DATE: 27.05.2014 PROJECT NAME: Friland Eco Village LOCATION: Denmark, Friland SIZE: 10 hectares, 105 people (75 adults, 30 children), DATE DESIGNED/PLANNED: 2002 DESIGNER: Steen Moeller and others CLIENT/DEVELOPER: Friland community MANAGED BY: Community of Friland CONTACT AND FURTHER INFORMATION: www.friland.org (Catherine, Tove, Tycho, Karoline)
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Denmark – sixth meeting
Networking Garden
One of the activities we did at the Friland meeting was to create a Networking Garden with links relevant to our work of important organisations, places and people at international and national level. NATIONAL LEVEL Denmark: Ecovillages (LØS), Baltic eccovillages (BEN), Ønetwork (Islandnetwpork), Landsforeningen for økologisk byggerei (LØB), Vocational colleges, LAND / PLANT, PAUK (www.permaculture.org.uk) Transition… Continue reading Networking Garden
Fourth Day at Friland Meeting
As with every morning, we began with an opening circle, where we did a round of appreciation and sang a song that went like this: “Home, I’m coming home I need the land to heal my soul Coming home Coming home Over the green, green fields and far away.”
Third Day at Friland Meeting
Like every morning, we formed the opening circle to start off the day, where everyone shared something learned the day before. The morning was dedicated to working on widening participation when designing permaculture courses. The aim is to reach different audiences that are not usually represented in permaculture courses. The topics were chosen from a… Continue reading Third Day at Friland Meeting
Second Day at Friland Meeting
We started with a morning circle where we shared in pairs, how we felt about the day before, and we were also asked to pop-corn inspiring moments about yesterday’s events. The rest of the morning was dedicated to working on the primary activities, where progress has been made in the production of materials for the COMPOST… Continue reading Second Day at Friland Meeting
Review of the EPT journey done on first day of Denmark meeting
What have we learned or gained together so far? Supporting the Permaculture movement through quality assurance of offered courses. European togetherness. Creating a support network that is flexible to carry out the PA activities. Creating an understanding of the outcomes of the delivery outcomes. VSM dynamic between people / getting rooted in VSM _ learning… Continue reading Review of the EPT journey done on first day of Denmark meeting
First Day at Friland Meeting
The sixth of the EPT meetings has started today at Friland ecovillage, in Denmark with some 35 participants from Germany, Bulgaria, Ireland, Britain, Spain, Czech Republic, Latvia, France, Slovakia, Finland, Holland, Sweden and Denmark. After the welcoming and presentations we did a group dynamic where we explored what happened in the previous meetings through an… Continue reading First Day at Friland Meeting
Next Meeting in Denmark
The next EPT meeting will be in Denmark, at the intentional community Friland, on 26th of May to 1st of June 2014. We look forward to welcoming you all here! The focus of the meeting will be around finalising the Teachers’ Handbook and the other primary activities, outreach beyond the permateachers’ group, as well as… Continue reading Next Meeting in Denmark
Short presentation of the venue in Denmark
The venue for the 6th meeting in the partnership is located in Denmark at the intentional community Friland. To view a very short presentation of the site and some keywords about our focus, click here on this link to open a pdf: EPT Denmark Friland presentation