Centro de Convergência

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Commenced: 01/05/2006
Submitted: 24/06/2011
Last updated: 03/04/2013
Location: Centro Social Aldeia das Amoreiras, Aldeia das Amoreiras, Odemira, Portugal
Phone: +351 283 92 50 32
Website: centrodeconvergencia.org
Climate zone: Mediterranean

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Centro de Convergência

Project Type

Rural, Residential, Community, Demonstration, Educational, Permaculture Local Group Transition Town Permablitz, Financial Economic, Legal

Project Summary

Community building and education for sustainable development project based in the + 500 years old traditional 200 people village called "Aldeia das Amoreiras" - South-west of Portugal.

Project Description

Centro de Convergência and the "Sustainable Village" Project

The project Aldeia das Amoreiras Sustentável (Sustainable Village of Amoreiras, see www.aldeiasustentavel.net) is an holistic local development project aimed at creating a sustainable village through the participation and empowerment of the local traditional (non-intentional) community - Aldeia das Amoreiras (Muleberry Village).

The strategy of the facilitators group - Centro de Convergencia (Convergence Centre, see www.centrodeconvergencia.org) was to trigger an open ended conversation proccess, starting as several social events in the streets asking what is the dream village or what are the dreams that the people have for their village. The result was the concept of a sustainable village, the vision.

We are now engaging in the open ended conversation and acting as meeting facilitators to address our needs and dreams and make them reality.

We are also making a Permaculture design to the whole village based on the dreams and a detailled questionnaire applied to all the 200 inhabitants. Our dream is that Permaculture solutions and design will be integrated by the local working groups, and with time ever more ecological and integrated solutions will possibly be implemented by the population.

The Convergence Centre is acting as a animator, facilitator and organisator at the same time. We have also invited a group of external facilitators for all the group meetings. We have invited all possible organisations in the region to be partners.

In the coordinating group there is 1 person with Permaculture Design Course and two people with the Transition Initiative Course.

Our challenge is to integrate the landscape around the village and private property in the process of managing for the common good. Of course, envolving everybody and all the stakeholders is not such an easy task. But are we are getting there!

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Updates

doc "Alface" is on-line

"Lettuce" - The pleasure of looking after and being in the kitchen garden. The knowledge of the people in the village, Aldeia das Amoreiras.

Posted 3 months ago (0 comments)

Eco - compost toilets at Summer Festival "Andanças'2012"

the portable eco-throne delights - your contribution to soil fertility is appreciated

Posted 3 months ago (0 comments)

The Seed Feast - 30 March - Aldeia das Amoreiras

seed swop, market, traditional vegetarian community lunch, traditionl hands-on agricultural knowledge sharing, "Alface" documentary, "Pine cone dances"

Posted 3 months ago (0 comments)

WANTED 2 volunteers to help build low cost eco-shelter 14-Feb-14-March

this is going to be a about 30 m3 shelter, planned and built with Permaculture design principles in mind, given the local eco-geological conditions and building materials on site and nearby region

Posted 5 months ago (0 comments)

The Compost Shower Workshop

The Compost Shower (about 6 m3 of fresh shredded whole 14 year old Pinus pinea trees) was built in the end of February 2012 and yielded water until November.

Posted 5 months ago (0 comments)

2 Volunteers-Permaculture Wanted - Through European Volunteering Service

1 Opportunity to get involved in Permaculture and transition town work + 1 to work with the Children's Land Project

Posted 9 months ago (0 comments)