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Spring is coming! Agenda of Spring/Summer events in European ecovillages

Discover nature rythmns and the moon calendar.

Seeding and planting calendar.

In April, Permaculture Design Course in Portuguese, Aldeia do Vale, Portugal.

From April 15-17, Three-Day Visit in Damanhur, Italy.

From May 1 to 4, Survival Course at Aldeia do Vale.

From March to August in Damanhur, Italy:

Inner senses – Second level: April 19-20
Inner Personalities: May 9-10 
School for Spiritual Healing (intensive course 2nd year): May 11-23
Inner Senses (in french language): May 15-16
Communication with the plantworld:  May 23-2
Open to Art, Open to Life: Let Your Creativity Set You Free – Special event at Esalen: May 3 – 8, 2020
Lab of Life! – Classic: July 12 – August 8
Lab of Life! – The Fire of Sacred Creativity: August 10 – 20
Lab of Life! – Between the Veils of Reality: October 25 – November 3
Community Life Campus –
a month of new connections and shared values: July 1 – 29
Ecovillage Design Education – Training for Sustainability in Italy: August 1-29
Laughter Yoga – Special Edition in Damanhur: August 4-9

In Portugal, from March to September, events are going on at Awakened Life Project.

The Green Apprenticeship Permaculture and Ecological Design Training Course in Israel

Join them for a 4 week practical training program in hands-on sustainable engineering, systems design and cooperative living. They will be learning about the designing, building and running of sustainable projects, linking together ecological, social, economic and cultural aspects into a unified whole. Together, participants will develop skills through hands-on work in our environmental education center, organic gardens, and alternative/natural building projects.

Students live in the EcoCampus, a prototype low-impact sustainable neighborhood featuring beautiful hand-crafted earth and straw bale domes on Kibbutz Lotan in Israel’s southern Arava, a desert oasis. At the end of the course participants receive an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certification.

Course Dates:
4 May – 2 June 2020
15 June – 14 July 2020
10 August – 8 September 2020
www.kibbutzlotan.com/ga

Elements of Change Festival from June to 27 to 28, in Cloughjordan, Ireland

In 2029 we’ll be on the cusp of the 12 year deadline set by the IPCC. What will the world look like?
We’ll need: collaboration, community resilience, arts & expression, music & dance, food sovereignty, renewable energy, climate action, traditional crafts & skills, open source design, circular economy, decentralised economies and governance, meaningful livelihoods…These are some of the Elements of Change.
In the inspiring setting of Cloughjordan Ecovillage, the team behind Global Green at the Electric Picnic, Cloughjordan residents, and Extinction Rebellion have collaborated with the aim of creating an off-grid celebration of regenerative culture.
Weekend and day tickets available on www.cultivate.ie, under 16yr olds free, early bird discount ends 21st April. Facebook event 

Permaculture Design Course in Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Ireland

This 10-day Permaculture Design Course is organised by Cultivate in association with Cloughjordan Community Farm and Sustainable Projects Ireland and based in Cloughjordan EcovillageThis unique course location was designed using permaculture, which allows students to see the design principles in action within a lively and diverse community.

The EcoVillage features over 50 eco-homes, a renewable energy heating system, wood-fired bakery, a community farm & our permaculture course centre – WeCreate Workspace and FabLab.

More Spring and Summer events coming soon!