Imece is a name given to traditional Turkish village-scale collaboration. For example, if a couple is getting married, villagers participate in the overall organization of the ceremony including, but not limited to, preparation of the celebration venue, food, building and settlement of the new house for the newly weds. Tasks are often distributed according to expertise and there is no central authority to govern activities. Imece is a voluntary (sometimes obligatory) activity, generally … Read more
Village Council/Council of Elders Decision-making in rural villages
Village Council/Council of Elders is the decision-making, executive, juridical and supervising body of the village governance. In the village council there are both elected and natural members. Elected members are determined according to universal majority votes for a five year period. Number of members vary from 8 to 10 according to the village population. Anyone who is literate can be a nominee. The village headman is also the head of village council.The headteacher of the village school and … Read more
Africa (GEN Africa): Integrated Land Use Design and Greening Schools
A solution provided by Mugove Walter Ngyia, Malawi Numerous communities in Africa are affected by critical issues such as hunger and malnutrition that still afflict millions of children in sub Saharan Africa. The education system does not really address this topic or support children and their families with the skills and knowledge to provide for themselves in an increasingly degraded environment. With his organisation SCOPE, the permaculture designer Mugove Walter Ngyia and his team have … Read more
Taller de Dragon Dreaming
- Date: 18 – 20 November 2016
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Espai Llum, Valencia-Barrio Russafa., Undefined
Taller de diseño y gestión de proyectos colaborativos y sostenibles con Dragon Dreaming Taller dirigido a personas que quieren aprender a diseñar y gestionar sus sueños y proyectos conectando con su creatividad de forma holística, cooperativa y transformadora. SOBRE EL TALLER Durará 18 horas repartidas en cinco sesiones entre el viernes, sábado y el domingo. Siguiendo una metodología vivencial se invita a los/las participantes a salir de su zona de confort, para explorar nuevos … 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
“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
Good Vibrations
- Date: 16 – 18 September 2016
- Languages:
- EnglishSpanish
- Location: Valle de Sensaciones
Music and Dance will guide us through the days... Allow yourself to express yourself through music and movements: flow, sing, dance and stay in tune ... We will invite for dance sessions with life drumming. Feel how the rhythm flows through your body. Let yourself be moved. It does not matter if you play an instrument or not. It does not matter if you want to dance or just be still. ... we intend to get in tune with each other and create our own symphony. "Playing in the orchestra of … Read more
Sociocracy Leadership Training
- Date: 9 September – 2 December 2016
- Language:
- English
- Location: Undefined
SoLT is an innovative way of learning sociocracy. Think of it as an immersion program in a ‘pop-up’ organization. SoFA provides the framework for that organization. That way, people interested in sociocracy can join SoLT and learn by doing what sociocracy feels like. Imagine you wanted to learn rowing – and then you attend a workshop where you never sit in a boat. This is different in SoLT. We provide boats for people so they can learn and do and practice at the same time. We’re right next to … Read more
Youth Ecovillage Design Education December 4th 2016 to January 8th 2017 in Auroville, India
The focus of the course: Discover the cultural heritage and richness of the Indian subcontinent. Experience one of the world’s largest & oldest Intentional Communities. Immerse in Pitchandikulam Forest as a host site with over 40 years of experience in Restoration Ecology and Integral Rural Development. Engage in personal self-exploration and worldviews by examining our connection to self and place. Investigate ecological experiments in Water Retention, Agro Forestry, … Read more
