Granada Permaculture Project sleeping...

Hi folks
after six months in Spain, I am returning to Oregon for a while to recoup my resources. The Granada Permaculture Project turned out to be much more difficult to get off the ground than I had expected. I do plan to continue trying next Spring, 2010.

Thanks and be well
Heather

International Seed Swap Day of Action

International Seed Swap Day of Action! Join us January 31, 2009 from 2-5pm for our first annual Community Seed Swap in the Mirador de San Nicolas, Granada. Bring seeds, plants, friends and ideas to share! Rain or shine! For more information on International Seed Swap Day and how to organize community seed swap events, please visit www.foodnotlawns.net.

Permaculture Projects in Spain

The Granada Permaculture Project hopes to connect with the existing community in Spain, and to host regional and National symposiums in Granada to share resources and make friends! If you are planning to come to Spain to explore the permaculture community , be sure to check out the links below. If there is no link, it is because the one I originally found didn't work. Try your luck at snail mail, and don't be afraid to call. I don't know yet whether these places speak and offer events in English or Spanish. This list is truncated and translated from the VERY informative, Spanish-language website, www.permacultura-es.org
(original source cited as: PERMACULTURA en España y Portugal by Monika Frank, monika_pk@hotmail.com)

• Asociación Permacultura Aldehuela
  Small village, Noblejas, province of Toledo.
• Semilla Besada
  Investigation in the barren landscapes of the Iberian Peninsula
• Can Gaia
  Patricia Nichols
  Carretera de Galilea
  07194 Puigpunyent Mallorca
  Tel. 971 614385
  patnich7@freedomland.es
• Casa Rio Mijares
  Aldea de Mijares, apdo 59
  46360 Buñol (Valencia)
  Tel: 962127300
• Chaordic Permaculture Institute
  Galicia. Antonio Palma Rico
  
• Comunidad Argayall
  Community in the island of Gomera with hostel, mango plantation and gardens.
  crew@argayall.com
• Cortijo La Lavanda
  Paul Hanson, Buzon 1, Gochar 04270 Sorbas Almeria
• ECOFOREST
  In Malaga, the locality of Coin.
• Finca El Majolillo
  In the Mountain range of Bermeja, Estepona.
  Ute Seidel y Ian Gribler,
  C/Real 20 29492 Genalguacil, Málaga
  majolillo@gmx.net
  Tel: 952117141
• Finca El Rincon de Tablas
  Ingeborg y Hans
  Aptdo. 32, Cortijo Grande
  04639 Turre (Almeria)
  Tel: 950-528803
  asinus@larural.es
• Finca Luna
  Intensive courses of Active Learning in Applied PermaCulture; workshops in Ceramics and Carpentry; hostel, vacations, biodynamics.
  
• Jardines de Acuario
  Project in the Espuña Mountain range (Murcia)
  Elias Lopez
  Apdo 40, 30850 Aledo/Totana, Murcia
  Tel. 968 299 577
  eliaslopez@eresmas.com
• La Semilla
  Gracia y Roberto,
  El Realillo
  11380 Bolonia, Tarifa, Cadiz
  Tel: 956236753
• Lalita Centro de Actividades Creativas, Cáceres, España
  Lalita is a Center of Creative Activities located in Holly, Mountain range of Cat, to little 15 km of Portugal and 350 km of Madrid. (The translated text reads: "A solitary and virgin place on the feet of Jalama, one old motaña sagrada of Spain. In this small valley of great fertility and beauty, the oaks, chestnut trees, olive trees, gardens and orchards appear a cosy and amiable landscape, furrowed by crystalline water streams. It is a magical space where stone buildings, tile and wood is based with the nature. An ideal scene for the rest, the celebration, the study, the retirement or the meditation. We look for to grow and to learn sharing the beauty and the peace of the place.")
• Permacultura en La Longuera
  In the mountains of Segura.
  Antolí,finca La Longuera, Elche de la Sierra (Albacete).
  967410741.
  arreali@msn.com.
• Permacultura Montsant
  Near the town of Arbolí, near Reus (Tarragona)
  Tel. 977 262017
  permaculturamontsant@dtinf.net
• Permacultura caña dulce
  Coín, Malaga, through courses. Bio-climatic house, lagoons of water recycling, construction of low impact, solar toilet of humus, showers, forest food, kitchen garden,… Next to the Grande river, of great ecological value. We rent the place for courses. Eating vegan, we practice Kundalini yoga.
  
• Pro Animales
  Rainer Driewer,
  Listo de correos
  29788 Frigiliana, Málaga
  Tel/Fax: 952030779
  Movil: 677786089
• Red de Permacultura del Sureste
  Network of very active Permacultura in the Southeast region of Murcia.
  Elias Lopez
  C/Ericas 10, bajo
  Murcia
  Tel.: 968299577