Ben Jones, founder and Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Sustainable
Farm Institute (VISFI), on the island of St. Croix, USA, cultivates
a lot more than organic produce on his 140 acres of gardens, pasture
and tropical rainforest. For the last seven years, he has led the growth
and development of VISFI as a working farm, sustainability education
and research center, and permaculture demonstration site. Ben’s passions
for farming met his desire to do university-level inquiry, research and
documentation in his Gaia University master’s work, which was focused
on developing VISFI as the Gaia University Regional Center, Gaia Island.
El Manzano responds to Antonio. Inspired by Punk Rock Permaculture and the Permaculture Cooperative. Hola Antonio. David taught a PDC in Gaia Argentina. Gustavo probably has his material etc. We have a good curriculum...well I think it´s good anyway.
Ante la
emergencia que están viviendo miles de familias afectadas por el
terremoto y maremoto en la zona centro sur de nuestro país, un grupo de
instituciones de desarrollo nos hemos reunido para aportar nuestra
voluntad de trabajo, competencias y experiencias de utilidad en los
procesos de construcción de soluciones de habitabilidad y de sustento
familiar.
Enviado por Grifen Hope el Jue, 01/04/2010 - 19:03.
Working Together for Cooperative Solutions
The complex conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is reflected by
too many lines drawn in the sand and too few hands extended across the
divide to work together towards collaborative solutions.
Gaia University Bachelors associate Yoav Melamed’s deep desire to
discover how his own conscious evolution might inform the design of
integral approaches to conflict resolution in the Middle East has
recently led him into some fascinating trans-border Israeli-Palestinian
project work.
Gaia University graduate Ethan Roland hasn’t always been a strong
collaborator. Now, thanks to his degree work with Gaia University,
collaboration has become a signature characteristic of his professional
work. In each of his various roles - Principal of Appleseed
Permaculture, advisor and project manager for Gaia University, staff
member of Earth Action Mentor, Co-founder of Gaia Northeast, and board member of Permaculture
Across Borders and the Apios Institute - Ethan brings his Gaia
University Masters project in Collaborative Ecosocial Design to life.
This year, Gaia University’s emerging Gaia Metro regional center and The City Repair Project, both of Portland, Oregon, USA, have collaborated to create a Village Building Design Course that provides a comprehensive overview of the designs and methods that empower citizens in urban settings to build community through ‘placemaking’. The course takes place in Portland May 28th – June 6th in conjunction with City Repair’s annual placemaking event, The Village Building Convergence.
Entendemos que un problema creciente en las zonas afectadas por los desastres de Chile es el acceso a agua potable. Con la destrucción de los sistemas municipales de agua y la contaminación generalizada de los recursos existentes de agua en Chile, ésta es una prioridad fundamental para la respuesta al desastre, y la recuperación a largo plazo. Aquí, en El Manzano se nos ha pedido para explorar possibilties para: (a) filtros de agua, (b) de captación de agua de lluvia, (c) las bombas, y (d) los tanques de almacenamiento que pueden ser aplicados en el alojamiento de emergencia de Un Techo para Chile y amigos (ver foto) en la que pronto se Campamientos nueva de Chile.
Por Antonio Palma. En el año 2007, David Holmgren (co-creador del concepto de PermaCultura) realizó una intensa gira por América Latina y pudo transmitir en directo, allí donde fue acogido, toda su propuesta de articulación de la PermaCultura como herramienta de diseño, pero también de reflexión y discusión sobre la necesidad de una Transición hacia otra sociedad mas sostenible.
Inglés
Ben Jones, founder and Executive Director of the 
El Manzano responds to Antonio. Inspired by 
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invitamos a innovar...
The complex conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is reflected by
too many lines drawn in the sand and too few hands extended across the
divide to work together towards collaborative solutions.
Gaia University graduate Ethan Roland hasn’t always been a strong
collaborator. Now, thanks to his degree work with Gaia University,
collaboration has become a signature characteristic of his professional
work. In each of his various roles - Principal of Appleseed
Permaculture, advisor and project manager for Gaia University, staff
member of Earth Action Mentor, Co-founder of 
This year, Gaia University’s emerging Gaia Metro regional center and The 
Entendemos que un problema creciente en las zonas afectadas por los desastres de Chile es el acceso a agua potable. Con la destrucción de los sistemas municipales de agua y la contaminación generalizada de los recursos existentes de agua en Chile, ésta es una prioridad fundamental para la respuesta al desastre, y la recuperación a largo plazo. Aquí, en El Manzano se nos ha pedido para explorar possibilties para: (a) filtros de agua, (b) de captación de agua de lluvia, (c) las bombas, y (d) los tanques de almacenamiento que pueden ser aplicados en el alojamiento de emergencia de Un Techo para Chile y amigos (ver foto) en la que pronto se Campamientos nueva de Chile.
