Fiestas de Matavenero Mayo 2014

“Build a small wind turbine” construction course July 24th to August 2nd, 2015 A ten day live-in course in Nea Makri, Greece Learn how to build a small wind turbine and put yourself on the road to self-reliance Organized by Nea Guinea Small wind turbines ‘Nea Guinea’ has been organizing small wind turbine construction workshops since 2009 and has empowered many people with the knowledge of harnessing power from the wind. The wind turbines built in the workshops are based on the designs of Hugh Piggott, a renewable energy expert living in the off-grid community of Scoraig (Scotland), as described in his ‘Wind Turbine Recipe Book’. These wind turbines can be constructed with the use of common materials, simple manufacturing techniques and basic tools, providing a low cost small wind turbine that anyone can built. Hundreds of homemade small wind turbines have been constructed worldwide using these designs, and have proven to be robust, efficient, easy to maintain and quick to repair. Typical applications of locally manufactured small wind turbines are development projects such as electrification of village communities in the global south, educational projects in universities and schools and sustainability projects such as renewable energy electrification of eco-villages. Course outline During this one week course a 600W small wind turbine with 2.4m rotor diameter will be constructed from scratch, using simple raw materials like wood for the blades, steel for the mounting frame and tail, copper wire for the coils and neodymium magnets cast in resin for the generator. The wind turbine will be the product of enthusiastic team work, as we will work in groups focusing on woodworking, metalworking and generator fabrication, along with short breaks to share what we have learned with the whole team. Woodworking will involve hand curving the blades of the rotor using drawknives and spokeshaves, planes and chisels. Metalworking will involve fabri

Querid@s amig@s, Tenemos el gusto de invitaros al concierto que tendrá lugar el sábado 14 de mayo en el Salón de Actos de la Casa de Cultura Carmen Conde de Majadahonda. Es un concierto con fines benéficos, cuya recaudación irá destinada al proyecto de construcción de una Aldea de la Paz en Grecia, a través de la asociación GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) y de su proyecto refuGEN. RefuGEN es un proyecto nacido de la asociación de varias ecoaldeas españolas, entre ellas Los Portales, y europeas para atender a los refugiados de Siria. Hasta hace pocos meses, su trabajo en Grecia se ha centrado en dos campos de Lesbos (Moryia y Pipka) donde mas de 100 voluntarios han colaborado atendiendo las necesidades de los refugiados y mejorando sus condiciones de vida. El reciente acuerdo entre la Comunidad Europea y Turquía ha tenido entre muchas otras consecuencias el cierre de los campos de Lesbos, pero las situaciones que vemos y vivimos cada día nos mueven a continuar aportando nuestra experiencia en temas de desarrollo, sostenibilidad y convivencia. El proyecto actual es la creación de una primera aldea sostenible (Aldea de la Paz) donde estas personas puedan convivir en condiciones dignas y ofrecer una posible solución a un problema humanitario que se está desbordando. “La aldea de la paz” es una esperanza de vida en la convivencia, el respeto y la diversidad para muchos refugiados que huyen del horror causado por la guerra. Ya tenemos el lugar, el apoyo de las autoridades locales y un numero cada vez mayor de voluntarios para materializar este proyecto. Este concierto es una de las muchas acciones que se están llevando a cabo para financiarlo, ya que solo con la ayuda desinteresada de muchos podremos hacerlo realidad. Os animamos a que os suméis a nosotros en esta ocasión, asistiendo al concierto (si no podéis asistir, también se pueden comprar entradas

Deep Ecology & The Work that Reconnects is a course where participants are guided through deep learning processes based in the framework of the Work That Reconnects(WTR) by Joanna Macy that helps to gain insights into Deep Ecology philosophy. Deep Ecology learning process will help participants to reconnect with nature as the whole and start questioning and finding insights about who we are and our place in it. This course helps participants highly motivated to be part of the earth restoration story in their own unique way.

The School of Self-Sufficiency (May Workshop Weekend) Communal Camp-out, Learn new skills and get amongst nature for the weekend. This is a unique program that allows participants to learn 8 new skills over one weekend from a variety of self-sufficiency categories whilst camping out and experiencing community living at one of our farm or outback locations. We invite eight great teachers to come along and pass on their specialty skills and/or knowledge in a two hour session each. Some classes will be very high energy, hands-on and practical and others will be at a slow pace, relaxed and engaging, and there will also be plenty of time for socialise and have a great time with the other participants. This month…… – Bee Keeping – Earthships – Seed Saving – Home-Brew Ginger Beer – DIY Bio-Fuels – Tea Ceremonies – Making Rag Quilts – Natural Teaching and Learning Date: 30th May – 2nd June (All workshops will be held on the Sat-Sun. Friday and Monday are optional for people who want to come and relax on the property, set-up camp early etc.) Facilitator: Kate Marsh, founder of Creative Collectives Cost: $150 including 3 nights camping onsite and attendance to all 8 workshops. Kids under 12 free. Early Bird Tickets: $130.00 – ends 12th May. Where: Creative Collectives HQ, Lara, Victoria (45mins from Melbourne, 20mins from Geelong. Public transport available on the Geelong V-Line train) 1. Bee Keeping with Michael O’Connell Home Bee Keeping is becoming increasingly important as bees are suffering all around the world, which has a huge impact on our ecosystem. This workshop will not only providing you with a greater understanding of bees and their important role in the environment, you will also learn how to keep bees at home and get hands-on experience in preparing frames and extracting honey. 2. Earthship principles and Design with Rachel Goldlust Earthships are a great sustainable housing design established by the eccentric ga