Comments on: Please Get Behind Our Efforts to Demonstrate Sustainable Development and Relief for Chile Quake/Tsunami Victims http://permaculture.org.au/2010/03/20/please-get-behind-our-efforts-to-demonstrate-sustainable-development-and-relief-for-chile-quake-tsunami-victims/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pam Hill-Wright http://permaculture.org.au/2010/03/20/please-get-behind-our-efforts-to-demonstrate-sustainable-development-and-relief-for-chile-quake-tsunami-victims/#comment-46775 Pam Hill-Wright Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:27:38 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=2729#comment-46775 Thanks to Permaculture Australia for alerting the global Permaculture communities and, hopefully, the wider population to the current plight of Chilean earthquake and Tsunami victims. My nephew – Grifen Hope – and his wife – Javiera Carrion – and their extended family have been quietly making a difference to the lives of people in the Biobio region of South Western Chile for the last two years. This is a region in a huge country of great, unspoilt natural beauty and vast resources that is little known in our super civilised, ultra modern world. Grifen, Javiera and family should be applauded for their efforts, endurance and resilience in their recent hard work. They are masterful in their Educational Programs and demonstration of transforming a poor and subsistence living, rural area into an eco friendly, self sufficient, sustainable town. Since the February earthquake, and the destruction of their newly created buildings, dam, farmland, crops and gardens they are financially challenged to the extreme. They remain steadfast, positive and busier than ever with remarkable attendances at their courses and seminars. As an inner Brisbane city, Australian resident with all the facilities and advantages of modern city life, I urge us all to take a few minutes out to read about and comprehend lives and lifestyles far removed from our own. Making a contribution to the El Manzano community project, is a small step towards creating a safer, happier, sustainable Mother Earth for US ALL. Donations for Chile can be made via the Permaculture Reserach Institute of Australia. Links at http://permaculture.org.au/2010/04/27/letters-from-chile-shocked-into-lucidity/ See more about Grifen & Javiera’s work at http://www.ecoescuela.cl Facebook http://www.facebook.com/friends/?filter=ac#!/profile.php?id=1116188534 Twitter http://twitter.com/Grifen Thanks to Permaculture Australia for alerting the global Permaculture communities and, hopefully, the wider population to the current plight of Chilean earthquake and Tsunami victims. My nephew – Grifen Hope – and his wife – Javiera Carrion – and their extended family have been quietly making a difference to the lives of people in the Biobio region of South Western Chile for the last two years.
This is a region in a huge country of great, unspoilt natural beauty and vast resources that is little known in our super civilised, ultra modern world.
Grifen, Javiera and family should be applauded for their efforts, endurance and resilience in their recent hard work. They are masterful in their Educational Programs and demonstration of transforming a poor and subsistence living, rural area into an eco friendly, self sufficient, sustainable town.
Since the February earthquake, and the destruction of their newly created buildings, dam, farmland, crops and gardens they are financially challenged to the extreme. They remain steadfast, positive and busier than ever with remarkable attendances at their courses and seminars.
As an inner Brisbane city, Australian resident with all the facilities and advantages of modern city life, I urge us all to take a few minutes out to read about and comprehend lives and lifestyles far removed from our own. Making a contribution to the El Manzano community project, is a small step towards creating a safer, happier, sustainable Mother Earth for US ALL.
Donations for Chile can be made via the Permaculture Reserach Institute of Australia.
Links at http://permaculture.org.au/2010/04/27/letters-from-chile-shocked-into-lucidity/
See more about Grifen & Javiera’s work at
http://www.ecoescuela.cl
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/friends/?filter=ac#!/profile.php?id=1116188534
Twitter http://twitter.com/Grifen

]]> By: Jaime http://permaculture.org.au/2010/03/20/please-get-behind-our-efforts-to-demonstrate-sustainable-development-and-relief-for-chile-quake-tsunami-victims/#comment-45392 Jaime Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:31:39 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=2729#comment-45392 Hi to everyone!! I´m from and i had te chance to be in Constitución City as volunteer, on of the most damaged cities with the earthquake and tsunami. People there need to learn to reutilize for example rain water, i think that people in all this zone of the disaster need to learn about Permacultura. I would to contribute, to learn and teach in that zone. Best regards, Jaime Hi to everyone!!

I´m from and i had te chance to be in Constitución City as volunteer, on of the most damaged cities with the earthquake and tsunami. People there need to learn to reutilize for example rain water, i think that people in all this zone of the disaster need to learn about Permacultura. I would to contribute, to learn and teach in that zone.
Best regards,

Jaime

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/03/20/please-get-behind-our-efforts-to-demonstrate-sustainable-development-and-relief-for-chile-quake-tsunami-victims/#comment-45116 Øyvind Holmstad Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:24:59 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=2729#comment-45116 I were at a seminar last autumn and I learned that Chile is a leading country in environmentally friendly building technics! There were two lectures, I've found them both at Internet and post them here for inspiration. The first lecture were by Julio E. Perez and can be found here: http://www.gaiaoslo.no/Latinoamerikansk%20Halm%20og%20Jord%20bygger%202009%20NJH%20web.pdf The second lecture were by Pedro Serrano-Rodríguez and can be found here: http://www.gaiaoslo.no/Earth%20in%20Chile%20P%20Serrano%20f.pdf This seminar were very inspirating to me, and the houses shown in these documents are so beautifull! I hope watching all these nice and enviremently friendly buildings can be an inspiration for you too. I were at a seminar last autumn and I learned that Chile is a leading country in environmentally friendly building technics! There were two lectures, I’ve found them both at Internet and post them here for inspiration. The first lecture were by Julio E. Perez and can be found here:
http://www.gaiaoslo.no/Latinoamerikansk%20Halm%20og%20Jord%20bygger%202009%20NJH%20web.pdf

The second lecture were by Pedro Serrano-Rodríguez and can be found here:
http://www.gaiaoslo.no/Earth%20in%20Chile%20P%20Serrano%20f.pdf

This seminar were very inspirating to me, and the houses shown in these documents are so beautifull! I hope watching all these nice and enviremently friendly buildings can be an inspiration for you too.

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