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We've created an intergenerational ecovillage
I wanted to suggest the creation of an ecovillage
educational and intergenerational
where children and retired people would cooperate together
I really wanted to offer to children a new way of living together
living close to land and nature : an environmentally friendly life
and stop being as predators by exploiting the earth's resources
How does it work ?
I'd like senior citizens to be professionally active
strongly involved and volunteers in any area
agriculture, education school workshops
sharing moments with children, cooking, library-work
What we can do is huge
Some prefer to look after goat Some prefer to do gardening
So, retired people are really busy like creating a local currency
Some set up a network... So, they are really active
And there're also families who create professional activities
Living in a community involves regular meetings
for decision making about the ecovillage
It means sharing moments, sharing places with children
It means mutual assistance and solidarity
looking after children after school hours
odd jobbing in the homes of senior citizens by active people
building a mezzanine or repairing shelves
It's a real mutual assistance, solidarity and friendship.
With agricultural projects as well, and the will to grow our independence up
We encourage group purchasing, the common use of ecological household products
We use a phytoepuration system so we ask for a correct use of water
Roof water will be recovered and directed towards a lake built by us
So there is a collective management of reclaimed water
Everything is own collectively : the land, the houses in which we live
we do not own them Anybody own them
So we have to manage this common good together
and there is the new generation : almost 20 children in the term
and 65 children going to school in the hamlet
all these children are considered to be the capital of our future
So we want to offer them good conditions to grow up
Are you satisfied ?
Today, I realize I've contributed to a really lively project
because it is extremly developing by new projects, new ideas all the time
it's good to see it works, I feel I'm in the right place
You can watch the long version on the recipe card "Le Hameau des Buis"