Аннотация: Comments: "Global Ecovillage Network Russia" (GEN Ru) project is the non-governmental organization which aims to consolidate Russian ecovillages for their successful development.
Comments: The "Global Ecovillage Network Russia"/"GEN Ru" project is the non-governmental organization which aims to consolidate Russian ecovillages for their successful development
Residents (children/adults): 2 children and 10 adults
Comments: We came here from different cities to live on the land in harmony with each other and with Nature. We all have different world-conceptions, but we are learning to accept each other and to co-create together our community.
Twelve of us live in Grishino all year round. We have several traditional Russian styled, community and private houses. We grow what we eat in our vegetable gardens, and gather lots of herbs from a large meadow of wildflowers. Our ecovillage is surrounded by natural forests, where we gather berries, and mushrooms, and in which there live many kinds of wild
birds and animals, like beavers, moose, bears, hares, foxes, wolves, wild cats, and many others. We are starting a project on ecological forest management.
We aim to continue the cultural traditions of our ancestors, learning the folk arts, their songs and dances, woodcraft, ceramics and village architecture; and we are endeavouring to create a family school for our children.
Each summer we hold seminars for adults and children where one
can participate in the spiritual life and work of our community and to merge
with the spirit of Russian nature.
2.2. Name: The Centre for Ecological Initiatives "Nevo-Ecoville".
Date of foundation: 1993
Head or POC: Goncharov Ivan S.- executive director
Post address: Russia, 186750, Karelia, Sortavala, ulitsa Lenina 22
Website: http://www.kovcheg.info, English version http://www.kovcheg.info/description.html
Residents (children/adults): 26 including 16 adults and 10 children in winter, 45 including 25 adults and 20 children in summer
Comments: Rapidly growing ecovillage with hosting opportunity. The project is designed for up to 100 families. Construction, gardening, wood working, handicraft workshops, school and ecological education.