Ecovillage Library Update
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Mar 04, 2024•23 min
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Transitioning towards an Ecovillage Way of Life (with Jeff McGregor)
Jeff McGregor and I share ideas and reflections about transitioning towards an economic paradigm that is more accommodating to the creation of ecovillages and living off the land. Share your thoughts and comment below! Join the Ecovillage Library club and learn more at ecovillagelibrary.org If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on Patreon here . Musical credit: Michael Kinney at instagram...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Eco Village Voice (with Michael Ney)
Interview guest: Michael Ney, editor of Eco Village Voice (description below) // Contact: michael@ecovillagevoice.com Guest Links: Eco Village Voice: https://ecovillagevoice.com/ Crystal Waters Documentary: https://bit.ly/cwdoco01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signup with Ecovillage Library at: ecovillagelibrary.org If you'd like to donate to Eco...
May 11, 2020•47 min
Towards a Village Economy
Why have we seen massive rural to urban migrations during this past century? What does it take to improve the quality of life in the rural sector and transition towards a village economy? Share your thoughts and comment below! Join the Ecovillage Library club and learn more at ecovillagelibrary.org If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on Patreon here . Musical credit: Michael Kinney at i...
May 04, 2020•31 min
Charcoal Making for Small Enterprises
The making of charcoal has been a versatile utility for humans for as long as history has been recorded. Charcoal is made from any kind of wood and its manufacture may promote a socially desirable development provided that its organization is well planned and conducted in an ecologically conscious manner. Special thanks to Appropriate Technology Library and to the original Peace Corps volunteers who documented their on-the-ground experience to make this knowledge available. Contact Ecovillage Li...
Apr 25, 2020•27 min
Yelema Ecovillage Project Case Study in West Africa (with Adelaide Merle)
Adelaide Merle is one of the authors of the Yelema Project Case study: click here . Sobata is a traditional village in Guinea, West Africa. The community can grow food only three months of the year, during the rainy season – and the rest of the year is getting drier and drier with climate change. The people of Sobata dream of transforming their community into a thriving ecovillage by helping to restore and regenerate the natural cycles in their bioregion, as well as by increasing their resilienc...
Apr 25, 2020•51 min
Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind (with Vera Franco)
Interview guest: Vera Franco (verafranco.org) facilitator for greater consciousness and presence in communities; businesses; next cultures; and learning environments, centered on authentic adulthood initiatory processes. Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: ecovillagelibrary@gmail.com or leave a voice message! If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on Patreon here . Musical credit: Micha...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Traditional Villages of Asia (with Clarissa Wei)
Interview guest: Clarissa Wei (clarissawei.com) is senior reporter at Goldthread, a digital imprint of the South China Morning Post. She has previously written for National Geographic, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, CNN, BBC, VICE, USA Today, Bon Appétit, Eater, CBS Los Angeles, Food Network, Saveur, among others. Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: ecovillagelibrary@gmail.com or leave a voice message! If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or...
Mar 28, 2020•40 min
The Global Ecovillage Movement (with Cynthia Tina)
Interview guest: Cynthia Tina (cynthiatina.com), founder of Ecovillage Tours, is based out of Vermont and Slovenia. Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: ecovillagelibrary@gmail.com or leave a voice message and get featured in the next podcast episode! If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on Patreon here . Cynthia is the Communications Director at the Foundation for Intentional Communit...
Mar 01, 2020•43 min
Traditional Hemp Living in Sintra, Portugal (with Lilian Enders Ribeiro)
Interview guest: Lilian Enders Ribeiro, founder of 7 Irmas, is based out of Sintra, Portugal. Lily is a visual artist, mother of two, and focuses on the versatility of the hemp plant through the production and transformation of products based on home-grown hemp. Check her out here: https://www.instagram.com/7_irmas http://www.quinta7nomes.com/canhamo.html Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: ecovillagelibrary@gmail.com or leave a voice message and get featured in the next podcast episode! (anc...
Feb 20, 2020•49 min
How to Read Water (Book Review)
How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea combines elements of natural navigation history, techniques for observing the weather and the way flora and fauna give clues about any kind of water, and personal narrative to encourage readers to become engaged noticers. If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on Patreon here ....
Jan 14, 2020•30 min
Beekeeping & Living On One Acre in Queensland, Australia (with Martin Robinson)
Interview guest: Martin Robinson from Queensland, Australia. Martin is a beekeeper and grows his own food on one acre. To see more visit his page at: https://www.instagram.com/on_one_acre/ Send an email! Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: ecovillagelibrary@gmail.com or leave a voice message and get featured in the next podcast episode! (anchor.fm/ecovillage-library) If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovill...
Jan 05, 2020•27 min
Indigenous Water Harvesting of the Andes
The Andean region is facing an increased shortage of water. What are the solutions to these water stresses? Perhaps a look at the regions ancestral wisdom may provide us with some clues........ ‘The water is our mother, that is why we should respect and take care of her’ is an Andean proverb. Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: ecovillagelibrary@gmail.com or leave a voice message and get featured in the next podcast episode! (anchor.fm/ecovillage-library) If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage...
Dec 20, 2019•21 min
Freshwater Aquaculture in China
Practicing aquaculture on the homefront may provide greater certainty of whether or not you’ll be eating in the future. And not only that, aquaculture produces the finest homegrown protein in the smallest amount of land. It all happens 3-dimensionally! That is quite the bargain when you consider that in today’s markets, protein calories are the most expensive calories to produce. It is estimated by the FAO that aquaculture would account for 62% of the world's fish supply for human consumption by...
Jul 21, 2019•29 min
Building the Timber Frame House, The Revival of a Forgotten Craft (Book Review)
In this book you will find a short history of timber framing and a fully illustrated discussion of the different kinds of joinery, assembly of timbers, and raising of the frame. There are also detailed sections on present-day design and materials, house plans, site development, foundation laying, insulation, tools, and methods. For centuries, post-and-beam construction has proved to be one of the most durable building techniques. It is being enthusiastically revived today not only for its sturdi...
Jun 07, 2019•23 min
Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds (Book Review)
The Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds is a comprehensive overview of reed bed systems and treatment wetlands for household effluent treatment. Going from system selection and design to construction, planting and maintenance; this guide offers the reader a complete how-to manual for getting your own reed bed system up and running. Reed beds are an efficient, effective, low-energy filter system for protecting local groundwater and streams from septic tank effluent and greywater. This thorough book e...
May 11, 2019•23 min
Water Storage (Book Review)
Nothing is as important as water these days. From “countdown cities” to military conflict over water, it’s essential that you and your community secure your supply for generations to come. Water storage is certainly one of the key needs of the 21st century. This do-it-yourself guide is an invaluable resource for designing, building, and maintaining water tanks, cisterns, and ponds, and sustainably managing groundwater storage. It will assist you with handling your independent water system, fire ...
May 10, 2019•47 min
Ecovillages: New Frontiers for Sustainability (Book Review)
The ecovillage movement is growing: worldwide, new communities and inhabitants of existing villages and suburbs are consciously choosing the path of sustainable development. In the face of both ecological and economical crisis, poverty in the South and social isolation in the urban North, people are coming together to assume joint responsibility for their region, its resources and their social surroundings. In the process they find themselves actors in and creators of their own reality. Learn al...
May 04, 2019•41 min
Five Acres and Independence (Book Review)
Claim your independence! And learn how to live a more fulfilling life on your own terms that's more in tune with nature. Anyone who has ever dreamed of getting back to the soil will get from Maurice Grenville Kains' practical and easy-to-understand discussions a more complete view of what small-scale farming means. Most likely, you, like thousands of others who have read "Five Acres and Independence," will come away with specfic projects that you can begin, specific plans that you can start to m...
May 04, 2019•54 min
Your Successful Farm Business (Book Review)
Joel Salatin illuminates the path of successful farm entrepreneurship with his articulation of the common threads of success for beginning farmers and what makes a farmer thrive. “Twenty years ago Joel Salatin wrote You Can Farm, which has launched thousands of farm entrepreneurs around the world. With another 20 years of experience under his belt, bringing him to the half-century mark as a full-time farmer, he decided to build on that foundation with a sequel, a graduate level curriculum. Every...
May 04, 2019•42 min
Nature and the Human Soul (Book Review)
Addressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of crisis, Nature and the Human Soul introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when soul and wild nature guide us. Based on nature’s cycles, Nature and the Human Soul helps every reader discover and embody his or her potential and personal destiny. Equally important, Plotkin offers us a way to progress from our current egocentric, aggressively competitive,...
May 04, 2019•40 min
Philisophical Guide to Natural Building
Learn about the fundamentals of natural building and cob, in particular. Recommended reading, "The Hand-Sculpted House" (https://amzn.to/2U5rvNp) =================================== Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: ecovillagelibrary@gmail.com or leave a voice message and get featured in the next podcast episode! (anchor.fm/ecovillage-library) If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on...
May 04, 2019•29 min
How to Awaken the Village Within (with Nicole Hartley Bradford)
Interview guest is Nicole Hartley Bradford, founder and coordinator of "Awakening the Village" based in Calgary, Alberta. If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on Patreon here .
May 04, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Aldea Sustentable: Introducción
Un podcast sobre cómo crear comunidades ecológicas y sustentables.
Jan 03, 2019•6 min
The 4 Keys of Ecovillage Design
A discussion about creating ecological communities. Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: ecovillagelibrary@gmail.com or leave a voice message! If you'd like to donate to Ecovillage Library, follow the link: paypal.me/ecovillagelibrary or you can also support the Ecovillage Library Podcast on Patreon here .
Nov 04, 2018•35 min
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