Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
E Book: 'Sustainable Communities: Lessons from Aspiring Eco-Villages'
I haven´t read this book, but sounds good and I found very interesting have it available as an e-book.
This is the ebook version of 'Sustainable Communities: Lessons from Aspiring Eco-Villages' by Malcolm Hollick and Christine Connolly.
The book first introduces eco-village concepts and then describes eleven eco-villages and communities in Australia, the USA and Europe. Seven of these are members of the Global Eco-village Network and/or the Eco-village Network of the Americas.
An integrated view of each community is given which includes details of their beliefs and values; legal, financial, social and economic structures; technological systems, and interactions with the outside world.
In the second part of the book, eight key issues arising from this study are discussed in depth:
Building the legal foundations
Finding the money
Community sharing versus individual responsibility
Creating a caring, sharing community
Making decisions and managing conflicts
Making a living
Land selection and community design
Technologies
The book contains a careful discussion of what makes a community an eco-village, and an imaginative glimpse of a sustainable future based on eco-village communities.
PS. I have no connections with the author or the business.
I just found interesting the theme and teh availability!
This is the ebook version of 'Sustainable Communities: Lessons from Aspiring Eco-Villages' by Malcolm Hollick and Christine Connolly.
The book first introduces eco-village concepts and then describes eleven eco-villages and communities in Australia, the USA and Europe. Seven of these are members of the Global Eco-village Network and/or the Eco-village Network of the Americas.
An integrated view of each community is given which includes details of their beliefs and values; legal, financial, social and economic structures; technological systems, and interactions with the outside world.
In the second part of the book, eight key issues arising from this study are discussed in depth:
Building the legal foundations
Finding the money
Community sharing versus individual responsibility
Creating a caring, sharing community
Making decisions and managing conflicts
Making a living
Land selection and community design
Technologies
The book contains a careful discussion of what makes a community an eco-village, and an imaginative glimpse of a sustainable future based on eco-village communities.
PS. I have no connections with the author or the business.
I just found interesting the theme and teh availability!
Alto Paraiso/ Goiás
What can someone expect from a place called High Paradise?
ALTO PARAISO is amazing beautiful and it is located around 3hours from Brasilia, the Brazilian capital.
........more to come SOON!
ALTO PARAISO is amazing beautiful and it is located around 3hours from Brasilia, the Brazilian capital.
........more to come SOON!
Friday, February 06, 2009
Northeast Brazil
CEARÁ - Fortaleza..........
January isn´t the best time of the year to get work done in Brazil.
It is a tropical country and this time of the year, the best to do is enjoy the most of the beach and time with friends.
Therefore, I am heading off to the Northeast and so far I only heard of a permaculture´s group in Fortaleza - Ceará´s capital.
www.redepermanece.com
If you know any sustainable hints from the Northeast, I will be grateful.
January isn´t the best time of the year to get work done in Brazil.
It is a tropical country and this time of the year, the best to do is enjoy the most of the beach and time with friends.
Therefore, I am heading off to the Northeast and so far I only heard of a permaculture´s group in Fortaleza - Ceará´s capital.
www.redepermanece.com
If you know any sustainable hints from the Northeast, I will be grateful.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Eggs of Happiness make me HAPPY!
Today I am so happy! I found some organic eggs in Sao Paulo! (believe me, still not that easy to find them around here!)
And the eggs were called EGGS OF HAPPINESS from this community that I went years ago; called Yamaguishi in Jaguariúna/ Sao Paulo.
By the time, I did a retreat called Tokkou that really touched me and still makes me happy when I think of it. For me, their way of common unity is really essential: see each other as brother/sister, that WE ARE ALL ONE; coming from the same source.
You can say that is easy to say and hard to do...then you should make a way to visit them or be part of one of the tokkou.... after that you might say that is hard to say, but easy to do!
At my visit to the Vila Yamaguishi, I was very impressed by their hight level of loving, sharing and the high level of sustainability! It gave me heaps of hope!!
To find out more about this movement started by a Japanese much before Climate Change and Peak Oil go to www.yamiguishi.com.br
And i found the eggs and others good priced healthy food at Marukai, a charming family well organized supermaket at Rua Galvão Bueno, 34. Liberdade - the Asian suburb in Sao Paulo, by the subway...
And the eggs were called EGGS OF HAPPINESS from this community that I went years ago; called Yamaguishi in Jaguariúna/ Sao Paulo.
By the time, I did a retreat called Tokkou that really touched me and still makes me happy when I think of it. For me, their way of common unity is really essential: see each other as brother/sister, that WE ARE ALL ONE; coming from the same source.
You can say that is easy to say and hard to do...then you should make a way to visit them or be part of one of the tokkou.... after that you might say that is hard to say, but easy to do!
At my visit to the Vila Yamaguishi, I was very impressed by their hight level of loving, sharing and the high level of sustainability! It gave me heaps of hope!!
To find out more about this movement started by a Japanese much before Climate Change and Peak Oil go to www.yamiguishi.com.br
And i found the eggs and others good priced healthy food at Marukai, a charming family well organized supermaket at Rua Galvão Bueno, 34. Liberdade - the Asian suburb in Sao Paulo, by the subway...
Monday, January 05, 2009
NAZARÉ PAULISTA/ SAO PAULO/ BRAZIL
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
And again my promisse that I will be more regular to feed this blog!
Here we go.......
I just spent few days in Sao Paulo hinterland visiting a very special place called NAZARE PAULISTA.
Nazaré is around 70km away from Sao Paulo capital. You can just get a bus at the Tietê Bus Station and organize someone to pick you up to get to there or you can try an adventure: moto taxi!
Nazaré Uniluz (University of Light) is not exactly a community, but I do believe that is a place that everyone would learn some skills to live, in an intentional community or not.
Nazaré Uniluz is a place to awake and develop ourselves in a more holistic way.
The principles of their work; since it has been create in the 80´s ; are: the art of given heart, meditation and the spirit of presence in daily activities.
They have a beautiful veggie garden by the water, a bakery, a library and plenty of space for arts, meditation and social interaction.
It seems to me a beautiful opportunity to spend some time.
Good food, good people and a private room!
Check their website: http://www.uniluz.org.br/
PS. And you can come along to volunteer too!!! :)
And again my promisse that I will be more regular to feed this blog!
Here we go.......
I just spent few days in Sao Paulo hinterland visiting a very special place called NAZARE PAULISTA.
Nazaré is around 70km away from Sao Paulo capital. You can just get a bus at the Tietê Bus Station and organize someone to pick you up to get to there or you can try an adventure: moto taxi!
Nazaré Uniluz (University of Light) is not exactly a community, but I do believe that is a place that everyone would learn some skills to live, in an intentional community or not.
Nazaré Uniluz is a place to awake and develop ourselves in a more holistic way.
The principles of their work; since it has been create in the 80´s ; are: the art of given heart, meditation and the spirit of presence in daily activities.
They have a beautiful veggie garden by the water, a bakery, a library and plenty of space for arts, meditation and social interaction.
It seems to me a beautiful opportunity to spend some time.
Good food, good people and a private room!
Check their website: http://www.uniluz.org.br/
PS. And you can come along to volunteer too!!! :)
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