Earthship use solar power and carbon-zero technology and are made of natural and recycled materials. It integrates all elements with food production to assure a minimal reliance on public utilities and fossil fuels. It can be modified for almost any climate and comes in many sizes. It can also come in custom sizes. It has been built enough times that it has become a well oiled machine both in terms of performance and production. Biotecture, based in Taos, New Mexico commercialize it. It costs … Read more
No Till Gardening Avoiding soil degradation
The benefits of no-till gardening are therefore numerous: it promotes natural aeration and drainage, it saves water, reduces or eliminates the need to weed, it saves time and energy, it builds earthworm population and helps to reduce the soil erosion and to retain carbon. No-till gardening requires some experimenting to find the right techniques for each growing region but oneself can find a good documentation about how to apply principles of no-till gardening (Preparing the bed before adopting … Read more
Solar tunnel drier Using solar energy and green technology
Solar drying has been practised for conservation of foods for centuries and is particularly apt for production of high-quality products in agricultural enterprises. The appropriate construction guarantees easy installation as well as transportation. Without any reconstruction the dryer is suitabe for fruits, vegetables, spices and medical plants. Even under adverse weather conditions the operation of the dryer is reliable. Seasonal overproduction as well as over- and undersizes are processed to … Read more
Using Renewable Energy Building a stand-alone PV / Solar Home System with inverter and DC loads
A small system consists of 6 components: The (the) solar module (s) A, the charging controller B, the (the) battery (s) C, the inverter D when AC power is required, the AC loads F and DC consumers, such as 12 V energy-saving lamps.Please note that sufficient cable cross-sections in order to avoid losses. Two cables (+/-) lead from the solar modules A to the charge controller B. The charge regulator should be at least 10% higher dimensions than the maximum current of the modules is. Another two … Read more
Rejuvenating the essence of communty Sustainable Community Incubator Partnership Programme meeting in Park Istra, Slovenia.
19 representatives from nine European National Ecovillage Networks met in Park Istra in Slovenia, from January 18 to 22, to continue their work on the two-year Erasmus+ funded project “Sustainable Community Incubator Partnership Programme” (SCIPP). In October, the partners of SCIPP met in Torri Superiore in Italy for the first time to work on the outline of the programme. For the second meeting in Park Istra, Slovenia we started giving the framework shape and content.We carried out an … Read more
Retiro Yoga Naturaleza – Semana Sant
- Date: 23 – 27 March 2016
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Los Molinos del Río Aguas - Almeria, Spain
Yoga Integral, meditaciones en la naturaleza, conexión con los elementos, senderismo consciente, cantos devocionales “mantras” y más... Estaremos en plena naturaleza en el Paraje Natural de Karsts en Yesos de Sorbas, un Oasis en el Desierto. Todos los días de 8.00 a 10.00 realizaremos una sesión de yoga integral. Despues desayuno y un poquito de tiempo para descansar. Y hasta la hora de la comida diversas actividades como: meditaciones guiadas, actividades de contacto con los … Read more
Regenerative strategies for climate
Rice has been cultivated in the East Indian state of Odisha since ancient times, its fertile land and running rivers supporting paddy cultivation as the mainstay of its people. Odisha is similar to the Latin word for rice (Oryza) and some believe the name of the State derives from the crop known as Oryza Sativa, also known as Asian rice. Koraput is a district of Odisha known for its abundance of paddy fields as well as many varieties of millets, yam, and tuber crops, which are gradually … Read more
Construcción de un aerogenerador
- Date: 1 – 5 May 2016
- Languages:
- EnglishFrenchSpanish
- Location: El Perelló (Cataluña), Spain
organizado por la asociación francesa TRIPALIUM (http://www.tripalium.org/) Dónde: en El Perello (Cataluña), a 50 km al sur-oeste desde Tarragona, en una pequeña vivienda con un olivar, para complementar la producción de electricidad del sistema autónomo ya existente (placas fotovoltaicas). Cuándo: del lunes 2 al viernes 6 de Mayo 2016 Durante el curso vas a aprender cómo construir y instalar un aerogenerador de 1m80 de diámetro, de tipo PIGGOTT : varios talleres (madera, … Read more
Editorial Newsletter January 2016 Dear friends of ecovillages, dear ambassadors, members, allies throughout the world,
Two major crises of our time - climate change and the refugee crisis – are intertwining to reach historical dimensions. People the world over - and all beings of nature – are existentially threatened, with nowhere to turn to. Climate change, in the guise of a long-term drought from 2006-2011 was one of the factors that lead to the war in Syria. In the past three years, the number of people boarding rickety fishing boats – leaving Myanmar and Bangladesh for countries further south in … Read more
Diseño Informático en Permacultura
- Date: 3 – 5 March 2016
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
El objetivo del curso es dar una buena base tanto a los diseñadores de permacultura como a los que se inician por primera vez creando diseños tipo de fincas de permacultura mediterránea partiendo de cero, en la que aprenderemos a diseñar a la misma vez que manejaremos los programas informáticos que nos darán buen un aspecto visual de nuestro diseño. Son los primeros cursos monográficos que se imparten en el estado español para aprender a utilizar las herramientas software para proyectos de … Read more
