Encuentros de la RIE

Our alternative cinema venue, Kaleidoscope (and home of Eco Village Voice), at Lot 66, Crystal Waters Ecovillage invites community members to nominate different nights to attend single presentations – approx 1 hour each. Also we will show selections from a few interviews at 7pm on Wednesday 12 Feb. Please email mi*****@*************ce.com

Tues, 24 March – Sun, 29 March 2015 This course teaches a sequential approach to designing an ecovillage/land-based community using permaculture design principles and methodology, culminating in small group designs which encompass each broad step. The course is designed as an advanced module for PDC holders as well as those well familiar with the concepts of Permaculture. In order to design harmonious human settlements which marry the needs of people with the needs of the land, we begin by learning attunement skills to sensitize ourselves to the natural environment. The ‘nuts and bolts’ aspect of this course will draw upon mature examples of some of the most successful international ecovillage-communities as our role models. One of these is our residential learning-ground of Tui Community. Course content: reading the landscape and site assessment, land selection and land tenure systems, internal zoning, siting buildings, collective infrastructure (eg water, access, sewerage), land caretaking, seasonal calendars, regeneration of wilderness areas, community-scale food production, and social systems. Who is this course for? – permaculture designers and developers – people living or preparing to live in land-based communities/ecovillages – community development workers who are engaged in land-based projects Pre-requisites: Permaculture Design certificate, or prior experience or study/reading of Permaculture. Main tutor of this course will be Robina McCurdy who brings extensive practical and educational experience to this course. Her teaching style caters for a variety of learning modalities, is inspiring, interactive, dynamic and fun. Cost: NZ$ 275/400/525 for registration, tuition & course materials, PLUS $175 for camping accommodation (in own tent/van or communal sleeping structures) and vegetarian food (3 meals/day). Prices are based on a 3-tiered sliding scale according to income & financial mea

This event shall take a form of lecture where students in my College are made to understand that if they do not do anything about the climate now, there will be no future for them. If we act as a community watching each other, the world will be a better place for us and our children. There will also be walks to areas that have been affected by climate change.

Un año más nos disponemos ha celebrar las jornadas de naturaleza que tanto nos han enriquecido personalmente. Primero agradecer a todos los asistentes pasados por su confianza y por todos los buenos momentos que pudimos pasar. Nuevamente pretendemos compartir con los que quieran los aprendizajes que nos esta mostrando la vida en contacto con el entorno natural y mostrar que este modo de vida es posible.. Este año incluimos nuevos talleres intentando aportar los intereses que nos han ido expresando los participantes en otras jornadas. Compartiremos la experiencia del grupo de panadería, reconoceremos las plantas de la zona y sus usos, el increíble mundo de las abejas, como se gestiona la educación y la crianza, rituales, las distintas alternativas dentro de la alimentación , sesiones de yoga matutino y vespertino y todo lo más que podamos ofrecer. Las jornadas se realizaran durante los meses de junio y julio en las siguientes fechas: Del 29 de Mayo al 1 de junio. Del 05 al 08 de junio. Del 12 al 15 de junio. Del 19 al 22 de junio. Del 26 al 29 de junio. Del 03 al 06 de julio. Del 10 al 13 de julio. Del 17 al 20 de julio. Del 24 al 27 de julio. Toda la comida que se servirá durante las jornadas sera vegetariana. Para las jornadas habilitamos una zona de acampada libre con una pequeña ducha solar, un fregadero y un compost-toilet. toda la informacion en:http://www.matavenero.org/jornadas1.html Dani