Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Melena Velba And Friends

Ecovillage / Earthaven

photo by Gerry Canavan

COMMUNITY ': EARTHAVEN
http://www.earthaven.org/

PLACE OF CREATION: Black Mountain, North Carolina / USA


POPULATION: Approximately 60 people (willingness to accommodate and to incorporate new residents)

YEAR CONSTRUCTION: 1994/1995

political organization: Self-management

ECONOMIC ORGANISATION: Independent income / the community taking steps to develop its own economy and their livelihoods.

spatial organization: 320 acres (model eco-village), about 30 buildings made of natural materials (mainly wood for the frames, curtain walls in clay and straw and recycled tires.) Privacy Zones, areas for group visitors .



dodgebus Photo / Dan K http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodgebus/tags/ecovillage/page3/

Humorous Wedding Verses

Ecovillage / Zegg

COMMUNITY ': ZEGG
http://www.zegg.de/

LUOGO DI REALIZZAZIONE: Belzig / 80 km da Berlino

POPOLAZIONE: circa 80 abitanti. Disponibilità ad ospitare e a inserire nuovi residenti.

ANNO REALIZZAZIONE : 1996


ORGANIZZAZIONE : laboratorio di sperimentazione sociale (ricerca spirituale, amore, ecologia...). La Comunità si riunisce ad intervalli regolari per : colloqui spirituali, informazioni, progetti. Il Forum rappresenta la più importante forma di lavoro comunitario.


ORGANIZZAZIONE ECONOMICA: Lavoro comune. La comunità è essenzialmente autofinanziata con le entrate delle Congress activities. The Zegg GmbH (Company whose members are residents) is the owner of the land and congress activities. The work focuses on ecological permaculture (design-conscious and ethical productive ecosystems that replicate the flexibility of natural ecosystems).


spatial organization: 15 acres of land, large extent of wood (pine, mixed and natural). Type of landscape garden and park areas adjacent to homes to allow the supply of fruits and vegetables. Ecological building types. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonbrooks/132875444/in/set-72057594113834074/


zegg foto di dlisbona

Indianapolis Gay Cruise Spot

Ecovillage / Urupia

COMUNITA’: URUPIA (Utopia degli URI)
http://www.cicloamici.it/comune_urupia.htm

foto di Sofia Tega http://www.flickr.com/photos/sofia_tega/1794726782/

LUOGO DI REALIZZAZIONE: Francavilla Fontana / Brindisi

POPOLAZIONE: circa 13 abitanti.
Disponibilità ad ospitare e a inserire nuovi residenti.

ANNO REALIZZAZIONE : 1995

ORGANIZZAZIONE POLITICA: comune libertaria nel salento.
Ogni settimana una comunarda, a turno, ha il ruolo di uro ("Director" of the different activities)

ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION: Agriculture and derivatives, their production. We ensure that these activities of building renovations, carpentry, ...

spatial organization: almost 2000 square meters (habitable, warehouses, stables, workshops ,...) and 23 hectares of forest and cultivated land (olive grove 8 acres, 8 acres arable land, 1 acre garden, vineyard, two hectares remaining to stain Mediterranean). Attached
campsite suitable to accommodate 40/50 persons

Kate's Playground Firm

Ecovillage / Granara

COMMUNITY ': GRANARIA
http / / www.granara.org

PLACE OF CREATION: fraction of Branzone, common Valmozzola, Provincia di Parma (PR). Nel cuore dell'Appennino Tosco-emiliano, in Val di Taro, a 600 metri sul livello del mare,


POPOLAZIONE: 3/4 stabili

ANNO REALIZZAZIONE : 1992

ORGANIZZAZIONE : il Consorzio è l'organo direttivo di cui fanno parte tutti i proprietari (persone singole o famiglie).

ORGANIZZAZIONE ECONOMICA: attività produttive relative all'educazione ambientale e corsi di autocostruzione di pannelli solari.

E' attivo nel periodo estivo il gruppo TEATRO che organizza un festival che richiama un centinaio di persone.

ORGANIZZAZIONE SPAZIALE: 100 ettari di terreno suddivisi tra prati, boschi e orto for internal use. Reconstruction of an abandoned farming village for 20 years. 8 homes between Upper and Granara Granara below. Green building

Wording For Thank You Tag

Ecovillage / Torri Superiore Ecovillage

COMMUNITY ': upper tower
http://www.torri-superiore.org/



Pictures utopiasparacaminar


PLACE OF CREATION: Torri Superiore / Ventimiglia


POPULATION: About 16 people / 30 members

PRODUCTION YEAR: 1989

political organization: no ideological or political position declared.

ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION: Società Cooperativa arl Nirvana Ture founded in 2000 as a readiness to host "Holiday home" and to include new residents.

spatial organization: the recovery of abandoned medieval hamlet. The architectural structure built of stone (of local origin) spread over eight levels, two separate streets, some covered three buildings (160 rooms connected by stairs, pathways, terraces, covered 3000 square meters and 2 hectares), the purpose of the Cultural "Torri Superiore" include: the development of the medieval village, the location of new residences (bio-architecture), the creation of an eco-village and a cultural center open to the public.


Mount And Blade Anarchists

/ Crystal Waters Ecovillage


COMMUNITY ': CRYSTAL WATERS
http://crystalwaters.org.au/

PLACE OF CREATION: north of Brisbane / Australia


Population: about 200 inhabitants

CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1985 (in 1996 he received the recognition of the Word Habitat Award per il lavoro pionieristico in campo ambientale)

ORGANIZZAZIONE POLITICA: due Cooperative commerciali / corpi legali: Community Title (ente giuridico non imprenditoriale), Cooperativa (imprenditoriale).

ORGANIZZAZIONE ECONOMICA: permacoltura e attività commerciali

ORGANIZZAZIONE SPAZIALE: 259 ettari circa 1/5 lottizzato in 83 particelle private e un'area riservata ai visitatori. Il restante territorio è di proprietà comune e comprende piccoli laghi, foreste ed ampi spazi non abitati.



Crystal Waters EcoVillage was designed by Max Lindegger , Robert Tap, Barry Goodman and Geoff Young in 1985, and is Considered a model Ecovillage today.


In 1985 he was given the task to "Permaculture Services Pty Ltd to design the village. The project would be an example of sustainable development in a rural environment where people could live in harmony with nature in respect of the local flora and fauna.

What Does Cervix Mucus Look Like

/ the people of the Elves

COMMUNITY ': PEOPLE OF THE ELVES

PLACE DI REALIZZAZIONE: Monte Vettolini_ Appennino pistoiese/nei pressi di Sambuca Pistoiese/ Pistoia

POPOLAZIONE: circa 150 abitanti

ANNO REALIZZAZIONE : 1980

ORGANIZZAZIONE : non vi sono obblighi prtecipativi, ognuno è libero di svolgere le attività secondo le proprie attitudini. Valori importanti: conoscenza e reciproca fiducia, condivisione .

ORGANIZZAZIONE ECONOMICA: raccolta di frutti ed erbe spontanee, coltivazione di ortaggi, cereali, castagne, olive , allevamento di alcuni capi di bestiame. Cassa comune per i bisogni complessivi e per acquistare i beni e gli alimenti che non si producono.
Cassa individuale per le esigenze dei singoli .

ORGANIZZAZIONE SPAZIALE: 15 nuclei one hour away from each other (on foot).
Recovery of 4 small villages and other abandoned houses.
green building and self-restructuring.
"Villages that make up the community: Avalon (Montevettolini), House Tailors, Aldaia, Rivendell, Pastoraio, Volotto, Free Campori, Little Good (Sambuca Pistoiese) plus many homes of individuals and couples.
Prime elven village Rivendell was born nel1980. In the collective life of the villages there are no obligations prtecipativi, everyone is free to perform tasks according to their abilities. This is also the strength and weaknesses of the Elves, which remains a small core original and a high turnover almost continuous "

Monday, February 18, 2008

Aged Birthday Invitation Rhyme

Ecovillage / The City of Bagnaia

COMMUNITY ': The Community of BAGNAIA
http: / / www.mappaecovillaggi.it/
http://www.viverealtrimenti.com/

PLACE OF CREATION: Ancaiano - Sovicille /
the town lies on the edge of a small village on a hill 12 km from Siena

POPULATION: About 20 people

CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1979

political organization: self-management, equity rights and duties, the consensus method. Weekly meetings for discussion and debate. Promotion of various activities and initiatives (social, environmental, pacifist ...). The Assembly is the only deliberative body.

ECONOMIC ORGANISATION: farm legally operated by the Cooperative of the municipality.
50 ha and 30 ha of coppice cultivated.
Using organic farming techniques (the products are partly consumed by the municipality, the remaining sold).
Production: wine - honey - vegetable - oil - milk - cheese - wood
Animals: cows, rabbits, pigeons, pigs, and poultry

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION: Converted renovated: rooms and public spaces for personal services.
The life of the common understanding is also seeking new forms of partnership and relationship. In addition, special importance is given to the education of children.


THE TOWN OF BAGNAIA
A fragment of utopia

directing, shooting, editing: Carl Apuzzo, Huub Nijhuis, Salvatore Piscicelli
Original Music: Eugenio Colombo, Luca Spagnoletti
Assistant Director: Antonella Licata
Collaboration to editor: Christian Cerrini
Genre: Documentary
Length: 94 '
Format: DV, Digital Video Production
: Falco Film (Italy), Belart, Film (Nederland) _ 2005


http://psiconautica.forumfree.net/?t=26163040

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Canine Ringworm More Condition_symptoms

Ecovillage / Svanholm


COMMUNITY ': _ The Svanholm Svanholm Collective
http://svanholm.dk/

PLACE OF CREATION: The Community is located three kilometers. from Skibby, not far from Copenaghen_Danimarca





POPULATION: 150 inhabitants


CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1978

political organization: the consensus method / direct democracy through self
The Community has its own structure, its laws and its own economy. The most important decision-making body is the Common Assembly (which meets once a week)

ECONOMIC ORGANISATION: earnings are collected in the case of the Community to manage the different areas and coverage of daily necessities. The activities are varied: agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, manufacturing flour - sugar ... construction, education (children are educated in the Community)

spatial organization: Large farmhouse on 415 acres of land, buildings, even with a new building a few kilometers away.


Heating Wind Energy with the recovery of residues from wood processing


In Denmark, there are many collections in ecological communities' Association Løsnet

Avonex More Drug_side_effects

Ecovillage / Rural Communities




Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Brazillian Wax Pictues



LA COMUNE RURALE HIPPY DI OVADA
(1970-5 settembre 1971)

http://www.anarca-bolo.ch/a-rivista/338/27.htm
http://selvatici.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/la-comune-di-ovada/


LA COMUNE RURALE DEL TURCHINO (Mele 1967)

photo of Walter Pagliero


THE TOWN OF ST JOHN Castelmonte (above Ivrea 1967)

photo of Walter Pagliero


Travel
in rural communities of Italy

"Sparse especially in the center of the peninsula, rural communities offer an alternative way of living based on the sharing of assets, the absence of hierarchies and the return to earth. The stories of the people restless seekers of community "
Sabina Calogero
“Le comunità rurali in Italia sono soprattutto sparse sugli appennini del Centro (Toscana, Umbria, Emilia, Liguria), ma anche sulle montagna del Nord e nel Sud. Sono organizzazioni del tutto autonome, ognuna diversa; nessuno le censisce, e non hanno un riconoscimento ufficiale. La maggior parte, una veste ufficiale non la vorrebbe proprio: per esempio "Ca' Favale", villaggio libertario nell'entroterra ligure, forse più conosciuto in Germania (molti ospiti sono tedeschi, come ad "Upacchi", vicino ad Arezzo, o a "Urupia", nel Salento) che dai vicini di casa. L'intento è di recuperare il piccolo borgo in rovina. Per ora ci vivono in pochi, stringendosi nei vani già habitable, but the site is on the hill. "We did not get the business of eco-biological-state Vanja, 22-years, we do not care to create products with a recognized brand, or create sales channels in the city. We believe only in trade and as a craftsman, but only with similar to our own reality. "


TOWN FREE COUNTRY: CA 'Favale

small rural village in the hinterland of abandoned Lavagna (Liguria) format from 4 houses and a church (1100 square meters. total). It is located in a hilly area, surrounded by seven hectares of farmland and forest.


Ecovillage: Some food for thought / point of view of Ca Favale

"If we continue to give to the term" ecovillage "some positive value, we consider them to be people with the intention of change and wants to compare his action with that of others.
Conversely, if this need will not come off, the eco-village seems to be destined to become yet another bandwagon ready to suck from both side of the institutions from that of individuals who sometimes go to take a week or a month's respite from the stress citizen, the flagship of the new left, alternative but not too much for the enlightened bourgeoisie. "
http://www.inventati.org/cafavale/principale.html
From theory to practice: Ca 'Favale
http://news2000.libero. it/speciali/sp88/pg4.html

photos of Joan Santinolli

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Helmet Vespa Granturismo

Findhorn Community / Ecovillage

Ecovillage
http://www.ecovillage.org/
http://www.mappaecovillaggi.it/
http://www.diggersanddreamers.org.uk/

an example



Some definitions

"The term is a neologism borrowed dall'anglosassone ecovillage" eco-village ", coined for the first time that Robert and Diane Gilman first used the term in the book Eco-villages and Susteinable Communities (published by The Gaia Trust, 1991). A few years later it was founded Ecovillages Global Network (GEN), an international network, which is entered in all the continents eco-villages, and in 1995 hosted the first meeting in the historic community of Findhorn in Scotland, the movement of eco-villages received its official baptism.
The literal translation of the English word does not do justice to the deeper meaning of the term might be more properly translated as "ecologically sustainable intentional community", this because when it comes to eco-village includes a community characterized by two elements: intent and sustainability. "
Ecovillage: yards for a Better World
Mimmo Tringale
www.aamterranuova.it/article1371.htm


GEN - Global Ecovillage Network - (Global Ecovillage Network) defines eco-village community, rural or urban, people who strive to integrate environment sociale di sostegno attraverso uno stile di vita a basso impatto''
http://www.gen-europe.org/about_us/italian/index.html

La RIVE (Rete Italiana Villaggi Ecologici) aderisce al GEN - Global Ecovillage Network - (rete globale degli ecovillaggi) che collega fra loro le esperienze più significative di insediamenti umani sostenibili in tutto il mondo.

"La Rete italiana dei villaggi ecologici (Rive) è nata nel dicembre 1996 ad Alessano (Lecce), in occasione del convegno "Ecovillaggi: una soluzione per il futuro del pianeta?" organizzata dall’ Amministrazione Comunale di Alessano e dal Centro Studi Cosmòs di Milano. Scopo della rete è fare conoscere le esperienze Community, considered fertile laboratory for social experimentation and economic, where you can now experience the utopia, albeit in reduced scale, of a society based on solidarity, cooperation and ecology. "

Community and ecovillages
AAM Terra Nuova
http://www.aamterranuova.it/article148.htm


A BETTER WORLD AND 'POSSIBLE

"The network will aim to introduce the community experience, considered fertile laboratory for social experimentation and economic, where you can now live the utopia, albeit in reduced scale, of a society based on solidarity, cooperation and ecology. "
http://www.mappaecovillaggi.it/article6130.htm Presentazione Alessano (LE)

“Tutti gli ecovillaggi esistenti al mondo, sono stati costruiti variando la combinazione di tre fondamentali dimensioni: • Ecologia • Comunità (la dimensione sociale) • Cultura e spiritualità
Un ecovillaggio è una comunità intenzionale e/o sostenibile, che può essere inserito in un'area rurale, urbana o sub-urbana. E' formato da un certo numero di membri ed è provvisto di un corpo decisionale. Non ha una dimensione definita, ma generalmente la sua popolazione varia tra le 50 e le 3000 persone. Ha tutto l'aspetto di una comunità intenzionale, di un villaggio o di una co-habitation, and the characteristics of a holistic ecological design and the ultimate goal, although it may not yet have reached the final stage of all. "
Definition mentioned during the Eco-village and Sustainable Community Conference in Findhorn, Scotland In 1995

The association of ecological communities

"We wanted a community based on active participation of individuals, on the understanding that it is necessary to each other with the idea that you could recover only managing identities together local community by addressing social and environmental problems. Creating a new common need, it would be so constituted anche la base per la convivenza. Queste sono le idee che hanno accompagnato quella che si potrebbe chiamare una "seconda generazione" di comunità…"
La Danimarca degli ecovillaggi
Giovanni Romoli
www.aamterranuova.it/article207.htm


"Hildur Jackson, cofondatore di Gaia Trust, ha provato a descrivere un ecovillaggio utilizzando una chiave originale di lettura basata sui quattro elementi: terra, acqua, fuoco, aria."
Che cos’è un ecovillaggio?
http://www.aamterranuova.it/search.asp?mode=search&search=permacultura&search_in=1

“Utilizzando una definizione sintetica ed efficace, un ecovillaggio è una comunità intenzionale orientata alla sostenibilità. Un fattore peculiare di ogni comunità intenzionale è senz’altro la condivisione. E’difatti inevitabile che vi si condividano idee, passioni, visioni del mondo ma anche spazi, beni di vario genere e denaro.
Esistono, tuttavia, diversi livelli di condivisione; nel caso specifico ci sono ecovillaggi - in cui predomina l’elemento propriamente comunitario - dove non viene riconosciuto quasi nessun tipo di proprietà privata e dunque terreni, casolari, automobili e salari individuali appartengono alla comunità, altri - di matrice maggiormente individualista - in cui proprietà privata e proprietà collettiva svolgono funzioni diverse e complementari”.

La questione della proprietà
Manuel Olivares
http://www.aamterranuova.it/article1387.htm


“Gli ecovillaggi sono l’ultima pelle, l’ultima reincarnazione di questa voglia di liberarsi dei fardelli esistenziali ed allo stesso tempo di ritornare, per quel che si può, in sintonia con la natura e con se stessi.”
Angelo Quattrocchi , presentazione a
Comuni e comunità
ed ecovillaggi in Italia di Manuel Olivares
ed Malatempora Roma 2003


Gli attuali ecovillaggi rappresentano in parte l’evoluzione del vasto movimento degli anni ’60, ‘70

This, says Mimmo Tringale, "it is evident, especially abroad, where the most important experiences in America-The Farm, Findhorn in Scotland, Cristal Water in Australia and Auroville in India-are rooted in those years, fermented and fans."


municipalities and communities and eco-villages in Italy and Manuel Olivares
Malatempora Rome 2003

Three types of eco-villages: