Presentamos la tercera edición de el Boletín Sustentable del Consejo de Asentamientos Sustentables de América Latina. En esta ocasión la Educación es el tema central de esta edición. Lee, disfruta y comparte este boletín! Click en la imagen para ver Boletín: Boletín CASA latina Abril 2016 by Andrés Boa Vida on Scribd … Read more
Latin America
GEN Latin America A Year in Review from CASA
Jennifer Trujillo Obando from CASA, the GEN Network of Latin America, reports. CASA Latina, legally established in October this year in Colombia, is emerging as a pioneer organization in Latin-America to implement Sociocracy as a dynamic form of governance within the context of conventional legal protocols. More than 100 sustainable settlements, grass roots communities and positive impact entrepreneurships came together in the CASA network to promote sustainable and regenerative styles … Read more
Resilience and Self-Reliance An Update on Regenerative Solutions for Active EmerGENcies Projects
As the call for global climate action strengthens following the COP22 in Marrakech, GEN’s work in climate change adaptation and mitigation through ecovillage development programs is guided by a design based on both prevention and response. One of the pillars of this framework is EmerGENcies, GEN’s emerging humanitarian program. The purpose is to respond to and try to prevent further deleterious effects of climate change (among other forms of crises), in vulnerable communities around the … Read more
Latin America (CASA): Video Documentation and Educational Tools for Community Development
A Solution provided by Común Tierra, Latin America With the rural exodus and the deterioration of rural communities, many traditional skills and decentralized solutions are threatened with extinction. On the other hand, local communities that are determined to remain and continue to develop don´t have access to globally shared knowledge. The Común Tierra Project has stepped into this gap and works as a bridgebuilder and information carrier for numerous remote communities in Latin … Read more
Gambia: Three Upcoming Events Convergence of Ecovillage Events – Music, Permaculture, and Food (December 2016, January 2017)
Get ready to celebrate with an ecovillage convergence of events with music, food, and permaculture – you can’t get a better combination than that. All are welcome. … Read more
Report – CASA Chile Eco-Gathering: "Call of the Calafate" and Network Council Meeting
REPORT: Eco-Gathering: "Call of the Calafate," April 7-10, 2016 in Coyhaique in Patagonia, Chile Honoring Mother Earth, Remembering Our Ancestors and Our Community We had a lovely gathering in which we shared our knowledge and experiences in different workshops, conversations, and open spaces, and enjoyed living in community for the four days that we were together. We traveled to the southern territory of the Chile, summoned and enchanted by Patagonia, her people, and … Read more
Report – CASA Mexico "The Call of Salvia, 14th Council Held in Mexico Visions," November 21-28, 2015
By Coyote Alberto Ruz, Ecoaldea Huehuecoyotl, Mexico House From November 21-28, 2015 took place the 14th Vision Council, "Call of the Salvia," in Teopantli Kalpulli intentional community in the municipality of San Isidro Mazatepec, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The movement started in the early 1990s, with the Vision Council of Guardians of the Earth and it has bloomed to germinate many projects in communities, ecovillages, permaculture centers, networks and environmental groups, … Read more
Report – CASA Brazil Third National Gathering of CASA Brazil By Henny Freitas, Councilor from CASA Brazil
Through a round of introductions among participants and potential collaborators in the network, we started the activities planned for the Third National Meeting of CASA Brazil. For everyone starting to weave this network together, we introduced Sociocracy as a tool of governance for the Brazilian Council to facilitate a more dynamic and effective decision-making process by group consent. We used the handbooks and materials from the ECCO 2015 - the second meeting of CASA Latina - as … Read more
CASA – Upcoming Event "El Llamado de la Montaña/ The Call of the Mountain," Colombia, June 30-July 7, 2016
If you want to be a co-creator of a better world ¨EL LLAMADO DE LA MONTAÑA” / “THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN¨ is the gathering you have been waiting for! Join us from June 30th to July 7th, 2016 for our 10th Anniversary Annual Eco-awareness and Social Gathering at the ¨Anaconda del sur¨ ecovillage in the exotic Amazonian region of Putumayo, Colombia called the “eyebrow of the Amazon,” where the Amazon meets the Andes Mountains. The focus of this gathering is to share knowledge and experiences … Read more
Sub coyote Alberto Ruz
Compas, hace unos meses me escribió Alberto Ruz, mexicano, fundador de la Caravana del Arcoiris que recorrió America de norte a Sur durante 13 años uniendo en un rosario todos los pueblos indígenas. Creerme si os digo que su inspirador verbo a ayudado al nacimiento de decenas de asentamientos y comunidades y redes nacionales de ecoaldeas y tal. En fin, uno de los elderes de latinoamerica y personaje muy simpático y afable. Y habla español, joder! El Gen europa ya ha dicho que no puede … Read more
