Ecovillages.io - the best thing on (and off) Steem!
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I've moved to Hive, along with most other people, following Justin Sun's takeover of Steem in the Spring of 2020. I believe hive is a lot more decentralised than Steem!
thank you so much for focussing on this! I feel your passion too, and that makes me happy!
THere is SO much to talk about really, and you mention a lot of things!
Some very nice news is that the land is already now secured due to the natural giving by Orlev and his friend Shir.. SO the investments from ecoVillage coin will go in to some basic things initially, probably mostly legal fees and getting the company set up properly...
we have our first event lined up for mid 2020, which will be a fundraising healing dance festival on the land itself in Portugal.. more on that soon!..
There are four of us working on this right now, and we will be posting soon with some more in depth info on the vision and some of the details!
and thanks and congrats on getting some ecoVillage coin!
thanks again, great post!
Hi, and nice to connect,and really great work you're doing!
Anything I can do to help with the set-up let me know. I could use something positive to get me through these dark days of winter, bit of a shock to the system coming back to the UK after SF4 and Thailand!
In the meantime I'd better learn how to dance, or maybe letting dance learn me is the way to go....
thank you! yes very happy to have support and help! I will be in Portugal around Feb to meet with the core team and get the healing dance festival planned.. When that does happen we will surely need some help, it should be fun too!
so yes go find some dancing shoes '=)
OK cool,
Keep me posted!
This is so interesting, the principles behind this project as well as the project itself ... although I agree with getting on with something practically and letting the critique take care of itself, at the same it is helpful (to me) to have the critique set out in your quote ... i have been thinking about the split between commissioning (broadly, capitalist model) and co-production (broadly, socialist model) and how we explicate that (at work) so we can see what we are trying to do ... and explain it to others.
I also think there is a model here that we could develop/adapt/customise to what we are trying to do and how we might use the blockchain to do it.
Yes, I've definitely missed you and your insights 😎. I don't always comment, but your posts do often help me to think in new ways about knotty problems. Thank goodness you're writing again. I could have fallen off the world!
It is a great looking project, and thanks for your kind words!
It's good to think, maybe better to not think?
Enjoying your enthusiasm and joy - yes, ecovillages.io is an awesome concept and literally changing the world. #new paradigm.
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Oh man, I remember seeing you on Steem before, and I'm surprised to find that I still haven't followed you... till now. I totally share your excitement, and I agree that this EcoVillage project is the most interesting thing on (and off) the blockchain. I also appreciate your academic quote, though it does sound pretentious for normal ears. Reminds me how I once thought I wanted to be one, and it took me till the end of my undergrad studies to realize that I really don't want it, at least not like it's practiced. Anyway, I'm looking forward to working together in Portugal, and until then reading your posts. Cheers!
Yes likewise re seeing you around and just having followed - I guess it's easier to find each other now a lot of the noise on steem has died down.
The 'green movement' is chock-full of recovered academics, so we're not the only ones I'm sure, more like the norm in these circles.
Exciting times ahead and well met, or re-met!
Hahaha, "recovered academics"! Or shall we call them recovering? In any case, I'll drink to that.
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I did think 'recovering' sounded better, not sure why I went with 'recovered'... I guess if you're going to move into an eco-village you're over academia!
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You should really credit the The Venus Project for using their photo on your website.
Is that the circular diagram to the right? I didn't know that was the source, it's not my website, just a project I support!
Ah I see, yeah the Venus Project, in Florida. That is where it is from, well technically the originator is Jacque Fresco
Cheers, I'll pass it along,
BTW I've moved to Hive now, I don't spend much time on Steem anymore.
I am having a hard time of understanding what became of this transition. Is it better than hive is the next step, or is it worse because we worked on this site?
Hive is Just Steem but without Justin Sun or Steem Inc!
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Sounds like a great project would like to know more (in layman's terms haha). Take it there is not a plan to do anything in the UK? Where about are you? I would love to get out of here soon. I want to set up a mental health center using earthship buildings and holistic therapies 💯🐒
I'm certainly going to keep tabs on this.
I'm in the UK - not worth trying to build an earth ship here, the planning system is too anti. Better off abroad.
The whole mental health project sounds great!
Great! Your not wrong things a re becoming very authoritarian here for sure. Where about's are you in the UK. I hoping I can find some loop holes and know a few people who might help 💯🐒
I'm currently in Hereford.
I think the easiest way of doing the whole eco-village thing here is just to head to Wales and basically copy what Lamas did (excuse spelling there, I can never remember how many Ms or Ss!)
Where abouts are you?
Lived in Hereford for a brief time on 09/10 nice spot. Yes I've seen there idea however you spell it. The rules are ridiculous here I agree and it's tricky. But I want to find a way to do it and expose the loop holes and get people on board to the idea here 💯🐒
I don't think there are many loopholes! You build something in England without proper planning permission, and eventually you'll end up being forced by the local council to pay to demolish it!
All it takes is one conservative dog walker to dob you in, and there's millions of those in England!
My farther has done a lot of work with planning permission for sustainable eco villages / properties, he's had some success with a few places in the south west. I hope to use him and get some sounds advice 💯🐒
Well that's some good news!
And the SW does sound familiar as an eco-friendly area.
For me, abroad sounds much better. TBH I'm in this for the people/ quality of life/ low cost of living elements as much as the sustainability.
How about making a whole bunch og these villages, focusing on Africa (or other developibg countries)? The intention, of course, being - to adopt the local citizens (doesn't mean nobody else from around the World isn't welcome). But the goal is - to provide aid to the locals and build autonomous villages. No jobs need to be created - villages and communities like these o es need to be...
I think that's all part of the idea! Integrating the global and the local, promoting autonomy.
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