Design is the Key

El Manzano will be in the 5th region of Chile teaching design and food forests  from the 12 to the 14th of March 2010. We are there supporting Sofi Merino, our friend, colleague of the Instituto Chileno de Permacutura, and student of the Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design to mobilise her community. Please visit this site for applications and more information.

Detalles

The Great Transition; how to organise an economy where people flourish in dynamic equilibrium with the biosphere

Growth ‘drowns-out’ efficiency gains. Environmental ‘tolerance thresholds’ being pushed too far making a growing economy and a safe climate incompatible according to new modelling from nef (the new economics foundation).

As economists and politicians anticipate the publication of official figures for UK economic growth and the World Economic Forum gathers at Davos, new research from independent think-tank nef, warns that we should be wary of celebrating rising GDP.

The report, Growth Isn’t Possible: Why rich nations need a new economic direction, published today, Monday 25 January 2010, presents evidence that endless economic growth isn’t possible when faced with the threat of climate change and other critical environmental boundaries.

WHO Experts linked to Drug-Makers

A First Meeting for Bioregional Coordination (Español)

By Carlos Lopez Odgers. On Saturday, Jan 23 2010, a large group gathered in the beautiful natural environment, that gives us the Laguna Grande in the district of San Pedro de la Paz in the city of Concepción, Biobio, Chile.

Forming the circle on the grass, some in bare feet, we met, heard and talked of our projects, all had one thing in common, progress should be together, without losing the richness of individuality, but with clear objectives.

The first is to maintain contact, organize and generate a platform that allows networking and information sharing. The second step is to meet again in March this year and to share proposals (for each group) to generate consensus on the way forward. What do we want for this new collaboration?

Those who endorsed this call were;

Action Learning Pathways (English)

Detalles muy pronto. Si usted está interesado en asistir a este evento por favor, mantener el contacto con nosotros en http://elmanzano.ning.com/.

Diseño Regenerativo en Acción (English)

Lo estamos haciendo de nuevo, pero esta vez en la 5 ª Región. Después de un exitoso taller en Pucón que hemos aprendido esta es una de las mejores maneras en que podemos apoyar a las comunidades a organizar uno mismo.

Únetecon el equipo El Manzano en un curso avanzado de diseño de permacultura trabajando para desarrollar un plan maestro de permacultura para una nueva comunidad en Mantagua Chile.

La movilización de Comunidades en la Transición a traves Diseño

Entrenamiento para la Transición es un curso de dos dias de "fundamentales" por supuesto para aquellos que deseen saber cómo configurar, ejecutar y mantener una iniciativa de éxito de la transición. Se embala con las formas y la imaginación para profundizar en la teoría y la práctica de la Transición. Para mas información sobre Transition Towns click aqui y aqui la Revolución del Movimiento de Transición.Leer mas sobre transición aqui y aqui.

Tomorrow Comes Anyway

By John Michael Greer Summer 2010. Our resulting predicament can be stated simply enough. The industrial world no longer has the resources or time to change fast enough to a oide its own decline and fall. The U.S government may be in a position to loan Wall Street $700 billion it doesn´t have-in today´s economy, money is so close to a mass hallucination that it´s not surprising to see it wished into being soi casually-but resources such as fossil fuels, trained labor forces, and time are not so flexible. In the shadow of these unmentionable realities, the world is hurtling towards unwelcome future for which most of us are hopelessly unprepared.

Una Universidad Viviente: Creando el Espacio para Conversaciónes

Una pequeña historia con ganas de seguir

Escrito por Oriana Villarroel Estudiante del Diploma de Diseño de Permacultura Aplicada.

Quiero comentar esta experiencia porque después de todos los esfuerzos, los sacrificios y trabajos previos de cada uno de nosotros, valió la pena realizar este taller. Sólo buenos resultados hemos cosechado, sólo buenas relaciones se han creado. Las personas, ahora amigos de PachAmrita, quedaron muy satisfechos con lo que aprendieron, que fue con mucho cariño. El trabajar por dos días intensivamente con el sólo objetivo de entregar una buena estadía, comida deliciosa, un aprendizaje muy completo, según sus opiniones, valió la pena.

El 21 y 22 de Noviembre dimos paso, como comunidad PachAmrita, a un taller;  huertas intensivas con Oriana Villarroel, agricultura natural con Víctor Soto, además de explicar que es Permacultura con Paola Palma. Es el segundo taller de este año, pero este fue más completo. Participando toda mi familia.

Getting Started in Permaculture (Español)

As we develop the Chilean branch of the Permaculture Research Institute, assiting people and communities to self organise for sustainability, we find ourselves working more and more in intensive design conversations. We are learning clearly that dreaming together is the first step, that by standing beside colleagues in conspiracy to design, we make sense together. Our consciousness is raised, and we can move on with a higher level of intention. What follows is a story from Enrique, participant in the a new community project Milenrama in the 5th region of Chile.

Welcome Anne y Glenn (Español)

Anne Poelina is Managing Director of Madjulla Inc, an Indigenous community organization that offers consultation in cultural education, research, training and evaluation.

She holds a PhD in Indigenous Mental Health, as well as Masters degrees in Indigenous Social Policy, Education and Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and is currently pursuing her post-doctoral degree with Gaia University.

Poelina is deeply involved in the struggle for Indigenous rights in Australia. Her main projects at the moment are the development of sustainable, holistic models of Indigenous management and models for integrated land and water management.

Por Penny Livingston y James Stark (Español)

Gaia University Associates Penny Livingston and James Stark are the founders of the Regenerative Design Institute (RDI) in Bolinas, California. RDI has hosted a Gaia U orientation for the last two years and is currently in development to become an autonomous Regional Center in October of 2010.

Facilitating Artistic and Ecological Action Locally (Español)

Gaia University is thrilled to announce the launch of a new degree pathway offered in partnership with the City Repair Project in Portland, Oregon. The City Repair pathway will be open to both Masters and Bachelors Associates. City Repair members will serve as specialist advisors for Associates, and will be intensively involved in the first orientation for the program, which takes place in Portland in May, 2010. The creation of the City Repair pathway is the first step in the formation of an independent Portland-based Regional Center of Gaia University.