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  • From: Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>
  • To: International Permaculture List <permaculture@openpermaculture.org>, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Paolo Lugari/ Gaviotas, Columbia in May 1-5, 2008 Philadelphia
  • Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:29:57 -0800

Gaviotas is a village of about 200 people in Colombia, South America. For three decades, Gaviotans - peasants, scientists, artists, and former street kids - have struggled to build an oasis of imagination and sustainability in the remote, barren savannas of eastern Colombia, an area ravaged by political terror. They have planted millions of trees, thus regenerating an indigenous rainforest. They farm organically and use wind and solar power. Every family enjoys free housing, community meals, and schooling. There are no weapons, no police, no jail. There is no mayor.

The United Nations named the village a model of sustainable development. Gabriel Garcia Marquez has called Paolo Lugari the "inventor of the world."

Gaviotas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGaviotas is an eco-village located in the Colombian department of Vichada, at 4°33'17"N, 70°54'55"W. It was founded in 1971 by Paolo Lugari who assembled a ...
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaviotas - 26k - http://www.friendsofgaviotas.org/

Weekend with Paolo Lugari/Las Gaviotas
Thursday, May 1 thru Sunday, May 4

Public Talk:
Thursday, May 1 6pm – 8pm
School of the Future
Cost: $10.00 - $25.00

Innovation and Sustainable Design Workshop:
Friday May 2 - Sunday May 4
Tabernacle United Church
Cost: $295.00 advanced registration by March 31, 2008 (includes public talk)
$400.00 late registration after March 31, 2008 (includes public talk)

Brunch With Paolo Lugari:
Sunday May 4 10 am - 12 pm
White Dog Café
Cost: $95.00 (limited to 12 participants)

Tour of green projects in Philadelphia:
Sunday May 4 10 am - 12 pm
Visit local green technology/building projects

More Info...

To Register for the workshop please follow the link below.
http://www.friendsofgaviotas.org/philadelphia.htm

To Register for Public Talk, Brunch, or Tour Contact GVP
greenvillagephiladelphia@att.net

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Please check back shortly for more events created, supported, and in-conjunction with Green Village Philadelphia.


Welcome to Green Village Philadelphia
http://www.greenvillagephiladelphia.org/

Dedicated to “the design of sustainable ecosystems that integrate human society
with its natural environment for the benefit of both" (Mitsch, 1998).

As industrial societies face an unprecedented convergence of ecological and social crises commonsense demands that political and corporate self-interest yield to a broader vision that addresses economic development, social justice, quality housing, ecological restoration and issues of sustainability simultaneously and holistically, not as isolated variables.

Green Village Philadelphia is a group of entrepreneurs, business owners and community activists engaged in developing an evolving community that is designed for multi-use, mixed income, and multi-generation living, working, learning, growing, creating and playing: a sustainable urban neighborhood that will be a pioneer of holistic urban planning.

In 2008 we are honing our site search, initiating our clean technology incubation services, rolling out our first education series, and running the GVP design competition.



  • [permaculture] Paolo Lugari/ Gaviotas, Columbia in May 1-5, 2008 Philadelphia, Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, 03/16/2008

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