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.

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...

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!!! :)

Sustainability basis

AGROECOLOGIA

Quem se interessa por agroecologia
aí vai uma pagina com ótimos livros para baixar,
http://www.agroeco.org/brasil/books_port.html

Pra quem quer saber mais e até baixar uma boa cartilha,
www.agroecologia.inf.br

Brazil >> Santa Catarina

Hi Folks....

In Florianópolis, I went quickly at the Organic Market (Wednesdays at the Federal University of Santa Catarina -UFSC) and Saturdays at the Lagoa da Conceição and met Mauro Schorr from the Instituto Anima which produce herbs, artcrafts and it did sounds a good place for me to return and experience. They offer permaculture courses, massage and you can choose to wwoof or pay for your accomodation (R$40/ Dec 2008).
More info: http://www.institutoanima.org/


In Garopaba, there is Gaia Village.
Gaia Village is a private project focusing in sustainability.
The aim is to create an example of ecosystem where the human interact friendly with the environment from the perspective where Earth is Gaia; a living system.
Since 1998, they are active in the local /regional sustainable developemnt with several programs and partnerships. Monthly, they have a get together at sunset to exhange ideas.
Go further and see the reports of what is happening: http://www.gaia.org.au/

I am sure there is plenty more happening at Santa Catarina, if you know a community or project, anything that is making the world better; please send it as I will happily spread the word........

Links in Brazil - this is just the start!

Hi Folks,

Stay in tune ... this is just the start of some links of what is happening in Brazil/ South America regards of people keen to make a better world to be.
These are links ent by a friend and some research at net - soon I will be around visiting some of them!
Giev me a couple of days and i will translate it....

Morada da Floresta - (Forest´s Home)
Rua Diogo do Couto 47 - Jardim Bonfiglioli, SP, SP - 11 – 3735 4085www.moradadafloresta.orgemail para contato: moradadafloresta@gmail.com

IPEMA - INSTITUTO DE PERMACULTURA E ECOVILAS DA MATA ATLÂNTICA
http://www.ipemabrasil.org.br/institutoweb4.htm

http://estudodecasa.blogspot.com/

UMAPazO propósito da UMAPAZ - Universidade Aberta do Meio Ambiente e da Cultura de Paz - é fomentar e facilitar a formação de pessoas, em todas as regiões da Cidade de São Paulo e ao longo de suas vidas, para a convivência sócio ambiental sustentável e pacífica.
http://ww2.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/secretarias/meio_ambiente/umapaz/

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http://www.monteazul.org.br/Comunidade - Permacultura MG
Comunidade criada com o intuito de criar uma rede permacultural no estado de Minas Gerais, com o objetivo de gerar discussões, promover ações, disseminar conhecimento e integrar pessoas...

BRAZIL / Sao Paulo - MYO Solar Water Heater

Now, in Brazil and today I went to the Ecobusiness Show - nowadays everything is ECO!

I have to say that makes me sad to see that most of people are just getting in touch with the ecological side because of the financial return and sucks me to see that huge multinational were the main presenters of the event!

I loved when Paulo Itacarambi from Ethos Foundation question all of us if we are changing everything, but nothing!
It seems to me that lots of us feel the need of going further and deeper...
A change in our values, the way we live adn principally the way we consume to create a community through sustainable culture which involves a inner sense of ethics, love and cooperation.

Anyway, I got in touch with a NGO called Sociedade do Sol (Sun's Society) and it is amazing their willingness to share their research in partnership with several groups.

They have a low cost solar water heater available in their website - MYO!

Visit: www.sociedadedosol.org.br

ARGENTINA

Do you have any hint on this beautiful place of the world?

I have been just informed that is a lot happening, but WHERE????

We know that research by internet is not the same is the word by mouth and heart to heart!

A friend of mine sent to me some contacts:

ECOVILLAGES

*GAIA ECOVILA
http://www.gaia.org.ar/
Tel: (+54-2272) 492072 Celular: (+54-2227) 15 552 554

*COMODORO RIDAVIA
http://www.elchenque.com.ar/geo/temrelgeo/03/ecoaldea.htm

*OVERVIEW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ARGENTINA (their view)
http://www.mutantia21.com.ar/ecoaldeas.html

* PERSONAS EN ACTION
http://personasenaccion.com/ecoaldeas/

*TWELVE TRIBES
http://www.twelvetribes.com/whereweare/global/argentina/



COMMUNITY GARDENS

I met Daniela today at the " Feira de San Telmo" with her wonderful artcraft in leather...She told me the explosion of Community Gardens what they call here as: Huertas Comunitarias...

http://www.reddehuertas.com.ar/huertas/listacapi.htm

http://orgazmika.blogspot.com

http://www.diasdehuerta.com.ar/DHComunitarias.htm

http://www.agroalternativo.com.ar/noticiasorganicasalta.htm

http://www.fotolog.com/huertalaloma

http://www.plan21.org/hc.php

http://www.colonbuenosaires.com.ar/semanariocolondoce/cgi-bin/hoy/archivos/00000674.html

http://www.inta.gov.ar/info/intainfo/ant/2003/boletin215.htm

I hope this was a good start for you get interested to get involved in Argentina movements or who know if you would like to come along to learn Spanish?
The country seems warm in the heart and really active in the culture!
May be in my next post I'll mess around the blog and just should some hints of what I think is important to know if you are planning to come to Argentina - as I wish know it before hand! and I want to have by next time here! Yep! I will be back, here is GREAT!

PLEASE SEND ME ANY HINTS OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD!!
I am on my way to Brazil!