Living Energy Farm has developed a Direct Drive DC Microgrid that we are now installing in low income communities in the U.S. and the Caribbean. Our solar energy systems provide modern services with near zero ongoing maintenance costs. We are also largely food self-sufficient, and promote regenerative food production methods. … Read more
Solutions
- Lifelong Education
- Diversity & Cohesion
- Trust & Communication
- Health & Healing
- Leadership & Governance
- Conflict Resolution
- Wisdom & Innovation
- Art & Celebration
- Vision & Purpose
- Nature Connection
- Mindfulness & Self Reflection
- Defend & Protect
- Leading from the Future
- Contextualised Design
- Whole Systems Thinking
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Intervention & Transformation
- Alliance Building
- Prototyping & Feedback
- Rank & Privilege
A small farm in the mountains
The reason behind writing this short book was to introduce the travelers, volunteers and future farmers to the story of this farm, the experiences of people who have worked here and the philosophy that serves as the foundation for this project, feeds it and makes possible for it to continue to thrive. As this documentation could also be useful for more farms in the region and in similar climates, some background on the practices and refrences for planting and harvesting have been included. We … Read more
Permayouth Youth-led global network of young permaculture people
Each week young people from around the world gather together via zoom to explore what permaculture means in their local context, to learn about different ways of thinking about it and applying it. We are based at Crystal Waters Permaculture village and connect young people in other ecovillages and permaculture communities and projects around the world. This group is led by young people for young people, with Mentors from around the world too - Morag Gamble, Rosemary Morrow, Hannah Apricot … Read more
Spiral Wetlands A grey water treatment design
The proposed solution describes a natural grey water treatment system based on aquatic plants in a spiral design which requires little space to implement and meet the quality of treatment required by legislation. … Read more
Easy Dry Toilet Accessible and safe technique for maintenance and use of humanure and urine from a dry toilet
The solution offers an easy to implement technique, based on accessible resources (ashes and lime), that promises to neutralize pathogens, control insects while providing a quick way to generate compost from humanure and solve sanitation issues anywhere in the world. … Read more
Almost Heaven Farms
We created a project called RTR or Resilience Through Recovery. This project is an integrated approach to helping different communities in Nepal sustainably recover from the recent earthquakes allowing them to be even more resilient and prepared to deal with future challenges. We envisage that the learnings from this project will have relevance for rural communities in many parts of the world who are faced with the need to become increasingly self-sufficient, and resilient during these times … Read more
CASA Latina and EmerGENcies Musurrunakuna-Mocoa-Colombia
Key challenges for people on the ground - both affected and responding: The Musurrunakuna people lost their territory for third time. This people of the Inga's lineage faced a third displacement by natural disaster (the 2 previous by land conflict and violence), which entails a great hit against community sovereignty and cultural survival. The situation of emergency in Mocoa has its origin in the lack of urban planning and historical non-favorable political leadership inside the city’s … Read more
PIRAMID-ALL " Casa del Futuro ", auto abastecida con energías renovables
POST CATASTROPHE ECOSOCIAL REGENERATION PROJECT RAMBUCHE COMMUNITY
Post Catastrophe Ecosocial Regeneration project for tropical regions with products and solutions in the four dimmensions of sustainabilty: ecological, social, economic and cultural … Read more
Enjarres y pinturas ecológicas ECOTEC Pintar con Cal es tan saludable, como tener un árbol en tu espacio
Con estos productos elaborados con materiales locales, pigmentos naturales y cal de alta pureza producidos en México, ECOTEC ha logrado la producción de revoques ecológicos de fácil aplicación que aportan a la salud y al bienestar humano así como a una mejor relación con la naturaleza. … Read more
