Events - Global Ecovillage Network

Curso Certificado Diseño Permacultur

Date: 15 – 24 March 2017
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Location: Ubicación Sede: Centro Ecoturístico del Lago www.centroecoturisticodellago.com Carretera Huasca - San Miguel Regla Km 2, San Miguel Regla, Huasca, Hgo. Ubicación: https://goo.gl/maps/fTr7T, Mexico

PERMACULTURA es un sistema integral basado en varias ciencias que se enfoca en diseñar entornos autosustentables y crear procesos regenerativos, ambientales y sociales. ¡Forma parte del proyecto de restauración planetaria más grande en la historia de la humanidad! APROVECHA LA PROMOCIÓN Ven a vivir la experiencia, a aprender una de las disciplinas más ricas, completas y propositivas que está creando e impulsando movimientos de regeneración ambiental y social en todas las escalas y en todos … Read more

Gaia Ashram Teacher Internship

Date: 4 June – 1 October 2017
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Location: Thailand

Are you a Permaculturalist? Ecovillage Designer? Deep Ecologist? Builder? Gardener? Natural product maker? Healer? Herbalist? Nutritionist? Shaman? Dancer? Artist? Yogi & Yogini? Are you looking for a community to live to practice your knowledge and skills, a space to share your knowledge and skills with others, a place to use your knowledge and skills to create positive impact on earth? Then, you might be interested in this program! What is Gaia Ashram Teacher Internship … Read more

Curso de eco-construcción en Sunseed

Date: 14 – 27 January 2017
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Location: Los Molinos del Rio Aguas, Sorbas, Almería, Spain, Spain

Curso desde el 15 hasta el 28 de enero 2017 Llegada el 15 de enero (domingo) 17:00 Salida el 28 de enero (sabado) 10:00 Sobre el curso El curso intensivo (10 dias) de eco-construcción con barro es una experiencia de aprendizaje que mezcla la práctica con unas sesiónes teoricas. Durante el curso proponemos de construir una caseta con tierra y paja - desde los cimientos hasta el tejado. Se va a aprender como se hace una mezcla de barro perfecta, como construir con esta, como construir … Read more

Passive Solar Greenhouse Produce More Food Locally With Less Energy

Region: GENNA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Green Building
  - Renewable Energy & Transport
  - Seeds, Food & Soil

Groundswell Community Network in British Columbia, Canada have constructed a passive solar greenhouse that greatly extends the growing season for a wide range of crops and reduces energy consumption to a minimum. The north side of the building is insulated and built with a high thermal mass to store heat and the glazed structure is placed on the south side. Surplus heat collected during the day is feed into a heat store beneath the floor. There are also photo-voltaic and solar thermal panels … Read more

Warka Water Tower Harvesting Water from Rain, Fog and Dew

Region: GEN Africa

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Green Building
  - Water Cycles

Arturo Vittori and his team at Architecture and Vision have created an iconic bamboo tower structure that can harvest water from rain, fog and dew. People have been using the principal for centuries building high-stone structures, air wells that gather moisture from the air and funnel it into a basin for collection. The WarkaWater functions in much the same way, using mesh netting to capture moisture and direct it into hygienic holding tank accessed via a spout. However, the new design is of … Read more

Hempcrete Hemp Fibre Mixed with Lime Forms Eco Structures

Region: GEN Europe

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Green Building

The stalks of hemp plants combined with lime have been used to create an ecological efficient wall structure that locks up carbon and provides good insulation and moisture control. A growing band of pioneers have built their homes with this promising and innovative construction that is now being seriously considered as a viable option by main stream housing providers. … Read more

Rocket Mass Heater An efficient solution for heating

Regions: GEN Europe, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Green Building
  - Renewable Energy & Transport

Rocket Mass Heaters (RMH) are energy-efficient burners used for heating, and are usually assembled from recycled and/or natural materials. RMH's use about 80% less wood than 'regular' wood burners/fireplaces Advantages of RMH: * Relatively easy to build, you don't need to have high engineering skills * Energy-efficiency - uses significantly less wood * Eco-freindly - less pollution, can be made of recycled and natural materials * Beautiful & aesthetic! Read more about how RMH works and how … Read more

Tiny Houses Building Small Houses on a Trailer

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Green Building
  - Renewable Energy & Transport

The housing crisis has forced many to find imaginative solutions to housing themselves but it has also provided an opportunity for low impact living by thinking small and compact. The tiny house movement founded in the US uses vehicle trailers as the foundation around which a home is constructed. The limitations of size means that compact arrangements need to found resulting in a home that uses less raw material and less energy to run. … Read more

Masdar City Abu-Dhabi's Sustainable City Project

Regions: GEN Fertile Crescent, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Green Building
  - Renewable Energy & Transport

Abu Dhabi has among the highest per capita energy consumption on the planet but Masdar City has been planned and developed to utilise the abundant solar power potential and uses enhanced traditional design practices to create natural cooling. The city is surrounded by walls that exclude hot desert winds, Streets are short and narrow and angled to provide maximum shade and a 45m high wind tower captures cooler breezes and directs them into the streets. This results in an impressive 15 to 20 … Read more

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