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Living the change by organizing our zonesLiving 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! Permaculture zones Permaculture zones help us organize our spaces according to how (and […] [...] Read more...
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCEINTERNATIONAL 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 […] [...] Read more...
Why water management is important?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. […] [...] Read more...
Romania is celebrating the Festival of Permaculture 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 and share the joy […] [...] Read more...
We are all interconnected! We are all interconnected! 
‘The Garden Web of the human ecosystem’ 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 in Berlin organised some micro-trainings with […] [...] Read more...
A day to spread the green vibesA day to spread the green vibes
After two years of development and exchange between three institutions from Germany, Romania and Tenerife, we are proud to inform you about the two multiplier events we organized in order to present the educational activities we have developed for collectives that have created or want to start community gardens. LOCAL EVENT IN TENERIFE On 2nd […] [...] Read more...
What is a seed?What is a seed?
It is not always so obvious for people to understand what is hidden in such small things as seeds. Seed swaps are a great opportunity for participants to share thoughts about the role of seeds in local and global ecosystems and brainstorm ideas about how we could preserve such tiny and vulnerable elements. It’s always […] [...] Read more...
Launch: Microtraining in TenerifeLaunch: Microtraining in Tenerife
In Tenerife, Eduplus Association is starting the national implementation of our microtrainings: a series of workshops with the teaching-learning tools we developed. They will mainly take place at the Intergenerational Permaculture Garden, in collaboration with the local partner La Punta – Bajamar Avanzando. We are proud to feel this intergenerational, intercultural vibe, to see each […] [...] Read more...
Staff Training in BerlinStaff 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 […] [...] Read more...
Seed Swap Party // Learning from seedsSeed 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 […] [...] Read more...
Happy Greener New Year!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 […] [...] Read more...
Release: European Educational ModelRelease: 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 download it […] [...] Read more...
Open Soil Atlas – BerlinOpen 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 […] [...] Read more...
Meeting in RomaniaMeeting in Romania
Craiova in October, Autumn Project Meeting After a lot of postponing due to the pandemic situation, we finally met in person! The German team from Trial & Error, the Romanian team from Dominou Association, and the Spanish one from EDUPLUS Association, Project management We worked hard on the project objectives, activities and outputs. The focus […] [...] Read more...
Intergenerational Garden in TenerifeIntergenerational Garden in Tenerife
Improving our Intergenerational Permaculture Garden in Tenerife with La Punta – Bajamar Avanzando: We are preparing new planting plots, and installing a greenhouse to protect an area from the hard Canarian sun. Using net and not plastic, to get shadow and fresh air. Talking about fresh air… we enjoy being allowed to breathe freely outside, […] [...] Read more...
September in TenerifeSeptember in Tenerife
Tenerife in September… Between meetings about the new coming Erasmus+ mobilities, we harvest and share our first, huge pumpkin! #FairShare Intergenerational Permaculture Garden in Tenerife with La Punta – Bajamar Avanzando [...] Read more...
7th online project meeting7th online project meeting
In summer, we keep up the good work On July 22 we had our 7th online project meeting, working on the redaction of our Educational Model and preparing the making of the Bite-Sized Learning Tools… These will allow anyone who wants it to organize some activities about community gardening and permaculture. Easy and fun. Coming […] [...] Read more...
Harvest veggies & smilesHarvest veggies & smiles
Growing a community in Tenerife… Sharing experiences, learning from each other. More smiles, more social link, and always more fresh veggies! Intergenerational Permaculture Garden with La Punta – Bajamar Avanzando [...] Read more...
6th online meeting6th online meeting
On May 28th, we held our 6th online meeting. We discussed ideas and next steps about the Educational Model, as well as our project meeting in Romania. The Growing Communities project is moving on! [...] Read more...
Visiting a very special Permaculture FarmVisiting a very special Permaculture Farm
The Association for the Development of Permaculture (ADP) is a long-standing partner of EDUPLUS Association. We often organize visits and training activities there, so that both foreign education staff and local people from Tenerife can learn from them. It all began in 1996 when the permaculture farm “El Mato Tinto” was created in Tenerife. For […] [...] Read more...
5th online meeting5th online meeting
5th online meeting with our Growing Communities project. We discussed about the results of our international desk research and the next steps for creating the Training Model. Exploring the potential of Social Permaculture in community gardens… the final document will be a condensed of expertise and best practices, useful for any educator willing to implement […] [...] Read more...
Planting in AprilPlanting in April
April is here and we keep creating together in our Intergenerational Permaculture Garden with La Punta – Bajamar Avanzando, Tenerife. We plant and mix lettuce, beetroot, aubergine, cabbage, cauliflower chard, sweet pepper, tomato, herbs, flowers… The more variety, the better! [...] Read more...
4th online meeting4th online meeting
Another online meeting this week… Due to the COVID 19 pandemia we have to postpone our first face to face international meeting. But we keep collaborating online, working on our international research: permaculture, community gardens and work with disadvantaged adults in the 3 partner countries – Spain, Germany and Romania. [...] Read more...
New intergenerational permaculture garden in TenerifeNew intergenerational permaculture garden in Tenerife
We are pleased to announce the beginning of a new socio-ecological project in Tenerife, Canary Islands: a permaculture garden where kids from the nearby school and seniors from the village will work together, thus fostering intergenerational relations, social inclusion and environmental awareness. This local project was launched by the association La Punta-Bajamar Avanzando in January […] [...] Read more...
Third online project meetingThird online project meeting
Today we had our third online international project meeting about our Growing Communities Erasmus+ project. We were discussing our next steps for conducting the desk research in order to map of competences: knowledge, skills and behaviours and to define the content areas for our first Intellectual Output: European Training Model. The educational model will have the objective […] [...] Read more...
MOOC: Nature-based pedagogy solutionsMOOC: Nature-based pedagogy solutions
Interesting free MOOC course on using nature-based activities in teaching. Solutions to implement education about ecosystem, sustainability and biodiversity! [...] Read more...
International Day of Persons with different abilitiesInternational Day of Persons with different abilities
Today is the International Day of Persons with… different abilities! 😊 We promote equality and social inclusion through social permaculture. In Growing Communities, we don’t want to dis-able people from reaching their full potential through stigmas and labels. [...] Read more...
Partners meeting: planning the projectPartners meeting: planning the project
During our second virtual meeting in November for our Erasmus + project “GROWING COMMUNITIES: Empowerment through social permaculture”, we worked on our Workplan and divided our tasks for Project management, Dissemination plan, Monitoring plan, Evaluation plan, Financial plan etc. [...] Read more...

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We had some renovation work done to the walls of the garden by the city hall, so it was now time for our group to paint them nicely. Apart from that September was another busy month of gardening in our little paradise in Punta. The compost is happily decomposing, the voracious worms are digging their way and our seniors are also busy rooting around in the soil. Happy gardening everybody! ... See MoreSee Less

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On the 26th of August we organized our final European conference in the framework of #growingcommunities Project: "Empowerment through social permaculture: the GROWING COMMUNITIES project" where we presented our results.The project uses social permaculture to foster social inclusion and environmental care.#Permaculture #intergenerational #Tenerife #communitygarden #erasmusplusproject ... See MoreSee Less

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