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Eco Caminhos - Eco Farm Brazil - Bioconstruction, Permaculture

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Commenced:	01/01/2014
Submitted:	15/04/2014
Last updated:	28/09/2017
Location:	Estrada Ernesto de Souza Cardinot s/n, Nova Friburgo, RJ, BR
Phone:	22997512422
Website:	http://www.ecocaminhos.com/
Climate zone:	Wet Tropical

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Eco Caminhos - Eco Farm Brazil - Bioconstruction, Permaculture

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Rural, Commercial, Community, Philanthropic aid, Educational

Project Summary

Eco Caminhos is beautiful farm near Nova Friburgo, 2,5 hours drive from Rio de Janeiro. We are currently building Cob houses and farming organically. Our goal is to self-sustains in food and energy. Houses will be made by natural materials. The Eco Farm generates income through Eco Turism. Eco Caminhos is already offering vocational courses for unprivileged but motivated teenagers and young adults.

Project Description

Eco Caminhos is a beautiful place to live, work and should be another permaculture example and eye opener for the world that we need to change our habits now and improve our live standards by simply moving back to basics. The Eco Farm will be based on 3 pilars:

Self-Produced organic food

With the earth in crisis a growing number of people is going back to basics. How can we produce or own heatly food without poluting the earth. We will be sure our food is produced properly and won't be affected with any economic crisis for our own food providance.

Live Energy Neutral

We will use the sun and water power to generate all the energy we need. Brasil is far behind on sustainable energy and energy prices are rising. We will give an example how easily a farm can generate it's own energy 24 hours 365 days by only using sun and water. Further will we treat our own wastewater.

Educate the Unprivileged

As the lucky few most of us had access to quality education, family support that allowed us the create ourselves this privileged conditions in life. We see it as our mission to share our knowledge with those we were not that lucky. There is only one condition to join. To be very motivated to learn.

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