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Rural Lifestyle and Subsistence Farming: Ecovillage Meeting in Krishna Valley
February 13th, 2012 | 
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How to build a community? How to plan a self-sufficient family homestead? How to establish contact with the existing ecovillage initiatives? How can a city dweller get organic produces from the land he owns, while at the same time support local villagers as well? How to manage 50 hectares of land, if someone wants to produce organic foodstuff? What are the actualities in Hungarian ecovillages?
Questions like the above and others were discussed during the 11th Winter Ecovillage Meeting in Somogyvámos a few weeks ago.
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Weather Station in Krishna Valley
Krishna Valley and the Eco Valley foundation have recently set up a weather station near the organic garden as a sign of their mutual cooperation in the field of education and research. By this action an old dream has come true because the weather station helps not only the work of the gardeners but provides data for researchers and students as well.
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Ecological Overshoot Day 2011
September 25th, 2009
August 21st, 2010
September 17th, 2011
This year and in the last two years these were the exact days, when humanity overstepped the boundaries of its annual consumption rate. It is highly advisable that in the era of debt crises everyone becomes aware of the fact that not only firms, banks and countries, but also the entire mankind have exceeded their share of the credit margin.
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Successful Pillars of Sustainability Workshop
From October 9th to 16th, sponsored by the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme, the Eco Valley Foundation of Hungary held a one-week workshop called The Pillars of Sustainability – Developing Small Communities Aiming at Self-sustainability in Europe at their primary model community, Krishna Valley in the South-Western part of the country. Krishna Valley, situated in a beautiful rural Hungarian setting and home to 130 residents hosted for one week 20 attendants from 14 European countries.
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Farming Wisely – Conference on Sustainability 2011
The Eco Valley Foundation organized its fourth conference on sustainability in Krishna Valley. We had 132 guests on the event held on 5th October. The topic of this year’s conference was ecological farming; therefore, we tried to pass on the experience of Krishna Valley’s organic farming through captivating and inspiring presentations.
The afternoon programs followed the morning lectures and round-table discussions, when ecological farming experts showed the audience their everyday practices. The display of various skills symbolically demonstrated to the participants the way bread is made, from sowing to harvesting and baking. However, they also learned about the bits and pieces of ecological dairy production and organic gardening.
Agro Retro
An article entitled “On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns” with a likewise topic appeared in the The New York Times. It speaks of the tendency that nowadays in several hundred minor farming projects in the USA people return to ox-power.
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Invitation
The Eco Valley Foundation is organizing a workshop in the field of sustainability, which is supported by the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme: Grundtvig for Adult Education Project.
The workshop entitled The Pillars of Sustainability – Developing Small Communities Aiming at Self-sustainability in Europe registered under number GR-WOR-2011-21 will take place between 9th and 16th October, 2011 in Somogyvámos, Hungary.
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It does not disintegrate, it solely moulders: the “biologically degradable” bag is a deceit
The concept of all biologically degradable bags put into circulation in Hungary is based on trickery. These bags besides the regular plastic material contain catalysts due to which plastic chains fall apart a lot more rapidly, but there is not any organic degradation caused by microorganisms, states Sylvia Graczka, the communication manager of Humusz organization (Humusz Szövetség).
Preserving without Conservatives
Elderflower syrup, green bean, sour cherry preserve.
Simple and healthy ways of preserving from Krishna Valley.
Clinic: naturally… an Ayurvedic clinic in a natural setting
In March 2009 an authentic Ayurvedic clinic will open at Hungary’s Vedic holy place — New Vraja Dhama. Located in a peaceful botanic garden, this health retreat will provide the calm of undisturbed nature.
Along with a high spiritual atmosphere, qualified health pracitioners, and a diet of organic home-grown food, you will surely have a physical and mental renewal.
Spend your holiday next to Radha-Syama and make a refreshing recovery in the company Their loving devotees.
