by Anja Doksani | Collective, Culture, Education & Spreading Knowledge, Hygiene & Well-Being, Individual, Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Intelligence
Animal-assisted intervention: What our furry friends can teach us about the world. Humans’ relationship with animals and nature is the most ancient life-sustaining bond. In the 19th century with the emergence of industrialization, this equal give and take between...
by Anna Bien | Alternative Housing/Building, Collective, Housing, Individual, Knowledge, Lifestyle & Philosophy, Locally Sourced, Low Tech, Material, Passive Resilient House/Building, Political, Resilience, Self-Build, Sustainability, Upcycle
Aardhuis Earthship – A self-build ecological house Imagine a house, that respects the environment, self-built and cheap, as well as based on abundant natural materials and upcycling recycled material. Too good to be true? No, and it has a name: Earthship! Our...
by Ro D. Economade | Collective, Energy, Individual, Innovations, Knowledge, Local, Locally Sourced, Low Tech, Material, Reduce, Save Energy, Sustainability
LowTech – Improve your life with the least you can use After the golden age of High-Tech, Low-Tech proposes another direction by promoting a sobriety of consumption and production thanks to simple technologies with low environmental impact. Today the electric...
by Ro D. Economade | Collective, Community, Community Development, Economy & Exchange, Individual, Live Together and Solidarity, Platform, Services Exchanges, Website
Homestay Traveller Services During the past 20 years, the tourism market exploded through the apparition of online platforms like Booking.com, Airbnb and more. But also many other platforms, generally cost-free, offer another form of experience: travelling and staying...
by Anja Doksani | Collective, Education & Spreading Knowledge, Individual, Knowledge, Municipal, National, Parenting, Practices
Parenting Styles – What it takes to be a good parent? There is an ongoing debate in psychology about nature vs. nurture. What determines the personality and psycho – social adjustment, the genetic code or the parenting style and external events? The debate...
by Louis Garnier | Collective, Drawdown, Food, Individual, Knowledge, Low Tech, Municipal, Political, Practices, Provincial, Regulate Climate, Save Water, Sustainability, Water
Zaï – An inspiring no-till farming In 2016, WWF published a online article, reporting a deforestation reaching 18,7 millions acres annually. A scaremongering statement, which must not impede us from seeing the many initiative taken those last year, supporting...
