Sustainable Model Village
This year residents of the eco-village Visnyeszéplak and people from the homestead region of Ópusztaszer have also participated in the harvesting festival of Krishna Valley. Mostly the mower pulled by oxen attracted the people of other eco-villages. Therefore, besides the scythe one could also get some experience how oxen and men work together. The two […]
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, […]
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 […]
Elderflower cordial, green bean, sour cherry preserve. Simple and healthy ways of preserving from Krishna Valley.
The conference was originally initiated by Krishna Valley, Hungary and from then on every year a different ISKCON farming community hosts this event. The aim of this programme is to share experience and practical knowledge as well as ideas of beneficial projects. This year the Bhaktivedanta Manor, a place about 30 kilometres from London gave home to the […]
So many houses, so many customs. And thereby, so many eco villages, so many varieties. Although the greatest expectation from eco- villages is their environment saving lifestyle, according to our experience without collective ideological basis and functional social relations, that is to say, without a real community the system is unsustainable, where most likely people […]
According to a recent survey, if there were a meat-free day weekly, then that would enormously improve the environment. It turned out, if people in the USA would not eat meat and cheese for a day each week, in such a case that would have an impact on the environment similarly as if 7.6 million […]
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian – this is the most important message on the website www.meat.org of the American organisation named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The site is created to show, in a straightforward but shocking way, how animals are neglected, tortured, kept in filthy conditions, and slaughtered often in […]
It was reported that about nine devotees were arrested while chanting Hare Krishna outside the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. However, it should also be remembered that ISKCON had another type of presence at the Conference—with a much more fortunate outcome.
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