[Sdpg] Electronic Newsletter of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas Issue #0005
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson
lakinroe at silcom.com
Tue Sep 24 08:08:24 PDT 2002
ENA NEWS <eNews.english at lists.ecovillage.org>
Electronic Newsletter of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas
http://ena.ecovillage.org
Date: September, 2002
Issue #0005
Editor: Giovanni Ciarlo: mailto:giovanni at ecovillage.org
Dear Friends;
This newsletter of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas (ENA) is
distributed to subscribers in North, Central, South America, the Caribbean
and beyond. ENA is a grassroots sustainable community network, and part of
the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) http://www.gaia.org. ENA's mission: To
engage the peoples of the Americas in common effort to join the global
transformation towards ecologically, economically and culturally
sustainable human settlement. Our focus is to meet the needs of present and
future generations for a safe and healthy planet to inhabit.
For a free subscription to ENA eNews, or to unsubscribe in English,
Spanish, Portuguese or French. ON-LINE (and read back-issues) go to:
http://www.ecovillage.org/newsletter (English & French).
http://www.ecovillage.org/Espanol/Noticias/index.html (Spanish & Portuguese).
Special thanks to Stephan Wik and ANU Internet Services for sponsoring web
hosting for ENA.
FROM ENA'S INTERNATIONAL AND CENTRAL OFFICES
ENA needs bilingual translators, fluent in English, or, Spanish TO French.
Support our outreach in French! There is a stipend of $5 per page, single
spaced. 32 pages total to be translated per year:
6 pgs E-News - September, 2002
8 pgs Ecovillages Newspaper - September
4 pgs Miscellaneous - as needed
6 pgs E-News - March, 2003
8 pgs Ecovillages Newspaper - April
Contact: Linda
mailto:ena at ecovillage.org
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The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) participated in the World Summit on
Sustainable Development (WSSD) in South Africa, with Ecovillage and
Sustainable Development Courses & Events.
See: http://www.ecovillage.org/WSSD
GEN is also a founding member of the EcoEarth Alliance, a Partnership
Initiative launched at the WSSD, with 8 initial partner
organizations/businesses *. The mission: to create and promote a
sustainable, integrated, and community-based model of development in order
to overcome poverty, restore the environment, and provide for basic human
needs throughout the world.
See: http://www.ecovillage.org/ecoearth
* Partners:
The International Institute for Sustainable Future (IISF), Village Earth,
The Sustainable Village, The Institute for Integrated Rural Development
(IIRD), Earth Rights Institute, Global Ecological Restoration and
Development Foundation (GERDF), Restore the Earth. For more details, see:
http://www.ecovillage.org/ecoearth
REGIONAL NEWS
For full contact information of regional representatives, go to:
http://www.ecovillage.org
Then, click the Contacts button.
BRAZIL
May East reports a good response to the Ecovillage Training Program, July
2002-January 2003, a collaborative effort of Centro de Vivencias Nazare,
Findhorn Foundation, Associação OISCA Brasil, Universidade Holistica
Internacional- Campus Sao Paulo and ENA.
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André Soares reports that the Living & Learning Center program: Build here
now... began, with over 100 people from South America, Europe and beyond.
They started their Ecoversity program -an 8 month training- on Sept 9th.
They also started building a commercial kitchen to assist the work of a
local women's co-op.
- CANADA
In May, Lee Davies, ENA Council representative for Canada participated in
the Fellowship for Intentional Communities board meeting and associated
consensus decision-making educational events attended by Canadian NGO's and
government agencies. A meeting of the Ecovillage Network of Canada took
place during the weekend of August 23rd, at the forming, biodynamic
agricultural ecovillage, Whole Village in Alton, Ontario. A large group of
young people attended, whose energy will be very positive in helping ENC
move forward.
Great news for ecovillage development in Canada - OUR Ecovillage on
Vancouver Island, British Columbia has received unanimous approval from the
local municipality for zoning permission to proceed. They are working with
the Cowichan Community Land Trust and the Land Conservancy of British
Columbia as they make this ecovillage a reality.
- CARIBBEAN
This region is actively looking for candidates to represent the Caribe on
the ENA Council. For information about this and future consensus workshops
with ENA Council member Liora Adler, contact mailto:liora at aol.com
-EAST UNITED STATES
The ENA USA committee (U.S. Council reps and core volunteers) conducted a
Call for Candidates to fill two open seats on the ENA Council for the East
U.S. region.
Four excellent candidates came forward. We thank them for their enthusiasm
and all the good work they are already doing for a sustainable world. The
new ENA East USA Council Representatives are:
Manda Gillespie is Project Manager of EcoCity Cleveland in Cleveland
Heights, OH. She manages EcoCity Cleveland's involvement with the Cleveland
EcoVillage, an urban redevelopment project on Cleveland's west side that
demonstrates the potential for cities to manifest ecological principles.
The project brings together principles of green building, transit-oriented
development, and the best of the New Urbanism movement. Manda writes and
assists in the production of the EcoCity Cleveland Journal and educational
resources; and manages development, membership, intern programs and
volunteers. Manda lives with her partner, Sadhu Johnston, and her dog, Koh,
in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood
Daniel Greenberg, Ph.D. has studied and directed community-based
educational programs for over 12 years. Daniel wrote his doctoral thesis on
"Education within Contemporary Intentional Communities", and has visited
and corresponded with over 200 communities in the U.S. He directs
college-level semester programs, and has developed curricula on sustainable
community development, deep ecology, ecological auditing, and systems
thinking. Daniel is the executive director of Living Routes, college-level
programs in ecovillages around the world, and is a member of Sirius
Community, where he lives with his wife, Monique Gauthier, and their
daughter, Simone.
-MESOAMERICA
Since 1994 BELRIV (Belize River Valley Development Program) has organized
self-financed, holistic, decentralized, planning, training, production and
research programs, and prepared a development agenda for its region.
BELRIV has implemented projects in health, sustainable production, provided
information, environmental education, made micro credit available for
sustainable activity from pooled savings, and promoted cultural retrieval
and capacity building of local leadership and organization.
POBox 1577, Belize City, Belize
mailto:belriv at btl.net
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The 20th anniversary of Ecoaldea Huehuecoyotl in Mexico, the "arts and
ecology", was the subject of the summer Ecovillage Column in Communities
Magazine http://www.fic.org.
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Sustainable Development Course
Date and location: From October 7 to November 1st, 2002 -Costa Rica
Organizers: Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Conciencia Ambiental y
Humana (ASODECAH)
Information: Greivin Fallas mailto:asodecah at racsa.co.cr
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Land for Tierramor:
Since the 25th of June, 2002 Holger Hieronimi, Marina Ortiz and their
growing family are, along with eleven other adventurous people, co-owners
of a 9000 m2 parcel of land located on the outskirts of the town of
Eronguaricuaro in Michoacan, Mexico where they intend to develop a small
Ecovillage project. They specialize in eco-design, organic agriculture,
permaculture, flower therapy, holistic health care and astrology.
mailto:tierramor at laneta.apc.org
http://www.tierramor.org
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For a report on outcomes of the "VIII Consejo de Visiones: Guardianes de la
Tierra" gathering in Chiapas, Mexico earlier this year go to:
http://www.laneta.apc.org/rem
-MOBILE
June 3-9, La Caravana and two Ecuadorian women's groups hosted the Women's
Peace Village, in Paute, Azuay, Ecuador. They united 140 women leaders from
diverse organizations from all parts of the country, for a week long
gathering,with training in Consensus (from Bea Briggs and Liora Adler),
councils, workshops and multicultural activities. Gabo from Mexico led the
group of women doing the documentary video recording, which will be
available after editing. A written report of this project is being compiled
and should be available later this year. Read a full account:
http://www.lacaravana.org
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On Saturday June 15th, after trying many alternative therapies without
success, ENA Council Member Alberto Ruz underwent a delicate surgical
intervention to decompress cervical vertebrae. The surgery went well,
Alberto is recovering, and appreciates the love and prayers of his many
friends in the network. mailto:albertoruz at lacaravana.org
-NORTH SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia - Claudio Madaune and Luisa Giraldo continued travels in
spring/summer 2002. They visited Los Angeles Eco-Village, where Claudio
gave a slide show and talk in April. Leaving the USA, they visited El
Poncho Ecocenter in Bolivia, and working with Enrique Hidlago gave
presentations at universities in Cochabamba, attended conferences and gave
two permaculture courses. They are back at La Reserva Sasardí in the
Colombian Darien forest.
-SOUTH SOUTH AMERICA
Gaia Association, Argentina has completed installation of independent, cost
effective and efficient systems to provide basic needs in an ecological
manner. The use of a barrel drum allows cooking with all the benefits of an
adobe stove, and increased efficiency, which allows for its use in
micro-industries such as family bakeries, neighborhood co-ops or communal
dinning halls. These thermal mass stoves are the most efficient traditional
methods available, since they accumulate heat in the materials, optimizing
the temperature exchange and achieving fuller combustion. Gaia has
developed an improved model that gets the same results as traditional
thermal mass stoves, at a lower cost and simpler construction methods using
cob. We call these stoves "COBOSAURIOS" and they only need two days of work
for completion with a cost of aprox $40. http://www.gaia.org.ar
Asociación Gaia is taking the opportunity in the economic and social crisis
in Argentina to highlight the solutions available through ecovillage
living. They have organized Gaia Living and Learning Center Programs, for
details:
http://www.gaia.org.ar/actividades.htm
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Uruguay - Lucia Battegazzore and Luciano Davyt organized the first regional
networking gathering in Uruguay in April. The meeting was in Perez
Castellano Organic Garden, 100 km away from Montevideo. They began on
Saturday 20 April, with 35 people and 10 children. Camping near a native
forest/natural reserve, (one of very few in Uruguay) they had
introductions, shared stories of their work and learned about ENA and GEN
around a campfire, and celebrated the gathering. Sunday more people came
and participated in workshops (land use, seeds, educational program
development, human relationships, etc.), and games and dances. The group
agreed to meet again in Heliopolis in the Spring with more people, and
agreed to stay in contact meanwhile by email, web pages, etc. It was a
rich, diverse gathering with different generations, rural communities and
city communities all represented.
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-IV Congreso Pampeano de Medio Ambiente para Adolescentes"
Date and place:18 & 19 October, 2002. Argentina
Informes: Fundación Chadileuvú
mailto:chadileuvu at cpenet.com.ar
-WEST UNITED STATES
The term Low income housing is usually not paired with the words
eco-friendly, at least not in the United States, and especially not in Los
Angeles, the home of cars and smog. But that could be changing. That is if
Lois Arkin, and the Global Ecovillage Network have anything to say about
it. They've turned a forty-unit apartment building in LA into a place where
neighbors plant vegetables together, create and install solar panels, agree
not to own cars, and even use odorless composting toilets. The radio
program Living on Earth profiles this new kind of eco-village. Hear it on
RealPlayer at:
http://realserver.bu.edu:8080/ramgen/w/b/wbur/livingonearth/today/wed1.smil?mode=compact
4. RESOURCES
For extensive listings, see: http://www.ecovillage.org Click on Resources.
The Sustainable Village (TSV) distributes over 10,000 appropriate
technology products, as well as acting as an agent for large organizations,
and organizing training workshops in developing countries for
micro-enterprise development. See: http://www.sustainablevillage.com
Village Alliance, is a graphics division for web and print services, see:
http://www.villagealliance.com
In all these areas, TSV uses 100% of profits to donate/invest/help
under-funded NGO's.
SUPPORT ECOVILLAGES AND THE NETWORK!
Purchase appropriate technologies from The Sustainable Village, and web and
print work services from Village Alliance, and mention that you were
referred by the Ecovillage Network of the Americas.
mailto:info at sustainablevillage.com
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Where are the resources which tie together the rapaciousness of the
corporations and the destruction of the world ecology? The internet stores
much information in audio format.
Information comes from alternative radio programs such as:
Democracy Now http://www.democracynow.org/
Radio Nation http://www.nationinstitute.org/radionation/
Alternative Radio http://www.alternativeradio.org/
Independent Media Center http://www.indymedia.org/
Wings - Women' International News Gathering Service http://www.wings.org/
For print resources look up:
The Ecologist Magazine http://www.theecologist.org/
World Watch Magazine http://www.worldwatch.org/
The Nation Magazine http://www.thenation.com/
Jim Hightower Lowdown monthly http://www.jimhightower.com/
YES! A Journal of Positive Futures http://www.futurenet.org/
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The International Institute for Facilitation and Consensus is a consulting
group specializing in facilitation training and services. IIFAC grew out of
work of the founding partners, Beatrice Briggs, Marisela Vera, Paola Willis
and Beatriz Padilla, Visit them on the Internet at: http://www.iifac.org
or mailto:briggsbea at aol.com
CALENDAR
For extensive events listings: http://www.ecovillage.org Click on Calendar.
February 22 and March 21, 2003, the Findhorn Foundation will host its
internationally acclaimed annual Ecovillage Training Programme for the 5th
consecutive year. This Training Programme has drawn 100 people from 39
different countries, covering every continent on the planet.
For information, visit: http://www.findhorn.org/evt
Contact Hannah Morjan Tel: (44) 01309 692130;
mailto:hannamorjan at findhorn.org) or Bookings Office Tel: (44) 01309 691
653, mailto:bookings at findhorn.org
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MORE REASONS FOR GIVING TO ENA:
# 2. SPREAD LOVE.
By giving to ENA you support the efforts of those dedicated to building
communities demonstrating kindness in the way people treat one another in
their personal and work lives, and in the way they treat the planet. Join
us in that mission! We care deeply about encouraging people of the Americas
to think about, openly discuss and enhance strategies for the creation of
Ecovillages and sustainable lifestyles in their regions. In order not to
exclude anyone with interest, ENA does not charge a membership fee to be
involved, nor subscription fee for our publications. If you have the means,
we ask that you make a donation so we can continue to reach out to all. Go to:
http://www.ecovillage.org
Then click on Get Involved! Print out a donor form, make your contribution
payable to ENA, and mail to:
ENA c/o Kailash (treasurer)
64001 County Road DD
Moffat, Colorado USA mailto:ena at ecovillage.org
ENA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. A receipt will be sent for tax
deduction in the U.S. Donors receive complimentary copies of ENA's biannual
newspaper - Ecovillages.
If you enjoy this newsletter, please forward it to friends and associates
and suggest they subscribe. Thank you!
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