GEN could become the place to conceive a new paradigm of money. Jamie Brown (agent of Biomimicry in Switzerland), and Matthew Slater (an economy specialist), share about the background and proposal to create an exchange system of Ecovillages, and launch it at the July 2015 Ecovillage Summit at Findhorn, Scotland. Background: Why GEN Feels Poor Our money system is at the point of an evolutionary phase-change resembling the natural completion of a youthful growth period. Our global system … Read more
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Water Flows in Damanhur Permaculture Approach to Water Flows in the Tentyris Region of Damanhur
In Damanhur, the community region of Tentyris has a special relationship with water, honoring it as a natural force and enjoying an abundance of it on the lands. In 2011, a team from Tamera, Portugal, came to collaborate on the creation of a large scale water retention system of six lakes, that are now in use. In November 2014, a new Permaculture Design for Sustainability course was launched, focusing on developing the wetlands area of Tentyris as a continuation of the work of utilizing, and … Read more
Nurturing The Future; Bangladesh! The Ground-Breaking EDE ToT of Southern Bangladesh
Building Capacity and Empowering Communities project launched in 2013 aims over a period of 3 years to improve sustainable food security and livelihoods of vulnerable communities of Khulna and Bagerhat, through capacity building programmes and effective climate change adaptation strategies and interventions. The project is a cooperation between BASD, Gaia Education, CIFAL Scotland and funded by the Scottish Government. Its second year saw a group of previously trained community leaders … Read more
se pregunta de si tienen temas para llevar a la asamblea de invierno.
alguien tiene alguna sugerencia o tema para la asamblea de invierno ??? por favor lo diga. os dejamos un borrador con los temas que hemos recogido hasta ahora y que tb se aceptan comentarios B).- Temas para asamblea Amalurra Bilbao encuentro de invierno - temas informativos cortos: 1,. Alterra el encuentro de verano preparación. 2,. Proyectos europeos subvención: a) EVS patri se ofrece ayudar. Alguna novedad. Alguien a pedido. TONI marin queria comentar cuestiones. b) la … Read more
ASPECTOS QUE SE PREGUNTA COMO VAN ???? DE CARA A LA rie DE INVIERNO
- comprobar que ecovamos y couso esten en la lista de correos y no se si alguien mas. (jesus) y dar de baja a jardines de acuario. OK SE HAGA ???? - jonny preguntarle si ha recogido comentarios del encuentro de verano. * Yonnhy recoge sugerencias, propuestas y sentires para guía-memoria encuentro y envía por mail. - Preguntarle al cortijo si recogieron más datos del encuentro- - Toni de comunicación y Mónica de secretaría recepcionan bases de datos de LOS CORREOS Y TELEFONOS DE LOS … Read more
Piracanga: The Power of Youth Brasil: Piracanga – The Power of Youth
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
Local Organic Food Cafe
Our friends in Indonesia has introduced the concept of local organic food cafe, where they inspire and encourage young minds to design their own dreams. The place serves as a shared-space, where youths and experts come together to learn and create a platform for better future. For more details, contact: hermitianta@yahoo.co.id gthozy@gmail.com https://youtu.be/kr1jVYPBdeU … 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
Empowering Communities and Building
Communities in the delta area of Bangladesh are in grave danger of salt water inundation from huge tidal rivers that are increasingly breaking their banks. This can devastate villages, damage the simple houses and leave the locals struggling to grow crops in salinated soil. The Bangladesh Association of Sustainable Development (BASD), Gaia Education and CIFAL Scotland have responded to this dire situation with a 3-year consortium project. The project aims to improve sustainable food security and … Read more
Encuentro de invierno 2015
Hola todas. Me permito montar un hilo nuevo para empezar a organizar el encuentro de invierno en Arzentales. A mi me va muy bien pues si no lo hago ahora luego se me olvidan los temas a tratar. MIs propuestas , por ahora , son dos: 1.- Comentaros la propuesta del Servicio Civil Internacional para colaborar con la RIE y ofrecer voluntariado a las comunidades. 2.- Hay un grupo que se quiere presentar a la RIE. Contactaron conmigo y querían participar de la RIE. Su proyecto ya lo tienen … Read more
