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Back in BCN (OFIW)

Lou is back in Barcelona after 6 months away on adventures. This post is an update about what's going on with Boodaville Permaculture Association.

So here I am, back at my desk for the first time since February, and writing an OFIW post for the first time since.. I don’t know. Things got incredibly busy before the trip; creating that adventure is a whole story, or even a book in the making.

I will publish a post with the top 50 photos as soon as I have the technological capability. And for now – I just hope you can read this post! We STILL have some kind of malware in the wordpress, but are one step closer to getting a government grant to employ a website manager since I spoke to our accountant last week.

So what would a Friday post look like this season?

Well there will inevitably be comments on how I am: Today I’m fantastic because I did some incredibly successful parenting this week and got both kids tucked up for the night by 21:30. This is an all time record and will hopefully become normal. I aim to have evenings and children that aren’t so tired they are like zombies.

Then I think it’s really important to let people know how Boodaville is going, maybe with a bit of Rovira Regenerativa thrown in.

My exciting permaculture / eco activities would be a good section and I hope there will be many things to report.

Then an important part of any post would be other Boodaville projects – what’s coming up, where we might need participants, ideas or help.

And for my own benefit I guess it would be very useful for a comment on the overall admin of the Aso and what’s occupying my time this week. Ok – let’s give that a shot!

How is Boodaville Finca going? and Rovira Regenerativa?

Thanks to Angela and Jessica who have become regular visitors, and are supporting the overall vision and strategic plan of the association we have an INCREDIBLY tidy and organised space. A few of our favourite Permaculture Design examples have been lost over the years and we are working to reintroduce them. The land is suffering after a very harsh drought, we got 60mm last week — let’s hope for more.

In about a month we should have another nail biting moment when we receive news about our application to run the “Rural Classroom” at Boodaville Finca. If it’s a YES then we are FINALLY absolutely ready to open and start offering workshops and guided tours legally!! If it’s something else then we have some serious issues.

Jessica is onsite right now preparing a winter veg bed, and showing our new volunteers how it is possible to live at Boodaville – water, energy, waste, comfort. Ooh and hopefully making some compost tea as well – with a barrel of whey she brought down from her current home with the goats in Navarra.

Rovira Regenerativa – well there’s no grape harvest, Angela is monitoring the vines, we are planning to keep working to see what happens next year.

The 1000 trees we planted were looking pretty good in June and I’ll be honest.. I didn’t dare go back and look at the end of August. So you’ll have to wait for more info on that.

My exciting permaculture / eco activities

Well I’m reading “At Work in the Ruins” by Dougald Hine and absolutely loving it. I folded down the page about the difference between knowledge – arm’s length facts – and “knowing” which is when we let the knowledge in and it becomes part of our way of being.

I really feel I’m in the second category; and that teaching Environmental Systems and Societies in a white classroom was just knowledge and less wisdom.

And my other most exciting of adventures is an invite to submit a story to Looby McNamara’s next book. This is huge, and a tight deadline. I’ll be achieving one of my goals to share more about the Europe Trip and how and why I designed that into our lives.

And, as someone who sometimes says yes to things now.. I have a teaching gig up at WildLab in two weeks! I’m not sure about the details and have a call about that.. well ..now!

So for more categories and another update I’ll be back next week.

Anna Louise

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Lou - I started on the Boodaville path when I bought the land in Matarranya in 2008 and have dedicated an incredible amount of time, and not very many euros, to building up the project over the years.

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Joy and opportunities (OFIW)

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Post date February 3, 2023
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Joy as an act of resistance, and a summary of the activites this year and opportunites that might be for you!

I slept and dreamt that life was joy.

I awoke and saw that life was service.

I acted and behold, service was joy.

– Rabindranath Tagore

I would say it depends on what you are in service to! I find it to be true when you’re in service to life, in all it’s forms; whether it be microbiology that creates the soil food web that has sustained food production for humans for thousands of years; or whether it’s the living world, promoting a rich biodiverse, interconnected, thriving, ecosystem; or whether it’s humans, and you are in service to create communities where people can thrive.

Thanks to Schumacher college for tweeting that quote yesterday, and Idles for having such a brilliant album title!

Leadership for Sustainability – changing the world one school at at time

This week’s image is a slide from a presentation I saw by Dr David Dixon, ex-head teacher. I have said on several platforms, most recently replying to a tweet by George Monbiot on education, that the ONE thing schools can bring in everywhere to improve education is creating a Sustainable (regenerative even!?) School. Even if they don’t implement, the thinking and learning involved in designing and trying to move in the right direction is what education in our world should be.I love the practical ideas he shares that can really give a vision of what can be done in schools. I emailed him – maybe we’ll collaborate as I move forward with Donut Economics projects in schools this year! “Getting your school in the Donut” is a more fun way of expressing “ecological design”! The beauty of the Donut model is that it is so holistic, it includes everything!*

*It probably doesn’t quite – I guess people are working away to improve it as I write.

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We nearly did some earthworks this week, but Oscar couldn’t find a clear path to get to the almond terraces with his machine. We’ll try again in February. He was in the Vall Rovira working for Kate our neighbour and I believe that she paid him to properly fix the track where it crosses the bottom of the valley. We are very grateful!

Alex and Sara have been exploring local culture at the fiestas in Bot, working with Jordi at his farm, and organising and exploring the contents of the Boodaville cupboards.

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Things are getting moving, see the blog and our instagram channel. We will be setting up the “Ecosocial Info Point” on Fridays from 17h – 19h at the library Blai 34, Poble Sec, Barcelona every Friday from now on – see our instagram story “Ecosocial” for ideas and inspiration!

opportunities and activites coming up this year

FEB

18- 19 Feb : At Boodaville Finca we are going to plant 100 trees!

MARCH

12-13 March:

21 – 28 March : Youth Worker Training – “Leadership in Regenerative Education” We are looking for 4 youth workers, adults of any age, to go to Lagos, Portugal for this fully funded activity.

APRIL

6 April: Arrival of Klif, Boodaville Caseres volunteer

6 April: Opportunity for new site manager to start at Boodaville Caseres. Apply here

MAY

1 May : We are looking for an ESC volunteer from Europe (not Spain) to start an 8 month contract 1st May. (Under 30 yrs old) Apply here

5 – 12 May: Youth Exchange “Regeneration Camp” We are looking for 5 young people (under 30) from Spain to participate in this fully funded exchange in Lagos, Portugal.

16 – 22 May : Youth Exchange “Active Permaculture” at Mas Les Vinyes We are looking for 1 youth leader (any age from Spain) who is interested in being a key part of the organising team in this collaboration between Boodaville and Mas Les Vinyes. We are looking for 5 young people (under 30) from Spain who would like to participate in this fully funded activity in Catalunya.

JUNE

Early June – Activity week with Klif and friends

26 June – 3 July: Youth Exchange “Inspired by Nature” at Sanilles, Pyrenees, Catalunya with Aline from La Casa Integral and Anna Louise from Boodaville. Save the date! We are applying for this exchange now, and will offer funded places to 1 Youth Leader (any age) and 6 participants (under 30)

SEPT

1 Sept : We are looking for an ESC volunteer from Europe (not Spain) to start an 4 month contract 1st Sept. (Under 30 yrs old) Apply here

Lou

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My experience volunteering at Boodaville Barcelona 2022! – Vianna

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Post date January 31, 2023
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Vianna's experience of a year volunteering for Boodaville Barcelona 2022; urban permaculture, eco-festival and more !

In 2022 I began the 12 month volunteering project to start the Boodaville Barcelona, I have been involved in several European Solidarity projects over the years and have spent the last 3 years involved with Boodaville. It was my goal to complete the volunteering before I turned 30, although with COVID causing many delays, I am 7 months later than planned…

Saul and I had the opportunity to build this project with Anna, from the very structure of the timetable and our schedule and to identify our own personal and collective goals with this project. Throughout the year I spent a lot of time in Poble Sec, getting to know the barrio and attending and organising events with the associations who are already supporting the community in a big way and bringing ecosocial transition into conversation and action. For many reasons, it has become one of my favourite neighbourhoods in Barcelona, with Montjuic’s nature being a regular escape from the city.

Throughout the year I spent many Friday’s in Hort de la Font Trobada, a community garden which is also tucked away in Montjuic. With rows of allotments growing aromatics, fruits, veg and edible flowers… This was a real oasis for me, reminding me of how my mum used to tend the garden when I was a kid, she always planted a lot of lavender. I spent a lot of time continuing to learn about the medicinal uses of plants, and collecting things that were growing in abundance to make herbal healing salves and oils.

Some days I spent hours on the computer, researching, learning, writing and organising, completing the necessary, behind the scenes tasks. Mostly I loved being outdoors, with the plants and insects, in the shade of the trees and getting my hands dirty. I love being fully immersed in nature, most of the year I was living in La Floresta and that meant that I had a lot of time to spend with the trees and occasionally running into wild boars.

We achieved many things this year, including building and maintaining some petit jardinets, working in Hort de la Font Trobada and organising and supporting community events as volunteers or participants, learning about permaculture design and sustainability in the city, organising the 4th Maranya Festival and starting our weekly ecosocial meet up.

It’s difficult to summarise in a short blogpost how this year has changed me, and all of the things that we achieved. I will say that I am grateful for the growth and learning that took place, for the reflection and the challenges. This has helped to shape my values and perspective on the world in a more positive and loving way.

Vianna

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Thinking about the year (On Fridays I write OFIW)

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Post date January 20, 2023
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This week we advanced with the tree planting activity planning and you can see what Lou is thinking for rest of 2023.

Today is a day for GREAT celebration! Joanna slept all through the night for the first time in her life. 11.5 hours without touching another human. I didn’t actually think she was capable of this and the relief is incredible. Let’s see if it happens again!!

the glass is half full

The kids are in great health. Kira is getting on better with reading and things other than tv, and enjoyed reading a whole book (comic) and going to reading club at the library.

We are going to get 100 free trees from Life Terra and the process was pretty straight forward. We can get more and more.. 1000 or more in autumn.. in fact I don’t think we need to buy trees again. This is amazing! A big project really getting down the grass roots. I’ll keep you updated and the tree planting activity will be open for people to join us. Dates will be confirmed soon, likely mid-february.

Alex has been getting really organised down in Boodaville Caseres, fixing the sink, and I love the map he made showing the routes from Caseres to Boodaville Finca.

the glass is half empty

Well to be honest, sleeping 7.5 hrs straight wipes out most of this. My partner is feeling better today after 5 days straight of high fever, groaning, tonsilitis, and paranoid crazy dreams preventing any real sleep. The child care/ house work implications of this were high for me and our neighbours. The babysitter canceled yesterday and I won’t get either of my free from kids afternoons this week.

I lost my notebook. This is incredibly annoying and I hope I don’t miss anything important.

What else.. I could mention some minor health issues. Ah yes, I also felt feverish and really really struggled through Tuesday and Wednesday. My goodness!! I’d almost forgotten. What a difference having a good day makes.

Oh and we’re set for a 3000 euro cash flow issue if we don’t get money we are owed for EU projects before 1st Feb.

plans ideas dates mishmash 2023

I was going to stop writing here and leave to get my thoughts together for 2023, but why not just share it all here!!

JAN

– Starting Boodaville Barcelona / Boodaville Caseres 2023

– Preparing Doughnut Economics Barcelona Accio Clima funding bid

– Finish accounts 2022

– Possible KA2

– Call for 2 more Boodaville Caseres volunteers

– Call for Site Manager to start mid-april

FEB

Event Boodaville Caseres : Tree Planting

Deadline : 15 Feb Accio Clima. Possible Doughnut Economics project application

Deadline : 23 Feb Erasmus+ and ESC deadline. Vianna Red Tent? Elena Training? Sanilles reapply? Anything else?

Get a job for a week?

MARCH

Final report : Volunteering 2022

Event : Biochar making weekend nr Caseres?

Focus on delivering SPARK project

Revive Rovira Regenerativa – video?

– Evaluate Boodaville Caseres structure and hopefully get committed site manager through to at least sept 2024

APRIL

9 April Easter, when are school holidays?

Event : end of April till 3rd May : REBUILD THE DOME

MAY

Youth Exchange Mas Les Vinyes

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

UK EVENT? Re-connect / real connect at CAT and weekend with UK friends. End august better

SEPTEMBER

MARANYA FESTIVAL / BIORNE @ MARANYA? – need a team

OCTOBER

– Big tree planting and agroforestry implementation, part of Rovira Regenerativa, get a team back in and talk funding to buy the vineyard

Lou

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Syntropic experiment 1, and wishing you a Happy 2023 (On Fridays I write)

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Post date January 13, 2023
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Happy 2023! Lou is back with details of our syntropic agriculture experiment and updates on other activities over holidays.

I’m back! and catching up after the long Spanish holiday. With King’s Day on the 6th January, the first day back in the office (read : kids back at school) was 9th January! Alex has moved in to Boodaville Caseres, the cats have mostly moved out, and the place is looking tidier than ever after some intense days clearing out the yearly build up of random stuff.

The children are healthy, energies are restored and I’m even feeling in many ways “back to normal” and my motivation is similar to the good old days. On Monday we are meeting to put projects and objectives into a plan for the year. Any input / ideas are welcome over the weekend.

pooless

Before I say any more about the syntropic agriculture experiment, first I have to make the kind of comment i don’t usually make.

“Never mind what I’m doing with that stick, look at my hair! Doesn’t it look amazing!!”

That was my first thought when I saw the above photo and now I can share with the world that I haven’t washed my hair with shampoo since June 2021. Inspired to action by Paul Wheaton and Shaun Klassen-Koop’s book “Building a better world in your backyard” and the fact I was pregnant and not going to be going out very much, I stopped washing. It took 15 months, but now I never need shampoo again. I use a comb to clean my hair, a nailbrush to clean the comb, and it really does look and feel great. Hooray for reducing the number of chemicals in my house, reducing costs, going the natural way. Not to mention savings by avoiding packaging, transport and prodcution embedded energy, water, fossil fuels and quite probably buying from a huge multi-national company participating in a degenerative economic and financial system. But mainly – it’s easy and it works!

syntropic seeding experiment 1

“Plants grow in community, just like the human beings in villages, and the ground seeks to protect itself from the sun, just like a person at noon wants the shadow of a tree.” – Emilio

We seeded a forest! The theory is that nature decides, based on incredible wisdom and ecosystem knowledge, when the seeds will germinate.

The different species are ready to fill roles in the natural succesion, soil restoration and ecosystem of plants growing together. We are creating conditions for life and more life. The more science based element of the experiment is to see what two adjacent fields will look like in ten years – one with all species planted from seed (although we did put some tree cuttings in there) and the other with the “normal” method of planting trees from a nursery.

The theory is that growing from seed, in company, gives the bushes and trees such an advantage that they will “overtake” the bigger trees next door within ten years. I love learning about theories that are so deeply based in designing as nature with a holistic approach to ecosystems of soil, plants and all living beings. Not only is it beautiful, and regenerative, but we hope to demonstrate how effective these ideas are in practice.

We have a googledoc with exact details of what we introduced. See the titles of the photos and the map below that show what we did.

This was a joint project with seeds and cuttings donated from Sam Miller, Jessica, and Anna Louise at Boodaville. As always we are infinitely grateful to Sam for his brilliantness and generostiy. We did most of the work on 29th December 2022, and will continue to add seeds to the area as they are in season, and whenever we can. On the 4th January we added more seed balls with various species of edible plants thanks to Jack and Jacqueline.

ants

We’ll keep you updated on whether ants take the seeds or not! so far not.. but you don’t see so many of them around on these dark days of winter.

Lou

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Boodaville Barcelona Volunteers 2023

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Post date November 15, 2022
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Urban Permaculture opportunities in 2023 with Boodaville Barcelona

WHEN?

A 12 month contract starting in January 2022.

(Application deadline 10th December 2021 – these positions have been filled)

WHO?

This is a placement for participants with a maximum age of 30 as it is funded by the European Solidarity Corps. We are looking for people who are highly motivated to learn and apply Urban Permaculture, who are responsible and have an interest in ecosocial transition. Applicants should have good communication skills in Spanish as there will be networking and social media tasks. They should be prepared to come to the Poble Sec neighbourhood to work at least three days a week.

WHERE?

Volunteers will live in, or close to, Barcelona and will work in the Poble Sec neighbourhood to create regenerative projects. They will work in a variety of locations including co-working spaces, the offices of collaborating organisations, urban gardens and outdoor public spaces.

WHAT?

January will be a month of observation, planning and training, after which volunteers can implement projects they choose ranging from: organising events and workshops promoting ecosocial transition, implementing permaculture design in the Poble Sec neighbourhood, communication tasks for Boodaville, collaborating with existing organisations on publicly funded projects, creating the project “Permaculture Poble Sec”, helping the Boodaville Association grow by engaging young people and sharing opportunities.

There are many opportunities for independent work, as well as roles collaborating with exisiting groups. There are also opportunities to be involved with permaculure networks across the city and at a regional, national and international level.

Volunteers will work closely with Anna Louise Gurney the coordinator and mentor for this project

WHY?

This European Solidarity Corps project is an opportunity to engage in promoting ecosocial design with long-term effects in a city neighbourhood. All basic living expenses are covered as well as the expenses to travel to Barcelona, and you receive monthly pocket money.

You will be living and learning ethical design, as well as experiencing life in an urban neighbourhood. There are all sorts of possible day to day activities, please read the infopack for more information and if you are eligible you can start the application process by filling in the google form.

Vianna

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Living Permaculture Volunteer – Irene

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Post date February 4, 2022
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Living Permaculture volunteer Irene shares her experience volunteering in Boodaville during the summer of 2021.

Arrival

Motivation: A change of scene, to grow as a person and learn from myself and the environment, to help the environment by contributing knowledge and to improve as much as possible and above all learn from experience.

Expectations: To enjoy nature, learn about Permaculture and other forms of sustainable farming.

Fears: Some situations which may be out of my control

My Experience in Boodaville

Hi, I’m from a place in La Mancha whose name I don’t want to remember; I came here by chance, I did not have in mind to volunteer. Although I have always been interested in social, community projects, self-management, sustainable living, environmentalism and others, I had never had the opportunity. And this opportunity appeared at a decisive moment for me, giving me the opportunity to develop both individually and collectively, to learn from myself and from others, putting into practice my already acquired knowledge and learning from others on many levels. Not only in the areas most directly linked to my volunteer project, such as Permaculture, crop association, soil regeneration, but also in a more personal area such as coexistence and communication. I have met wonderful people the months I have been here.

This volunteering has been different than I expected, but that does not make it less enriching, on the contrary, it was full of new nuances that make it unique.

It has given me the opportunity to share with people with ideas similar to mine and a great desire to do things that are unique.

I haven’t had time to get bored, between the expected and the unexpected.

Unlike perhaps other volunteers, due to the circumstances, here we have had the opportunity to experience real self-management and see how, little by little, with the collaboration of all, it advances. And as with good energy and desire everything is possible.

Boodaville is sprouting from her seed right now, being reborn again. And it makes me happy to be a part of that.

Lou

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“In the Window” – Youth project in the Barcelona music scene

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Post date August 30, 2021
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“In the Window” – Youth project in the Barcelona music scene

Boodaville collaborated with the youth solidarity project "In the Window" and with Furious Sessions during 2021, and here are the results of their project promoting the Barcelona music scene.

The young people in the group gained useful experience, skills and competencies that have improved our employability. We had the opportunity to participate in training with our mentor and to get practical experience in important techniques such as video production, event production (via streaming during COVID), and graphic design. It has given us confidence in our role as changemakers and has allowed us to initiate projects and become entrepreneurs.

We also worked on the “Circle Podcast” to help creative entrepreneurs to get to know cultural initiatives and projects in Barcelona.

We could not organise large live events due to COVID, but the most important work was the recording of videos of musicians from the city, between recordings in the basic studio with only voice and guitar, to complex recordings with entire bands. We have published these videos to create content that artists can use for later exposure.
We have reached a large number of musicians who after living the In The Window experience can grow in the musical world, find their audience and gain confidence in their creations.

Lou

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Maranya 2021 (the secret one)

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Post date June 10, 2021
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We celebrated the 2021 version of the Maranya Festival with a small group at WildLab farm near Barcelona. The usual offering of wellbeing, permaculture, music, dancing, connection and brilliant beautiful people.

“Hey everyone, I’m back in the groove today, sensing a huge positive energy that I’ve brought away from spending an all too short weekend with such a great selection of individuals who gelled into a beautiful group so very quickly. Thank you all for making it so special. Big love”

“Hello crew! thanks for the amazing weekend! i really find peace and connection! I hope to see you in Barcelona soon! a big hug to everybody with a lot a love!”

“Thank you thank you to every one who came along and made this weekend so memorable and magic, we couldn’t have done it without each of you- it was a bad ass group. Please share any photos and videos here and stay in touch for future gatherings. Mucho amor ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️”

“Hey everyone! We had to leave during the soul poetry workshop and didn’t want to interrupt: me and Teagan had such a beautiful time this weekend and are returning to Barcelona filled with gratitude and peace. Thank you all!”

“Thank you for such an incredible weekend I started the week feeling buzzed and blessed sending love to all of y’all”

Lou

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Erasmus + projects and soil workshops (On Friday’s I write)

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Post date May 7, 2021
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Read this post about our upcoming Erasmus+ projects and find out how you can join us on a Permaculture training! This week Lou also shares the Urban Permaculture projects happening in Barcelona.

It’s one of those days where I feel like I have taken on too much. A day to make sure I find the time for some nourishment and empowerment as well as a lot of movement and doing. I am surrounded by house and parenting work (Kira has to pack for Colonias this weekend) and also in the middle of funding applications, managing volunteers and leading workshops. But I have been juggling tasks long enough to have learnt that finding calm, quiet reflection and time to write really does give you space and help you find the joy in what you are doing. And as my yogi tea told me yesterday “Joy is the essence of success”.

So this weeks post is a gathering and organising of ideas, current projects, opportunities and needs.

erasmus + projects

1) living the questions, sanillés 21 – 29 june 2021

I am facilitating this youth worker training on “Regenerative Cultures” with the amazing Aline at a stunning location in the Pyrenees. Frank manages the place and will be hosting us and providing food and we are starting a new collaboration with Sam Miller. Me and Sam had a wonderful meeting yesterday talking about the soil food web, JADAM methods for growing effective microorganisms and we have planned the practical sessions to make and spray these “magical” potions.

We are looking for two volunteers to join us for the week! In return for all food and lodging and attending as much of the course as you can, these two volunteers will help us manage the participants in their reflections groups, indivdual taks, housekeeping roles and timekeeping – and be classroom assistants for Anna Louise and Aline. Please contact us if you are interested! thegurney@gmail.com INFO HERE

2) “BETTER THAN NEW” – YOUTH EXCHANGE AT PIPIRIMOSCA SEPTEMBER 2021

Jessica and Pere are taking the lead on organising this exchange near Valls in Catalunya. A week of exploring permaculture, circular economy and getting hands on experiences to develop skills at fixing and upcycling anything from technology, to building and clothes, to waste food! We are looking for 6 participants from Spain, all expenses paid, INFO HERE

3)ecosocial design everywhere, Youth Worker Training November 2021

Boodaville is very excited to start a new collaboration with Vidalia Intentional Community, and to reunite with Alfred 8 years after teaching our first course together (with the beautiful name “Think Like a Forest”). This project is still a half-finished application at the moment – deadline in 3 days!!!

4) youth exchange with vidalia

In a very last minute move, and mainly because Carlos had the capacity, we have also jumped in to put together a youth exchange with groups of young people coming to Vidalia to co-create the future living spaces, learn and share the important ideas and designs behind living as a community. (Also in the project writing phase)

urban permaculture workshops

I am also preparing for two workshops over the weekend.. thinking about plants, wooden posts, which screws we need, which photos I want to take and share, whether the “good soil” I collected from the Boodaville food forest is still alive after being in a cupboard downstairs for a month! (I hope so!)

Due to COVID limitations, both workshops are already full. We will do more!

Lou

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