[Lapg] ENA eNews Issue # 0010

Wed Mar 8 19:41:54 PST 2006

ENA eNews  Issue # 0010
Editor: Giovanni Ciarlo:
<mailto:giovanni at ecovillage.org>giovanni at ecovillage.org

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Global NETWORK NEWS - Spotlight on Education!

~ October 2005 saw the official launch of Gaia Education at the GEN +10
conference at Findhorn Ecovillage, Scotland. The GEESE (Global Ecovillage
Educators for a Sustainable Earth) initiative aims to distill international
ecovillage experience into a common curriculum.  This initiative has been
welcomed and endorsed by UNITAR and UNESCO as an important contribution to the
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.

Gaia Education is the product of consultations between leading ecovillage
educators on every continent over the last several years. Its purpose is to
formalize and make available the experience of ecovillages internationally in
pioneering successful models of sustainability.  Over the next 2 years, the
ecovillage educational package designed by Gaia Education will be pilot
programs in UNESCO's Biosphere Reserves in Cuba and Slovenia and in
ecovillages
affiliated with the Global Ecovillage Network in Australia, Italy, Germany,
Scotland, Mexico, USA, Brazil, Denmark and Senegal. The training curriculu
m is
now available in English and Spanish. Visit our WIKI at:
<http://ecovillage.wikicities.com/wiki/Gaia_Education>http://ecovillage.wik
icities.com/wiki/Gaia_Education
Contact: May East at <mailto:mayeast at findhorn.org>mayeast at findhorn.org

~ GAIA UNIVERSITY TO LAUNCH FIRST DEGREE PROGRAMS
Keep an eye on the Gaia University's web site
<http://www.gaiauniversity.org>http://www.gaiauniversity.org This year
there are
exciting opportunities for getting involved in this revolutionary approach to
post-petroleum education that is catching fire all over the world. Gaia
University will enroll its first class of Action Learning students in the fall
of 2006.

~ Living Routes education initiatives offer college credit courses in
ecovillages around the world. For programs in Scotland, India, Australia,
Mexico, Brazil, The US, Senegal and more, see:
<http://www.LivingRoutes.org>http://www.LivingRoutes.org
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ENA REGIONAL NEWS
For full contact information of regional representatives go to:
<http://ena.ecovillage.org/English>http://ena.ecovillage.org/English Click on
the Contacts button in the sidebar.

BRAZIL

~ Visit the the Brazilian Ecovillage Network site -
<http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/ecovila/>http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/ecovila/
Contact: Vanessa Marinho <mailto:vanessa at abra144.org>vanessa at abra144.org
For IPEC - Instituto de Permacultura e Ecovilas do Cerrado, see -
<http://www.ecocentro.org/pdc/>http://www.ecocentro.org/pdc/

~ The Brazilian Ecovillage Network met last September to solidify and organize
its membership. They decided at that meeting to constitute a legal entity of
the Brazilian Network under Brazilian law and to launch a new web site in
Portuguese dedicated to Brazilian activities and projects. The Brazilian
Network has also translated the book "Ecovillage Living" into Portuguese and
has made its translation available by internet only, until a print version
becomes available. Contact: <mailto:vanessa at abra144.org>vanessa at abra144.org

~ Learn and Live Permaculture in a Forming Amazonian Ecovillage Project -
Volunteers Needed! ABRA144 Ecovillage is 144 km (89.5 miles) north from Manaus
City, and 34 km (21.1 miles) from President Figueiredo Village, BR 174. See:
<http://www.abra144.org>http://www.abra144.org
For more information: <mailto:comunidade at abra144.org>comunidade at abra144.org

CANADA

Contact: Lee Davies <mailto:tycoed at allstream.net>tycoed at allstream.net

Ecovillage Network of Canada (ENC)
<http://enc.ecovillage.org>http://enc.ecovillage.org
Ecovillage Network of Canada (ENC) is a Canada-wide forum established in 1997
to facilitate exchange of ideas and information on healthy, sustainable living
in our homes and daily lives, and to promote ecovillage concepts and practices
within the wider Canadian community.

CARIBBEAN

Contacts: Felipe Bermúdez <mailto:Felipe at ibhomes.com>Felipe at ibhomes.com 
Liora Adler <mailto:liora at gaiauniversity.org>liora at gaiauniversity.org

An Update from Cuba: "We have been working a lot here in Cuba and have
achieved
positive results.  We continue to give courses in Permaculture and to promote
urban gardens.  We now have a new nucleus, which is very strong in Sancti
Spiritus.  We are preparing a manual of Native Permaculture that will serve as
a guide for training and will highlight some of the Cuban experiences. We also
continue to support the Ecovillage project El Jobero, and they have made great
progress.  For the first time we have been able to support them with funding,
not a lot, but they have been able to build some basic infrastructure. We are
thinking of planning an Ecovillage or Permaculture meeting for 2006 in
Cuba. We
would like to do this in the Ecovillage El Jobero." Roberto Sanchez -
Ecovillage
Network of Cuba

EAST USA

Contacts: Dan Greenberg
<mailto:Daniel at LivingRoutes.org>Daniel at LivingRoutes.org
Manda Gillespie <mailto:manda at urbanecovillages.com>manda at urbanecovillages.com

~ US based Ecovillages stepped up to help in disaster recovery and relief
efforts in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck last September.
Ecovillagers and communitarians were coordinated in part by a crew of young
and
older veterans from the charity group Plenty of The Farm in Tennessee, and by
expert carpenters and medical assistants from ecovillages, communities and
alternative sustainable organizations old and new from all over North America.
Peter Schweitzer wrote` "This disaster is rallying all the people like us out
there, and it's not just the old hippies, it's compassionate college students,
young people and the peace activists, grassroots medical people, community
activists and organizers..."

~ At Ecovillage at Ithaca, 2005 was both wonderful and very intense with many
activities, including publication of Liz Walker's book "Ecovillage at Ithaca:
Pioneering a Sustainable Culture", celebrating their 14th Annual Meeting,
hosting 2 delegations of Japanese visitors, hosting a 4 day meeting of the
Fellowship of Intentional Communities (a U.S. wide group), meeting several
times with some key educators to start thinking about how to adapt the ToT
curriculum for use at EVI, holding their biggest fundraiser to date, hiring an
assistant, starting publicity for the book, and organizing for a national book
tour/fundraising tour which ended on a very successful note. Whew! Please buy
the book from their web site
<http://www.ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us>http://www.ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us - it
supports their work and non-profit activities directly.

~ The Global Living Project (GLP) is an educational non-profit organization
based in East Corinth, VT on the historic 43-acre homestead of Guy and Laura
Waterman known as "Barra." They offer courses from June through August:
Ethical
Money Management; Nature Spirituality and Creativity; Shrinking Footprints and
Learning >From Nature; Gardening for Self-reliance;  Wild Edible & Medicinal;
Women's Renewal. For more information: The GLP, P.O. Box 261, East Corinth, VT
05040, (802) 439-6158  -
<http://www.globallivingproject.org>http://www.globallivingproject.org

~ National Cohousing Conference, July 21-23, 2006, Chapel Hill, NC
<http://www.cohousing.org>http://www.cohousing.org Please send your ideas and
proposals to: <mailto:conference at cohousing.org>conference at cohousing.org
Offer to
volunteer: <mailto:volunteer at cohousing.org>volunteer at cohousing.org
Contact: Joani Blank, 2006 National Cohousing Conference Coordinator -
510-834-7399.

~ The Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm in Tennessee is currently
seeking a
part-time flexible 20-35 hours per week Inn Manager beginning March 17, 2006.
This is potentially a nine-month or year-round position. Please contact
<mailto:Ecovillage at thefarm.org>Ecovillage at thefarm.org for job description,
qualifications and application procedure. For a full schedule of activities,
courses and workshops on everything related to Ecovillages and their creation,
contact the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm in Tennessee
<http://www.thefarm.org/etc>http://www.thefarm.org/etc

MESOAMERICA

Contacts: Giovanni Ciarlo
<mailto:giovanni at ecovillage.org>giovanni at ecovillage.org
and Arnold Ricalde
<mailto:despertares222 at yahoo.com.mx>despertares222 at yahoo.com.mx

~ 2 opportunities to take the 4 week curriculum for Ecovillage Designers in
Mexico.
The first by GRUPEDSAC, in the state of Oaxaca from June 19/July 14, with Max
Linddeger of Crystal Waters, Australia. See -
<http://www.grupedsac.org/>http://www.grupedsac.org/

Contact: <mailto:arteorganico at yahoo.com.mx>arteorganico at yahoo.com.mx
A second training will be in the state of Morelos, at Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage,
in November/December with Giovanni Ciarlo, Huehuecoyotl co-founder and
education program focalizer. See:
<http://www.huehuecoyotl.net>http://www.huehuecoyotl.net
Contact: <mailto:giovanni at ecovillage.org>giovanni at ecovillage.org

~ Courses in Permaculture and sustainable practices in Mexico, at Granja
Tierramor in Erongaricuaro, Michoacán, México. See:
<http://www.tierramor.org/cursos/eventos.htm>http://www.tierramor.org/curso
s/eventos.htm
April 6 to 9: Introduction to Bio-intensive family gardening with special
focus
on gardening where there is little water. October/November: Week long
course on
Permaculture and Community Development

~ A promising ecovillage project in the Caribbean region of Mexico was wiped
out by hurricane Wilma, last fall. Solferino Ecovillage is wrecked and nothing
of the structures they built on the land remains. Coordinator Maria Ros,
<mailto:mexpando at hotmail.com>mexpando at hotmail.com is making an effort to
return
to the site and begin reconstruction of infrastructure washed away by the
storm. Volunteers and donations are needed and welcomed to pitch in and become
part of this very exciting project.

~ The alternative economy network called Tianguis Tlaloc supports its
members in
creating economies that link work with personal and collective needs without
exploiting people or degrading the environment. See:
<http://www.vidadigna.info>http://www.vidadigna.info where you can also
subscribe to their Spanish only newsletter LA OTRA Bolsa de Valores. They are
located in México City, Tlaloc 40-7, Col. Tlaxpana, Metro Normal, and offer
workshops, fairs, gatherings, e-shop and offices nationwide. Their motto: "We
only use community generated money."

~ Bioconstruction: Building with Nature, is an international workshop, taking
place now at Rancho "El Pardo" Tlaxco, Tlaxcala, Mexico. For other courses
with
master Permaculturalist Alejandra Caballero, see:
<http://www.proyectosanisidro.com.mx>http://www.proyectosanisidro.com.mx
eMail: <mailto:proyectosanisidro at hotmail.com>proyectosanisidro at hotmail.com

~ A Permaculture farm is starting an ecovillage, El Zopilote, on 5 hectares of
land in Nicaragua, on Ometepe Island, in Lake Nicaragua. Volunteers are needed
for their Permaculture program, and to build cabanas and kitchens for
eco-tourism. <http://www.ometepezopilote.com>http://www.ometepezopilote.com

~ Courses at Las Cañadas in Veracruz, Mexico
<http://www.bosquedeniebla.com.mx>http://www.bosquedeniebla.com.mx
March 22 to 24 Advanced Horticulture / April 17 to 22 Bio-construction
eMail: <mailto:bosquedeniebla at infosel.net.mx>bosquedeniebla at infosel.net.mx
Tel /
Fax: (273) 734 15 77

MOBILE

Contacts: Alberto Ruz
<mailto:subcoyotealberto at yahoo.com>subcoyotealberto at yahoo.com 
Penélope Baquero <mailto:laranarcoiris at yahoo.com>laranarcoiris at yahoo.com

~ Last September, the Brazilian Network and La Caravana Mobile Ecovillage
Project joined forces to organize the second Continental Biorregional
Gathering
in South America, O Chamado do Beija-Flor. See:
<http://www.ochamado.org/>http://www.ochamado.org/ Afterwards, they
presented a
proposal to Gilberto Gil, Brazil's Secretary of Culture, to become an
"Itinerant Point of Living Culture" and asked for national funding for a year
of visits to nearly 50 local cultural centers in 5 regions of Brazil. On the
last day of 2005, the proposal was officially accepted, and became the first
experimental "itinerant" group, whose task is to help weave networks among
these "points". The Caravan is evolving into a "cooperative social
enterprise",
such as the Ashoka Foundation proposes and encourages, with a schedule and
fixed itinerary, and a commitment to do multi-cultural presentations,
workshops, a series of documentaries and an illustrated book of this
experience. See -
<http://www.lacaravana.org/2006/english/whatculture.htm>http://www.lacaravan
a.org/2006/english/whatculture.htm
Congratulations and best wishes to the Caravan's enthusiastic international
crew of volunteers.

NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA

Contacts: Enrique Hidalgo
<mailto:ilpermacultura at hotmail.com>ilpermacultura at hotmail.com 
Carlos Gómez (Pato) <mailto:pato at ecovillage.org>pato at ecovillage.org

~ Colombian women's project: The Association of Women Heads of Families is a
grass-root organization working in Cali, Colombia. For over 2 years they have
been constructing an ecovillage based on the principles of Permaculture and
sustainable development for 80 families, whose principle income earners are
women. They work agricultural land, which is planted with orange, tangerine,
lemon, papaya and plantain trees, providing some income, while the government
approves and funds the housing project. They have learned organic agriculture,
have a vegetable garden, and are engaged in rearing small animals such as
ducks, partridge, guinea pigs and rabbits. They would like to have contact
with
northern organizations for technical advice, especially in the management of
sewage, the production of bio-gas and alternative power and water systems.
Contact: Angela Dolmetsch <mailto:Atadol at aol.com>Atadol at aol.com
See - <http://www.awhf.org.co>http://www.awhf.org.co

~ The El Poncho Eco-Center in Bolivia has secured a loan for $90,000 US to
finish phase 2 of their 4 phase project, to allow them to receive up to 40
people comfortably for their training programs. They are also building a 100m3
water tank (for drinking and irrigation of their ecological park), an
experimental educational farm, the first natural self-cleaning swimming
pool in
Bolivia, the first Solar Restaurant for up to 160 people, and an events center
through which they hope to reach the national market for sustainable education
and eco-tourism.
See: <http://www.el-poncho.org>http://www.el-poncho.org

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA

Contacts: Lucia Battegazzore
<mailto:7generaciones at ecovillage.org>7generaciones at ecovillage.org
Silvia Balado <mailto:gaia at gaia.org.ar>gaia at gaia.org.ar

~ "Learning and Exploring Sustainable Lifestyles" Programs at the Centro de
Vida
y Aprendizaje Gaia, Argentina March 3 to 12, 2006
<http://www.gaia.org.ar>http://www.gaia.org.ar
Contact: Asociación Gaia - Instituto Argentino de Permacultura
Tel: (+54-2272) 492072 - Mobile (+54-2227) 15552554 / eMail:
<mailto:gaia at gaia.org.ar>gaia at gaia.org.ar

WEST USA
Contacts: Lois Arkin <mailto:crsp at igc.org>crsp at igc.org 
Jeff Clearwater <mailto:clrwater at earthlink.net>clrwater at earthlink.net

~ LA Ecovillage offers year round courses and workshops on Ecovillages and
urban
sustainability. See - <http://www.laecovillage.org>http://www.laecovillage.org
or write to: <mailto:crsp at igc.org>crsp at igc.org

~ Introducing Portland, Oregon's newest urban ecovillage initiative, Tryon
Life
Community (TLC), made up of the Cedar Moon intentional community (16 adults
and
3 kids, spanning three generations) and Tryon Life Community Farm, the
non-profit education center.
<http://www.tryonfarm.org/>http://www.tryonfarm.org/

RESOURCES and CALENDAR
For extensive listings, see:
<http://ena.ecovillage.org/English>http://ena.ecovillage.org/English Click on
Resources or Calendar

~ CALL FOR PROPOSALS: projects which promote an exchange of experience and
good
practice among youth between the European Union, candidate countries and
EFTA/EEA, and, countries of Africa, the Caribbean, Pacific (ACP), Asia and
Latin America. The general objectives of these projects shall be to contribute
to the development of youth policies, youth work and of the voluntary sector,
as well as capacity-building and leadership development for youth
organizations
in the countries mentioned. The deadline is 30th of June.
See -
<http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/call/eac4705/call_for_proposal_en.pdf>http:
//europa.eu.int/comm/youth/call/eac4705/call_for_proposal_en.pdf

~ CALL FOR PAPERS: As part of the Sustainable Communities conference
offered by
BALLE in Burlington, Vermont June 8-11, 2006, Global Community Initiatives and
the Vermont Network are hosting a one day conference on the role of Higher
Education in Sustainable Communities on June 7, 2006. Submissions and
proposals
are welcomed, describing educational programs, efforts taken to engage
stakeholders, and new initiatives that institutions of higher education have
taken to develop sustainable businesses and communities.
See - <http://www.global-community.org>http://www.global-community.org
Contact:
Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Executive Director, Global Community Initiatives 12
Parkside Drive, Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone 802-223-1190 Fax 802-223-8660
eMail:
<mailto:ghs at global-community.org>ghs at global-community.org 

~ Ecocity 6 Conference - "International Convention of the Cities of the
Future"
in Bangalore, India, August 5-12, 2006, in association with Ecocity Builders,
USA. The Organizing Committee invites you to submit abstract(s) for paper(s)
and poster(s). Contact: Mr. P K Shanbhag & Rajeev Kumar - Chief Coordinator &
CEO, Central Secretariat eMail: <mailto:ecocity6 at gmail.com>ecocity6 at gmail.com
ICCoF, Bangalore, India. Phone : (+91) 98 8010 7467 & (+91) 98 8619 4776
See:
<http://www.tciconferences.com/ecocity2006/ecocity2006.htm>http://www.tcicon
ferences.com/ecocity2006/ecocity2006.htm

~ Prescott College in the USA is pleased to announce that it will offer the
country's 1st fully accredited PhD program in Sustainability Education,
beginning Fall, 2006. This low-residency 4 year program will offer a sequence
of foundational courses along with the opportunity for individually-designed
course work and a dissertation/project that supports change for a sustainable,
socially just, and secure society. See -
<http://www.prescott.edu/>http://www.prescott.edu/

~ A new youth component of GEN began to form in October, 2005 at the GEN+10
gathering at Findhorn Ecovillage, Scotland. An early goal is to organize an
international conference for the summer of 2007 aimed at youth wishing to live
more sustainably and in community. A committee of elders and youth
activists is
convening a meeting for "Next GEN" (the GEN proposed Youth Council's name)
from
July 24-28, 2006 in Huatusco, Mexico, to plan a 2007 conference in
Portugal, as
well as to develop their organizational structure. The July 2006 meeting will
be held at the Mexican ecovillage Las Cañadas in Veracruz. To register and
learn
more see - <http://www.bosquedeniebla.com.mx>www.bosquedeniebla.com.mx
Contact: Wesley Nutter <mailto:nuttewe at earlham.edu>nuttewe at earlham.edu Phone
(US) 484-356-8288
~ Alcan Prize for Sustainability announces Call for Entries -
Deadline: March 31, 2006.
$1 million will be awarded to not-for-profit, non-governmental, and
civil-society organizations based anywhere in the world that are working to
advance the goals of economic, environmental, and social sustainability.
<http://www.alcanprizeforsustainability.com>http://www.alcanprizeforsustain
ability.com

~ Appropriate Technology for the Developing World, March 13-16, 2006
This workshop provides an overview of different technologies being used to
improve people's lives in the developing world. Ideal for organizations
working
in rural areas and for people wanting to get involved in sustainable
development work! See - <http://www.solarenergy.org>http://www.solarenergy.org
Presented by IRRI-Mexico and Solar Energy International

~ Ina Mater-Stoll and Achim, of ZEGG Ecovillage in Germany are coming to
the US
in May and June to offer Forum techniques workshops. They will be on the East
coast in May offering the Forum at Twin Oaks Community in Virginia, and travel
to California in June. They are available to present this unique form of
Creation, Discovery and Community Formation through the ZEGG Forum. More
information about the Forum is on the Zegg website:
<http://www.zegg.de/englisch/texte_und_vortraege/forum.php>http://www.zegg.
de/englisch/texte_und_vortraege/forum.php
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