Nara Nalinii Pais recently visited Piracanga, an ecovillage, community and human development centre in Bahia, Brazil, where she spoke with co-founder, Angelina Ataide. It started as a spontaneous conversation in which Nalinii shared her experience of Findhorn, and Angelina shared her story of Piracanga. Nalinii was so inspired by this exchange, that she felt compelled to write this article about their amazing meeting. “Four years ago there was nothing here but sand and a few sickly palm … Read more
A Leap Forward From nettle production to handcrafting
Rural Women and economic well being is often regarded as an unrelated topic especially in a patriarchal society like Nepal. In this context, when village women gather together to empower themselves through their individual effort, it is worth a story to tell. Women of Sankhuwasabha, one of the rural mountainous areas of Nepal, are becoming empowered and economically stable through their own effort. The source of their empowerment is “Nettle Production”, also known as Allo in Nepali. These … Read more
Design Ecovillages & LB Communities
- Date: 23 – 28 March 2014
- Language:
- English
- Location: New Zealand
Tues, 24 March – Sun, 29 March 2015 This course teaches a sequential approach to designing an ecovillage/land-based community using permaculture design principles and methodology, culminating in small group designs which encompass each broad step. The course is designed as an advanced module for PDC holders as well as those well familiar with the concepts of Permaculture. In order to design harmonious human settlements which marry the needs of people with the needs of the land, we … Read more
Ecovillage Design Education Latvia,
- Date: 15 September 2015
- Language:
- English
- Location: Jejas Variceni, Latvia
The Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course is a programme of GEN partner, Gaia Education. The curriculum was developed over a number of years by a group of Ecovillage educators from around the world calling themselves GEESE (Global Ecovillage Educators for Sustainable Earth). Launched in Findhorn in 2005, the Ecovillage Design Curriculum is an official contribution to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development http://ede-smiltene.blogspot.com/p/contact.html … Read more
Ambientes y materiales Montessori
- Date: 25 – 29 December 2014
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Spain
Para aquellas personas involucradas en el acompañamiento en proyectos de educación formal, alternativa o educación en casa. … Read more
¿Necesitáis voluntarios?
- Languages:
- EnglishSpanish
- Location: Spain
¿Necesitáis voluntarios para impulsar vuestros proyectos? Nos gustaría apoyaros!! La organización Servicio Civil Internacional estamos buscando proyectos, iniciativas y asociaciones locales que necesiten del apoyo humano de voluntarios durante un corto periodo de tiempo (entre 10 y 15 días). Los proyectos pueden ser medioambientales, sociales, culturales, de dinamización rural, bioconstrucción, ecoaldeas, y todos los proyectos sin ánimo de lucro que sean en beneficio de la comunidad que … Read more
100 Million Nanonations the emerging cultural evolution
A superstition is an easy-to-understand concept that has no basis in reality. Believing a superstition blocks the perception of more useful possibilities. But superstitions are not called superstitions until they are recognized as superstitions. Before then they are regarded as the truth. A superstition that participants in modern culture have not yet identified as a superstition is “the nation-state.” This superstition became popular in the 1800s as a win-lose game (“If you get the resources … Read more
La RIE en Biocultura Madrid
- Date: 12 – 15 November 2014
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Spain
Un año más la Red Ibérica de Ecoaldeas estará presente en Biocultura Madrid del 13 al 16 de noviembre en IFEMA. La RIE participará dentro de Construyendo en RED, un espacio que reúne varias entidades, organizaciones y grupos para proponer alternativas para el cambio social. Puede encontrar todas las charlas aquí: http://www.ecohabitar.org/construyendo-en-red-biocultura-madrid-2014/ … Read more
Gaia Ashram Internship
- Date: 5 January – 6 February 2015
- Language:
- English
- Location: Nong Khai, Thailand, Thailand
The Pioneers of Gaia Ashram , 5th of July– 2nd of August 2015 The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep Ecology. The internship will be a holistic participatory learning experience & process. Interns will experience being part of the Gaia Ashram Community and we will live together for one month at– Gaia Ashram-. At Gaia Ashram we belief in holistic learning that balances the head, hands & heart. Gaia Ashram encourages participatory … Read more
National Cohousing Conference 2015
- Date: 28 – 30 May 2015
- Language:
- English
- Location: Durham Convention Center - Durham, NC, United States
This Year's Conference promises an amazing lineup of offerings, from innovative approaches to developing new and affordable communities, to potent ways to enhance our vibrant communities. We will cover cohousing basics as well as hot topics in sustainability, community building, and the evolving definition of cohousing. Our “next generation theme” will explore the new wave of urban, senior and agricultural communities, check-in with our now-adult children of cohousing, and celebrate … Read more
