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Living the change by organizing our zones

Microtrainings in Spain Several micro-trainings also took place in our intergenerational garden in Tenerife. Through different activities (including a card game) the different functions of plants in a permaculture garden were learned. Bit by bit we explored the diversity of our ecosystem! Microtraining in Spain Permaculture zones Permaculture zones help us organize our spaces accor

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

26th of August 2022 At our international Multiplier event , we had participants from 7 countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Romania. We are pleased that our partners Trial&Error and Dominou Association were also able to come. Together we addressed the question of how gardening together can be an opportunity for mutual empowerment. It was

Why water management is important?

Microtraining in Romania Ready for a little thought experiment? As a result of climate change, your city has been flooded. Together with other inhabitants you flee on four boats. During the journey, the boats are separated by a storm and so you end up on four different islands. On the first island there is drought. It hasn't rained for months and you have to come up with some

Romania is celebrating the Festival of Permaculture

The organization "Institutul de Cercetare în Permacultură din România" is organizing a Permaculture Festival! The organization is entirely dedicated to the practice of permaculture in Romania. Together, a multidisciplinary perspective is thrown on regenerative projects. The encouraging result: permaculture has a positive impact on the environment and on communities. To live a

We are all interconnected!

'The Garden Web of the human ecosystem' Discovering interconnectivity during a Microtraining organised by Trial & Error Microtraining in Germany Isn’t it fascinating that all diverse elements of a living ecosystem depend on each other! What a wonderful analogy for our society. We can only grow if we take care of each other! The Kulturlabor Trial & Error organisation i

Staff Training in Berlin

On February 21-23 we all met in Berlin for a Staff Training! Intense days with pilot tests of the pedagogical tools, workshops, internal project meetings… and getting our hands on dirt 🌱 We advanced a lot on the concrete output of the project, conducting the first tests before launching the national microtraining sessions in each of our country. Our teaching-learning tools and act

Seed Swap Party // Learning from seeds

Seeds are the essence of life. From seeds, life germinates and outstanding communities of plants, animals, and humans are created. Seeds are also an essential resource for the sustainment of life on the planet. Climate change and all the related insecurities are already showing the weaknesses of our agricultural system and its disastrous effects on the environment. Seed care and seed dive

Happy Greener New Year!

Happy New Year! May it be a greener, flourishing year full of fruitful projects and fertile ideas! The new covid wave is hitting quite hard everywhere Sometimes the weather is not helping eithe - even on Tenerife island, we had very strong rain & wind storms. But no pandemic can stop us, we try to keep going to our gardens and maintain the activities as much as we can, with ext

Release: European Educational Model

We are glad to present you the outcome of months of research and hard work... 📗 The European Educational Model of the Growing Communities Project:"Social Permaculture through non-formal lifelong learning in community gardens" 🦋 A guide for adult educators, organizations, and anyone interested in spreading the values of Social Permaculture in their community. Read and down

Open Soil Atlas – Berlin

Open Soil Atlas - An experience of community building in Berlin for the regeneration of urban soil In March 2021, the Feld Food Forest community, in collaboration with Kulturlabor Trial&Error e.V. launched the Open Soil Atlas project to raise awareness about the soil and inspire a collective effort of soil mapping and soil regeneration. Using citizen science we want to build a community of

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