A solution provided by Auroville, India Construction is responsible for the huge consumption of energy, electricity, water and materials. On the other hand the building sector has a great potential to deliver significant cuts in emissions at little or no cost. Buildings account for 18% of global emissions, or the equivalent of 9 billion tonnes of CO2 annually. According to the United Nations Environment Program, the emissions could double by 2050 during this time of rapid growth. With so … Read more
Europe (GEN Europe): Holistic Water Management and Water Retention Landscapes
Solution provided by Tamera, Portugal Humus and topsoil can absorb a large amount of water and release it slowly. In this way floods and droughts are prevented. But erosion has widely degraded both humus and topsoil in the landscape. In order to restore the water cycle, we need to enable rainwater to be absorbed by the earth even without the topsoil layer. Water Retention Landscapes are systems for the restoration of the full water cycle by retaining the water in the areas where the rain … Read more
USA/Europe (GENNA/GEN Europe): Soil Restoration and Carbon Sequestration using Biochar
The future starts with the dirt beneath our feet. Soil is the earth’s fragile skin that anchors all life. However, half of the topsoil on the planet has been lost in the last 150 years. Soil restoration is a major concern of farmers and of all of us who depend on vegetation. Soil restoration using Biochar (as with Terra Preta), is carbon negative by sequestering the carbon in biomass for thousands of years. Biochar incorporated in soils offers numerous benefits, such as improved soil … Read more
Training Superadobe. Earth bag
- Date: 22 December 2016 – 15 January 2017
- Languages:
- EnglishFrenchSpanish
- Location: Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, Undefined
(info en Castellano más abajo) ENGLISH INTENSIVE TRAINING IN BIO-CONSTRUCTION. SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE. EARTH-BAG Ecole des Sables, SENEGAL 22 December 2016-15 January 2017 Become an agent of change: another world is possible! Get your degree to build your own green home and spent three weeks with us in touch with nature. Constructions adapted to all types of climate. No prerequisite to participate. African Angara holding its next training in green building / Earth-bag together with … Read more
curso de bosques comestibles
- Date: 29 October – 1 November 2016
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Undefined
Aprende las bases de diseño para crear bosques de alimentos: 29 octubre- 1 noviembre Curso de Introducción al diseño de sistemas agro-forestales (bosques de alimentos) en Permacultura Caña Dulce, finca de 1,5 hectáreas, donde venimos desarrollando un bosque de alimentos desde hace 17 años. En 1999 empezamos de cero, ya que la finca llevaba abandonada 13 años cuando llegamos. Hemos creado y seguimos manteniendo un sistema agro-forestal con alta biodiversificacion (más de 400 variedades y … Read more
Construcción con Paja y Tierra
- Date: 11 – 16 April 2017
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Can Cases (Castelví de Rosanes, Barcelona), Spain
¿QUÉ Y PARA QUIÉN? Descripción Curso: Este curso está pensado para personas que no tienen gran experiencia con la construcción con paja, y tienen interés en construir con un sistema de “relleno”; es decir, que se hace un ESTRUCTURA que carga con el peso del tejado, y se rellena con paja para el cerramiento y aislamiento del edificio. En la práctica, aprenderemos todo lo básico sobre construcción con Paja revoques de tierra arcillosa: elegir, medir y manipular balas como … Read more
“Permaculture Design Certificate”
- Date: 3 – 15 November 2016
- Language:
- English
- Location: Kin Kin, Queensland, Australia., Australia
The Noosa Forest Retreat Permaculture course on Australia’s beautiful Sunshine Coast will include the standard “Permaculture Design Certificate” (PDC) curriculum as created by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren This is a globally recognised education course on sustainable living design. This includes valuable hands on practical exercises plus experience with permaculture principles and systems including - animal systems, super compost making, swale design and implementation for water … Read more
Clay Construction
- Date: 2 – 4 September 2016
- Languages:
- EnglishSpanish
- Location: Valle de Sensaciones, Andalucia, Undefined
At this workshop we will be taking a glance to the characteristics of this construction material and on the construction techniques used all over the planet. We deal with many tricks and maybe some additives to enhance its characteristics. We will explain all the steps: How to get it, to rate it, to mix it, to use it and to decorate it. We will be also dealing wit lots of constructive elements and their fabrication with clay: floor, walls, ceilings; seats, ovens and even bathtubs. It is … Read more
NextGENOA EDE
- Date: 2 October – 6 November 2016
- Language:
- English
- Location: Gaia Ashram in Thailand, Thailand
We will be bringing together ± 25 active youth from the Asian & Oceania regions for an intensive one month training in Ecovillage Design … Read more
30 años de Sunseed
- Date: 15 – 23 October 2016
- Languages:
- EnglishSpanish
- Location: Los Molinos del Rio Aguas, Almeria, Spain
En octubre celebramos 30 años aprendiendo, construyendo, y compartiendo en Sunseed – y estáis invitad@s! Estamos preparando una semana de actividades especiales: yoga, meditación, talleres de bioconstrucción, cocina solar y mucho más...se puede ver el programa provisional aqui Voluntari@s y amig@s nuevos y antiguos están muy bienvenid@s – recomendamos reservar con anticipación para no perder vuestra plaza! Habrá días de puertas abiertas para quienes no pueden asistir toda la … Read more
