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26 settembre – 7 ottobre 2014 Ostuni (BR), Italy Permaculture Design Course at Casinasettarte (Ostuni, BR) Docenti: Rod Everett, Mill Millichap Lingua del corso: Inglese A Permaculture Design Course is a 72-hour intensive hands-on course that equips you to learn and practice how to design your land and life using permaculture principles. Course Content Includes: Permaculture Principles Patterns and design Landscape analysis Building soil fertility Water harvesting Waste recycling Sustainable buildings Passive solar heating and cooling Rocket stoves Companion planting Nature observation Energy generation Energy cycling Transport Economic Nutrition and health Natural medicines Arid-Landscapes Social challenges Making music and dancing Design your land and life using permaculture. Rod and Mill are inspired by the natural world and will share a lifetime of knowledge and experiences for the benefit of others. Note: Deadline (for 40% Downpayment) is June 30th, 2013 Instructors Rod Everett is an organic sheep farmer in North Lancashire, England. His farm hosts The Study Centre of the Middlewood Trust, where many courses on sustainable issues are run. He is interested in all of the little understood properties and potential of water. Mill Millichap is currently creating a productive garden in the mountains of central Spain. His interest have included, forest gardening and fruit and vegetables, school gardens, and social and environmental activism. Per il programma e info: http://www.casinasettarte.org/ Costi: 450€ (sleeping in your own tend, includes all food) Info, Registrazione: Franco: in**@************te.org, 393488629254

Please join us for our monthly forming meeting! We are moving forward by gaining clarity on our finances, community vision, and analysis of locations to establish our community. Seth Mansur: ce*******************@***il.com

The Cloughjordan Ecovillage will host a Communities for Future local hub on the evening of Thursday 6th of February. Participants are invited to gather In the WeCreate centre to discuss the Communities for Future Summit interviews we watched, experience one of the webinars together, and discuss our response as a community to the climate and ecological emergency. The evening will also introduce and discuss ECOLISE’s plans for supporting community led action on climate through a new platform called ‘Communities for Future’, which will be launched later in the year. https://www.ecolise.eu/ ECOLISE, the European network for community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability. Members include international networks of community-based initiatives such as the Transition Network (representing over 1200 Transition initiatives), the Global Ecovillage Network (15,000 ecovillages), the Permaculture movement (3 million practitioners globally) ICLEI, the association of local governments for sustainability; and national and regional networks; and other specialist bodies engaged in research, training and communications to support community-led response to the climate and ecological emergency. Cloughjordan Ecovillage sees itself as a unique model of how communities can respond to the many challenges of climate change, building not just ecological resilience but also economic regeneration and sustainability. It therefore seeks to play an every more active role in facilitating learning and discussion about the challenges of transitioning to a low-carbon society.

El Centro de Formación e Investigación en Eco Tecnología de la comunidad Los Portales organiza un taller, en marzo 2015, para aprender a construir un AEROGENERADOR de tipo « PIGGOTT ». Hugh Piggott, su inventor, es pionero en la auto-construcción de generadores eólicos y experto en mini eólica. Ha desarrollado un aerogenerador sencillo, eficiente y sólido, que se realiza con materiales accesibles y herramientas básicas. OBJETIVO del taller : aprender a diseñar y construir su proprio aerogenerador Este tipo de aerogenerador se conecta a la red o se utiliza como sistema autónomo (carga de baterías). Se pueden construir aerogeneradores de 1,2 hasta 4,5 metros de diámetro de hélice (de 200 W hasta 2 kW). El taller se compone de 2 módulos separados, durante los cuales vamos a construir un aerogenerador de 4,5m. Es posible participar en los 2 o solo en uno : 1er módulo : de lunes 2/03 a viernes 6/03/15 2do módulo : de lunes 16/03 a viernes 20/03/15 Condiciones y Precio: Lugar : Finca Los Portales (taller equipado) – 
Castilblanco de Los Arroyos (50 km al Norte de Sevilla) Número de participantes : entre 10 y 12 personas El 1er módulo está abierto a todos los interesados, tengan o no una experiencia. Para asistir al 2do módulo, se aconseja haber participado en el primero, o conocer los fundamentos teóricos y prácticos de la energía eólica. Precio de cada módulo, media-pensión