designer of the Avalon-school program and aim: www.avalon-school.com
Designer of the “Ecovillage’s Incubator”: http://sociocracia.org/formacion.html
Founder of The Base Comunity: www.labase2001.blogspot.com