West Coast Green in San Francisco is the world’s leading interactive conference on green innovation for the built environment. The conference will be held September 30 – October 2nd at SF’s Fort Mason Center on the Bay. “Why do we do this? That’s easy. For a love of humanity.” is the key point of the… Read More…

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I am intrigued by the Global Eco Village Network!

“The Global Ecovillage Network is a global confederation of people and communities that meet and share their ideas, exchange technologies, develop cultural and educational exchanges, directories and newsletters, and are dedicated to restoring the land and living “sustainable plus” lives by putting more back into the environment than we take out. “

GEN members include large networks such as:

• EcoYoff and Colufifa (350 villages in Senegal)
• Sarvodaya (11,000 sustainable villages in Sri Lanka)
• the Ladakh project on the Tibetian plateau
• ecotowns like Auroville in South India
• the Federation of Damanhur in Italy
• Nimbin in Australia
• small rural ecovillages like Gaia Asociación in Argentina and Huehuecoyotl, Mexico
• urban rejuvenation projects like Los Angeles EcoVillage and Christiania in Copenhagen
• permaculture design sites such as Crystal Waters, Australia, and Cochabamba, Bolivia and Barus, Brazil
• educational centers such as Findhorn in Scotland, Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales, and Earthlands in Massachusetts.

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Above, creative architecture student Magnus Larsson shares his incredible idea to help settlers along the harsh Sahara desert. His proposed process of re-structuring sand is a building material process already researched for helping strengthen earthquake prone land with sustainable bacteria that turns shifting sand into a solid mass.

Looks like Larsson is creating sandcastles out of desert land. Brilliant! His Holcim Foundation winning proposal could very well transform life in that region as the Sahara green wall shelterbelt is planted across the African continent. The possibilities are endless as the quality of life will improve for so many along the Sahara.

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