Breaking Down and Building Up

Permaculture Womens Guild

By Gisa Seeholzer Building a community through growing something sustainable can be a challenge. Over the past few months I have learned more and grown more than I could have imagined. I was pushed into directions that challenged me in both good ways and bad ways. All the while I was reading about permaculture. I started out taking a course that was meant to be taught to kids in kindergarten all the way through high school. I started to learn about connection between people, the earth, and the benefits and importance of sharing the surplus that we harvest. Like any…

Matavenero

Permaculture Womens Guild

The time I visited the oldest ecocommunity in Spain By Elena Pollen Long before moving to Spain, or, a few months actually, my partner & I came across this article about the oldest ecocommunity in Spain. Filled with beautiful pictures of wooden houses and wisened people, we dreamed of someday being there, living the self sufficient mountain life. Two years later, having just arrived in León on foot, 130km of steep terrain and mist behind us, we were quite happy to get the bus to our next destination. Matavenero, the oldest ecocommunity in Spain, is located somewhere in Astorga, which…