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Curso Permacultura Integral en Red

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Persona de contacto: Esther 633675829 Fecha límite de inscripción: 15 de Julio de 2015 Podrás participar de los diseños dentro de las diferentes áreas, ya sea en las etapas de visión, planificación, ejecución y/o evaluación. Las áreas son Huerto, Jardinería, Animales, Cocina, Educación, Gestión Integral, y Asociación. Ejemplos de diseño: Elaboración y manufactura de alimentos. Organización y mantenimiento del Huerto, Jardines y Animales. Visión de un vivero. Integración en la … Read more

Low cost public composting toilets Completely contained composting toilet and leachate processing system

Regions: GEN Fertile Crescent, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Green Building
  - Seeds, Food & Soil
  - Water Cycles

The four Center for Creative Ecology at Kibbutz Lotan composting toilets has provided a no-water sanitary solution for human excreta for upwards of tens of thousands of visitors since 2008. Excreta, poo, urine and toilet paper, drop into off-the-shelf and augmented municipal 120 liter waste bins. Users add a cup of dry organic material (chopped straw, leaves). The toilet seat is a 40 cm diameter plastic culvert pipe which extends below the floor. The bottom of the pipe connects to a flexible … Read more

Arid lands brackish water farming Utilizing non potable brackish water for organic farming in desert and drylands climates with no soil

Region: GEN Fertile Crescent

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Seeds, Food & Soil
  - Water Cycles

The Southern Arava desert, between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea gulf port cities of Aqaba, Jordan and Eilat, Israel, has on average 15 mm of rain per year. Well water has salt (Sodium) concentration of 600 to 2000 mg/L (WHO/EU drinking water upper limit of Na+ 200 mg/L). Land is either hard packed, rocky alluvium or pure sand. Industrial monoculture growing of a limited variety of vegetables in the region uses drip irrigation and high inputs of liquid industrial fertilizers. The Center for … Read more

From Apartheid to Ecovillages TEDx - Findhorn by Kosha Joubert

July 1, 2015

In this 17 min TEDx Findhorn talk Kosha Anja Joubert reminds us of the future we dream of and how people all across the globe are building it now, following their inner values, focussing on life as a whole and rebuilding the connections that have been broken. We can regenerate the soil, replenish depleted water tables and reconnect in community. We can do this and so much more when we come together and marry our love for the planet with our need to make a living. We can serve life. This is … Read more

Remembering the future gardens Gardening along the Coromandel Coast

Region: GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
- Culture
  - Nature Connection
- Integral Design
- Ecology
  - Ecosystem Restoration
  - Seeds, Food & Soil

To practise a different sort of gardening ,inwardly planting fields of sincerity ,outwardly being clever enough to catch the smallest of rains.... to gain knowledge through doing acts that involve touching matter of all shapes and sizes and which can lead one to be able to see clearly.... To Create models that speak for themselves, that sing songs self evident in their simple clarity. … Read more

“SORBE” (Cementing locally) Drying harvest in a healthy environment

Regions: GEN Africa, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
- Culture
  - Art & Celebration
- Ecology
  - Seeds, Food & Soil
- Economy

Food Quality Control … Read more

Rocket stove with chimney Using less firewood

Regions: GEN Africa, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Seeds, Food & Soil

Healthy Beings, Better life for women and reduced use of wood fuel … Read more

Compressed, Stabilised Earth Blocks An appropriate technology for building and construction in developing countries

Regions: GEN Africa, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Green Building

Sandele Eco-Retreat and Learning Centre was constructed with low embodied energy and a small ecological footprint using an imported compressed, stabilised earth block (CSEB) machine. The machine is highly versatile (70 different shapes and sizes of blocks can be made); it is portable (transferable on the back of a pick up); it is manually operated (no electricity or generator needed); it generates employment (8 people employed per machine); it uses 2½ less cement than locally made blocks; it is … Read more

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