Diamante Valley
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Regenerative Actions Happening Now in Diamante Valley
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Trees planted • Slowing down the water • Preserving natural springs and watershed • Communities and projects finding alignment • We built the last part of the roof for our future Community Center, for our village and for the Diamante Valley • We fundraised 675 $ to pay for materials and man work. • - This roof allow us to design a long lasting and creative Playground, and a welcoming gathering space with tables and benches, favorizing social connections in our village. • 5 volunteers were able to learn skills to prepare the foundation of such metal structure • By working in service for the village and the Bio region we are inspiring more people to do the same : making improvements that will benefit everyone coming to this area • We finally finished a 4 year old project : Fencing all the soccer field in Las Tumbas • Dogs and Cows aren't able to come in the soccer field, making it a safe space for anyone using it. • We invited many people to volunteer and donate to this project over the years, all these efforts are counting, making the village a better place for everyone • Completing this project was the necessary foundation for what is to come : The community Center and Playground • Installed creek-side fence section, completing one of the most challenging perimeter segments • Cemented and repaired broken posts, restoring structural integrity across the fence line • Cemented the final 4 posts, marking near-completion of a multi-year fence project • Created additional seating using repurposed tires, adding functionality while demonstrating resourcefulness • Fed all 17 participants with locally-sourced vegetarian casado • Strengthened monthly gathering tradition now three months strong and growing • Demonstrated multiple pathways for contribution, making participation accessible to people with different capacities • Moved closer to playground design phase as fence completion frees focus for next infrastructure layer • Honored years of committee and supporter effort with quality finishing work • Painted 6 fence gates with proper sanding preparation • Protected metal infrastructure by raising cement levels on multiple fence posts • Installed further posts for future dog-barrier fence around soccer field • Cleared erosion-prone areas beneath fence sections • Secured 361,000 colones in community fundraising for roof extension • Created detailed work plan for roof extension with clear volunteer and paid labor components • Established partnership with skilled local builder for technical guidance at community-friendly rates • United 21 community members in diverse roles from construction to cooking to coordination • Strengthened monthly gathering tradition, establishing last Saturday as consistent community action day • Built collective confidence in our ability to plan and execute complex multi-phase construction projects • Completed installation of 6 custom fence doors • Created open air communal furniture • Raised $500 in community donations for ongoing plaza improvements • Fed 25 participants with community-prepared meals • Created fundraising video documentation to inspire other communities and attract future support • United 25 community members across generations in shared work and celebration • Strengthened social bonds through shared meals, games, music, and collaborative work • Established sustainable infrastructure built to last for generations using quality materials • Proved the viability of volunteer-based community infrastructure development • An appropriate space for the Coliazul children classes and adult meetings is provided • It saved at least $250 per months costs for the Coliazul project • The teacher gets support with materials e.g. tools or from the kitchen or in emergency cases from the hosts • library for the village community, continuous service 1 day per week • - Offering high quality books by Rudolf Steiner among other spiritual books • - Children books • - Books in English, German and Spanish • regular opening hours already for 5 months • community building by sharing books • 65 people participated in the Agricultural Forum and shared ideas and strategies for cultivating a better life • On our 20 hour roundtrip, 12 representatives from the Brunca Bioregion shared in story and strategizing for the missions of Vida Sagrada • The Raices Libres Spanish chat receives on average between 10-20 posts per day of information or sharing regarding our journey into the Buen Vivir • 555 trees planted • 17 people got to escape from the city and reconnect with nature and simplicity • Elders sharing their stories, perspective and wisdom help refine and focus the passion of the youth and activists • 500+ fruit trees planted • 1000+ support species planted • 100+ fruit trees pruned for better productivity and ease of harvest • 300 reforestation trees planted • 16 people got to share the joy and wisdom of planting and caring for trees, while sharing stories purpose • classes • community • yoga • pilate • HIIT • cocreate • We are open twice a month on Fridays, offering this recycling service voluntarily for the local community • We offer practical alternatives to stop send trash to landfills. We are regularly communicating about this on groups an social media. • - We upgrade the structures at the recycling center in order to keep doing our Recycling work in comfortable environment • Educated 2 people • Having natural stones in the form you want, when you have none • - We are planting the roadside with dwarf coconuts, small fruit trees, berries and flowers to make it beautiful and welcoming • - We removed + 20 kg of trash from this part of the garden, ready to be recycled • We harvested the first FreeTheFood Champedak from the Soccerfield in Las Tumbas, 8 Locals loved it and would like more fruit trees to be planted around the soccer field • We are maintaining a very important part of our village : The soccer field • This regular community service bring us together to work in service for the bigger vision : an alive and harmonious village • By doing community service we are giving back to the local community, it is part of the integration. • - provide with the Coliazul children a climbing structure for the vines • - Creating an open tent around a tree • - building an protected outdoor area • - Meeting and orientation wall at the entrance of Diamante Luz community and the Coliazul Cultural Centre • - Experimental wall, Testing the ecological methods for the Coliazul campus • - strengthening the rammed earth wall and receiving a beautiful clay surface • - using local clay • A library for the village community is a heart of connection, learning, and inspiration for the village. • - Offering high quality books by Rudolf Steiner among other spiritual books, inviting reflection, dialogue, and personal growth, supporting those on a path of self-development and holistic understanding of the world. • - Thoughtfully chosen children books, encouraging our children to develop a love for reading • - Books in English, German and Spanish allowing both Costa Rican and international residents to find meaningful reading material in their native languages, fostering cultural exchange and mutual understanding. • we prevent the soaps and grey water from 3 houses to fall into a spring • - we are bringing awareness in our local community that its possible to do something to protect water • we are looking to make this creek a pilot project for more creeks an rivers to be protected • Community strengthening: We had a beautiful cultural event for the people of the community and guests. • Education of children: The children presented their newest songs and experienced an amazing talented storyteller for children • The Coliazul project got known to more people • We collected $510 donations that help to run the Waldorf-inspired children program • +70 people came to the celebration of the new roof • Many children were running around, playing with adults also • we are opening a new chapter of community in our area, we have a centered and public roof where we can gather and shelter at any moment. • Creating a Community Center / Playground Center is becoming a reality and brings this awareness to more people • We have had very good feedbacks from from the local community with this project. • We built 6 gates out of recycle materials • we cleaned up the salon communal completely and sorted the trash • we fixed the sinks that were leaking for years • we bought new lockers to improve our system when the salon need to be used • We made a flyer for the coming soccer games that will bring funds to make more improvement in the salon • gathering • community • education • connection • technology • community • classes • yoga • gathering • practice • teaching and practicing Spanish with the Community • offering more Spanish speaking opprtunities through digital interfaces • Support local businesses • connecting to the wisdom of the heart through meditation and yoga • taught participants and practiced meditation in action (also called karma yoga) • spending time in silence listening to the land and nature • connecting and developing the spiritual foundation for the community at eartHeart • Introduced over 60 people to indigenous language ceremonial songs • created a consistent weekly community gathering for stabilizing local relationships • seeded 3 additional locations for other offshoot song circles in the greater bioregion • Improving the commons • Gathered information & first hand experience of the river • Talked with local neighbors in the community • Documented various impacts • Mapped the river, headwaters & sources • Reconnected with the land & water along the watershed • Community Connection • Education on Herablist • learned how the finca impacts its neighboring community • Bringing people together creating networks, building relations, prayers foe the Water the Earth and our collective Future • We fundraised a total of 4000$, the necessary amount to purchase the materials to build the roof of the community center. • +80 people donated during events, at the market, by direct donations. • 15 people came to build the roof, part of them workers team of Merlin, part volunteers • It took us 2 full weeks to build the structure, our goal was to make it happen before the rainy season, we did it ! • This new community space is an upgrade for the village of las tumbas and for the area locals are already enjoying it. • Community strengthening: We had a beautiful summer party for the people of the community and guests. • Education of children: The children presented a scene of a theatre play • The Coliazul project got known to more people • We collected $1150 donations that help to run the Waldorf-inspired children program • Nurture multicultural exchange through theater • Multigenerational collaboration kids and adults • Support bilingual development Spanish and English for kids and adults • Involved 7 children and 11 adults in the play • Presented first advance of the play to audience of about 40 people at local cultural event • 120 hours in playwriting • empowered local artists to create video art, • Edited, filmed, and co-directed one music video! • Supported childhood dreams and inspired what is possible for community • finalized and recorded 1 original song made by kids • We bring awareness to our area : How can a Community Center benefit to making the village evolve ? • By creating a welcoming and open gathering space, we help everyone connect in the Bio-Region • A Community Center helps Information to become more accessible to everyone in the Bio-Region. • By creating a roof and a playground, we invite all ages to enjoy, adults can meet, children can play.. • On January 18th we gathered 60+ people in Las Tumbas around games, sports, music and food... We shared the vision of Roof and Play. • increased outreach of fundraiser, improved donation portals for the fundraiser • Supported my teams missions and provided a way for us to proudly share our story with the greater community • We informed our bio region (3 villages) of our re-Opening • We shredded + 60kg of non recyclable Hard plastic • We made +10 Ecobales of accumulated soft plastics with the Ubuntu machine • We are regularly recirculating glass jars and bottles in the local community • We are educating individuals twice a month, offering a diversity of alternative to “trash” • platform education • community building • shared resources • Christmas Presents For 32 Kids From low income families • x • Green house system improved with homemade compost teas, soil amendments, and lactobacilius microbes. • Drip irrigation systems have been researched, compared, and purchased. • Seeds and genetic material have been researched and purchased • Access trails have been strategically designed and created to manage water and improve maintenance. • Airpruning seed beds have been researched, designed, and built to improve ease and efficiencies in tree propagation. • Educated new land buyers in the area on Bioregionalism, local networking, and asset mapping • Provided tools, maps, and connection to allies for land project development • Developed regenerative project leads to match those with resources to local service providers • children of the valley are given alternatives to learning and living • development of curriculum of child rearing practices • 1-8 children are in the care of a support system of mothers • converted degraded cow pasture into future food forest • trained local youth in regenerative planting theory and techniques • 6 students learned syntropic gardening skills • 10 square meters of syntropic garden were planted • Strengthened organizing cohesion across 10+ land nodes in the bioregion • Introduced 20+ neighbor node leaders to each other through facilitated activities • Conducted intergenerational activities for children, parents, elders and neighbors to connect in the same space simultaneously • Educated 30+ people on bioregionalism with a detailed presentation that engaged greater participation in the movement • Identified levels of understanding in our extended bioregional village network to tailor future education events • Provided a deep and felt experience of interdependent relationships between families, cultures and communities, inspiring collaboration • weekly, create and distribute 2 large wheelbarrows of chicken compost to our food forest • independence from outside sources of plant fertilizers • strengthening the cycle of nutrients within the farm • created a productive chicken compost area • 2 sacos of chicken compost per week • - Community strengthening: We had a beautiful cultural fiesta for the people of the community and guests. • - Education of children: The children presented a theatre play inspired by an indigineous story, as well as a puppet show, • - Connecting with indigineous people: We invited a couple from the Boruca tribe of indigineous people, to tell about their culture • - Building bridges to local people: We had musical presentations from a Costa Rican traditional local band • - The Coliazul project got known to more people • - We collected $500 donations • educational activities, relationship skills, singing, swimming, reading, gardening • child care 1-8 children • Community strengthening • Bringing life to the Coliazul building site • We learnt to feel the strong earth energy of an ancient fire place by teaching of Reinhard Coppenrath • held the first silent immersion at Diamante Luz • cultivated a container of listening for 5 days at the land • provided refuge for 1 wandering soul • contributed 3 hours of karma yoga per day amongst 4 people into the land and kitchen • cultivated 5 days of silence • dedicated merit of ~ 125 hours of cultivated purity for the benifit of all beings • weeded the garden beds surrounding the commons of eartHeart • cultivated 17 meals with love and communion • accumulated 3 hours per day of karma yoga over 5 days with 5 people. Totaling 75 hours of karma yoga • prayed for 5 consecutive days over the land and all of its beings • created and updated 3 foundational documents • held 3 review meetings • 6 students and 1 teacher synchronized and jammed for 2 hours while shifting our perspective about junk. We strengthened our connections by • by balancing our cerebral hemispheres, synching our mind/heart/breath connection into group coherence. • We built connections by exploring cultural expectations and diversity. • We brought adults and children from multiple countries and culturesw together • we practiced english and spanish, overcoming fears and language barriers • Coordinated the implementation of a booking system that records and credits event organizers • Produced an event connecting Bliss Burn organizers for a mid-year ceremony (delayed Solstice) • Connected musicians, artists and volunteers to each other for collaborative ritual practice • We've begun the designing and organizing with the local munincipality to build an extension to the existing public building in los tumbas • received offers of bamboo to be donated to project • planned our next building phase on december 6th • Become more involved in the local munincipality and the soccer organization • property is maintained by hand so as to eliminate usage of pesticides or agrochemicals • land is happy in its state of being attended and loved • land produces food and the extra is shared with the neighbors • Sharing local study globally to distribute impact report results • Successfully designed 9 buildings in 30 days, for educational purposes and more . • Strengthened community bonds through collection of the needs involving various community members and neighboring projects in the process of • Involving the children in the classroom design (see pictures) • The biggest impact still lies in the future, but already now we feel that the characteristic design grown on the land in the holistic proces • The holistic way is rooting in the energy of the place + thus the buildings are inspiring for connecting with the land in return • We could inspire the famous Bamboo builder Rodo to host his workshop at the Coliazul site in Feb.2024, One of the Coliazul stories to come • After months of planning and preparation we could start running the kids program for initially one day per week, for a group of 6 children • We managed to have an experienced Waldorf teacher from UK visiting us to educate and advise our teacher for 2 months. • We had found a social worker willing to start as our first teacher. • We rented an appropriate building for the initial time of the program • 24 service hours to the Syntropic Food Forest where 7 people where Empowered with general and species specific pruning practice • 16 people shared plant knowledge and harvested and cocreated a community meal from the land as well as spreading plant seed and babies • Marketing for Coliazul children's program • Marketing for the next benefit event, fiesta de las culturas • Successfully harvested, treated and transported 40 pieces of bamboo for the shelter construction. • Strengthened community bonds through collaboration and teamwork, involving various community members and neighboring projects in the process • Laid the groundwork for the Coliazul Cultural Commons, using our collective power and resources from alied projects. • Presented the DBC / Giveth / Bloom to Rancho Margot leaders and mastermind participants • Facilitated cross collaboration between North and South ecovillage leadership on land trusts • Built relationships of value exchange with regenerative development leaders in Costa Rica • Received direct cultural experience from Indigenous people in their village • Strengthened relationship of respect, appreciation and camaraderie between our peoples • Studied educational presentations and displays of the Boruca history in their village museums • Represented our communities as cultural exchange ambassadors, storytellers, and friends • Integrated the profound wisdom, humility, courage, pride and resilience shared with us, to share with our people • We are creating a grey water system to protect a creek from soaps, oils and detergent dropping into the spring. • We moved a cow fence further away from the spring so we can stop the cow dung going into the water. • Instagram of Rios Limpios : rioslimpioscostarica • We have been sharing information on how to build grey water filters on social media and local groups, to raise awareness about Grey Water. • We have turned a giant grass field into a Community Fruit Forest, we use it as a demonstration to share about Syntropic farming. • We are maintaining the garden twice a month, we welcome volunteers and hire a local worker to help us chop and drop ! • We have reforested this land along the river, helping to hold the river's edges from eroding while strong rains. • We have shared many videos on Social media, spreading knowledge, tips and inspiring people to plant Free Food. • We store glass bottles and jars by size and shape, for anyone in our local community to build or create with them. • Glass is precious, it can be integrated as "bricks" into adobe or cement walls, and also turned into drinking glasses... and more ! • We believe that a Glass "micro industry" can be a part of an intelligent village. • We collected donations and built a Precious Plastic Shredder in order to process hard plastic items, usually considered "Non Recyclables". • We have educated 70+ people on how to sort their plastic at home, and how to prepare it to be shredded at our Recycling Center. • We have reached 1500+ people on social media and local groups. We hope to inspire other communities to do the same. • We have transformed so far +40kg of plastic that usually would have ended in a landfill, and it is just the very beginning. • We designed and built our first Recycling Stations, to provide a proper system that completely replace the common trash bins. • We have educated 50+ people on how to use a Recycling station, and this system idea reached 1000+ people on Social media. • By creating recycling stations, we raise the awareness about trash in our local community, once there is a system, recycling becomes easy. • Recycling stations are also designed to care for the so called "non Recyclables" : Soft and hard plastics, that usually end up in landfills. • We are improving the Communal Salon of Las Tumbas in order to create a welcoming Place, an Information and Community center • We built a fence around the soccer field to avoid that cows to come in and create holes, for the safety of adults and children when playing. • To build an intelligent village, we need Centers where Adults, Parents and Children have their space. • The Community Center is like the Heart of the body, that connects all the members and organs.(us People and Farms). This Center connects us. • Free The Food : We are freeing the food, by planting roadsides with fruit trees, and sharing them on "Fruit-Stops" • "Fruits Stops" : Like Bus Stops, but for fruits, anyone can bring their harvest, and take what they want home. • We are bringing the "Giving Mentality" to this world, anyone passing by a "Fruit Stop" will remember that it's possible ! • We place the "Fruit Stops" on specific central location so many people can see them, many cars pass by, the idea travels ! • In our recycling center we educate people how to turn their trash into building blocks called Ubuntu Bloxs • We have educated +100 people on how they can avoid sending their plastic to Landfills • With Social media we are reaching +15 000 view on how to make Ubuntu Blocks (Facebook - Instagram) • community building: strengthening bonds for our big project • Energetic work: clearing obstacles, calling in supportive energies • Education of children • We invited and informed 4 other families about the Coliazul children program • Also other community members came to learn about Coliazul • Games and activites for the children were offered by community members. • Community building • Community members Experienced in fixing greenhouse tarpaulins for roof structures showed us the most efficient and durable fixing techniques • dry classroom for the children's classes • constructed the shelter that Jeffree would inhabit for his stay at dluz • affords housing to several people that have offered their time on the land • Cooperation with local experienced workers • Using local resources • Setting up new relationships for future cooperation • Getting the bamboo building material that is needed for the first Coliazul buildings • provided the sanitary service for the now existing Coliazul school • created a more modern, expansive, user friendly community kitchen space. • resolution • allowed the group to receive and acknowledge one of our members in a difficult process of their life • much soul searching • group therapy • team building excercises • personal responsibility • 6 people learned about building simple bamboo structures • all participants learned how a simple but versatile bamboo building can be designed • 3 volunteers learned about simple bamboo building and making joints for a solid bamboo construction • everyone in the group experienced what you need to think about when building in a tropical climate • the participants experienced how seasons and daytime affect construction work • we all learned how to create a minimum of beauty in a functional temporary building • We had a beautiful cultural fiesta for the people of the community and also some guests. - celebration of connection • The children had their first presentation as a choir in public after weeks of practice with their teacher. - Big educational value • The project got known to more people. - Marketing • We collected $750 donations. - Needed for bamboo building activities and running of children's program • Redirected scrap bamboo harvest. • Demonstrates the value being provided through regenerative initiatives on the ground. • Highlights local leaders' expertise to attract wider recognition and to attract support. • Documented practices for stewarding common resources like water, soil, and process documentation. • Showcases the power of local communities using online media and coordination tools. • Celebrates the beauty and magic of community, showcasing how much is possible when we do it together. Trees planted • Slowing down the water • Preserving natural springs and watershed • Communities and projects finding alignment • We built the last part of the roof for our future Community Center, for our village and for the Diamante Valley • We fundraised 675 $ to pay for materials and man work. • - This roof allow us to design a long lasting and creative Playground, and a welcoming gathering space with tables and benches, favorizing social connections in our village. • 5 volunteers were able to learn skills to prepare the foundation of such metal structure • By working in service for the village and the Bio region we are inspiring more people to do the same : making improvements that will benefit everyone coming to this area • We finally finished a 4 year old project : Fencing all the soccer field in Las Tumbas • Dogs and Cows aren't able to come in the soccer field, making it a safe space for anyone using it. • We invited many people to volunteer and donate to this project over the years, all these efforts are counting, making the village a better place for everyone • Completing this project was the necessary foundation for what is to come : The community Center and Playground • Installed creek-side fence section, completing one of the most challenging perimeter segments • Cemented and repaired broken posts, restoring structural integrity across the fence line • Cemented the final 4 posts, marking near-completion of a multi-year fence project • Created additional seating using repurposed tires, adding functionality while demonstrating resourcefulness • Fed all 17 participants with locally-sourced vegetarian casado • Strengthened monthly gathering tradition now three months strong and growing • Demonstrated multiple pathways for contribution, making participation accessible to people with different capacities • Moved closer to playground design phase as fence completion frees focus for next infrastructure layer • Honored years of committee and supporter effort with quality finishing work • Painted 6 fence gates with proper sanding preparation • Protected metal infrastructure by raising cement levels on multiple fence posts • Installed further posts for future dog-barrier fence around soccer field • Cleared erosion-prone areas beneath fence sections • Secured 361,000 colones in community fundraising for roof extension • Created detailed work plan for roof extension with clear volunteer and paid labor components • Established partnership with skilled local builder for technical guidance at community-friendly rates • United 21 community members in diverse roles from construction to cooking to coordination • Strengthened monthly gathering tradition, establishing last Saturday as consistent community action day • Built collective confidence in our ability to plan and execute complex multi-phase construction projects • Completed installation of 6 custom fence doors • Created open air communal furniture • Raised $500 in community donations for ongoing plaza improvements • Fed 25 participants with community-prepared meals • Created fundraising video documentation to inspire other communities and attract future support • United 25 community members across generations in shared work and celebration • Strengthened social bonds through shared meals, games, music, and collaborative work • Established sustainable infrastructure built to last for generations using quality materials • Proved the viability of volunteer-based community infrastructure development • An appropriate space for the Coliazul children classes and adult meetings is provided • It saved at least $250 per months costs for the Coliazul project • The teacher gets support with materials e.g. tools or from the kitchen or in emergency cases from the hosts • library for the village community, continuous service 1 day per week • - Offering high quality books by Rudolf Steiner among other spiritual books • - Children books • - Books in English, German and Spanish • regular opening hours already for 5 months • community building by sharing books • 65 people participated in the Agricultural Forum and shared ideas and strategies for cultivating a better life • On our 20 hour roundtrip, 12 representatives from the Brunca Bioregion shared in story and strategizing for the missions of Vida Sagrada • The Raices Libres Spanish chat receives on average between 10-20 posts per day of information or sharing regarding our journey into the Buen Vivir • 555 trees planted • 17 people got to escape from the city and reconnect with nature and simplicity • Elders sharing their stories, perspective and wisdom help refine and focus the passion of the youth and activists • 500+ fruit trees planted • 1000+ support species planted • 100+ fruit trees pruned for better productivity and ease of harvest • 300 reforestation trees planted • 16 people got to share the joy and wisdom of planting and caring for trees, while sharing stories purpose • classes • community • yoga • pilate • HIIT • cocreate • We are open twice a month on Fridays, offering this recycling service voluntarily for the local community • We offer practical alternatives to stop send trash to landfills. We are regularly communicating about this on groups an social media. • - We upgrade the structures at the recycling center in order to keep doing our Recycling work in comfortable environment • Educated 2 people • Having natural stones in the form you want, when you have none • - We are planting the roadside with dwarf coconuts, small fruit trees, berries and flowers to make it beautiful and welcoming • - We removed + 20 kg of trash from this part of the garden, ready to be recycled • We harvested the first FreeTheFood Champedak from the Soccerfield in Las Tumbas, 8 Locals loved it and would like more fruit trees to be planted around the soccer field • We are maintaining a very important part of our village : The soccer field • This regular community service bring us together to work in service for the bigger vision : an alive and harmonious village • By doing community service we are giving back to the local community, it is part of the integration. • - provide with the Coliazul children a climbing structure for the vines • - Creating an open tent around a tree • - building an protected outdoor area • - Meeting and orientation wall at the entrance of Diamante Luz community and the Coliazul Cultural Centre • - Experimental wall, Testing the ecological methods for the Coliazul campus • - strengthening the rammed earth wall and receiving a beautiful clay surface • - using local clay • A library for the village community is a heart of connection, learning, and inspiration for the village. • - Offering high quality books by Rudolf Steiner among other spiritual books, inviting reflection, dialogue, and personal growth, supporting those on a path of self-development and holistic understanding of the world. • - Thoughtfully chosen children books, encouraging our children to develop a love for reading • - Books in English, German and Spanish allowing both Costa Rican and international residents to find meaningful reading material in their native languages, fostering cultural exchange and mutual understanding. • we prevent the soaps and grey water from 3 houses to fall into a spring • - we are bringing awareness in our local community that its possible to do something to protect water • we are looking to make this creek a pilot project for more creeks an rivers to be protected • Community strengthening: We had a beautiful cultural event for the people of the community and guests. • Education of children: The children presented their newest songs and experienced an amazing talented storyteller for children • The Coliazul project got known to more people • We collected $510 donations that help to run the Waldorf-inspired children program • +70 people came to the celebration of the new roof • Many children were running around, playing with adults also • we are opening a new chapter of community in our area, we have a centered and public roof where we can gather and shelter at any moment. • Creating a Community Center / Playground Center is becoming a reality and brings this awareness to more people • We have had very good feedbacks from from the local community with this project. • We built 6 gates out of recycle materials • we cleaned up the salon communal completely and sorted the trash • we fixed the sinks that were leaking for years • we bought new lockers to improve our system when the salon need to be used • We made a flyer for the coming soccer games that will bring funds to make more improvement in the salon • gathering • community • education • connection • technology • community • classes • yoga • gathering • practice • teaching and practicing Spanish with the Community • offering more Spanish speaking opprtunities through digital interfaces • Support local businesses • connecting to the wisdom of the heart through meditation and yoga • taught participants and practiced meditation in action (also called karma yoga) • spending time in silence listening to the land and nature • connecting and developing the spiritual foundation for the community at eartHeart • Introduced over 60 people to indigenous language ceremonial songs • created a consistent weekly community gathering for stabilizing local relationships • seeded 3 additional locations for other offshoot song circles in the greater bioregion • Improving the commons • Gathered information & first hand experience of the river • Talked with local neighbors in the community • Documented various impacts • Mapped the river, headwaters & sources • Reconnected with the land & water along the watershed • Community Connection • Education on Herablist • learned how the finca impacts its neighboring community • Bringing people together creating networks, building relations, prayers foe the Water the Earth and our collective Future • We fundraised a total of 4000$, the necessary amount to purchase the materials to build the roof of the community center. • +80 people donated during events, at the market, by direct donations. • 15 people came to build the roof, part of them workers team of Merlin, part volunteers • It took us 2 full weeks to build the structure, our goal was to make it happen before the rainy season, we did it ! • This new community space is an upgrade for the village of las tumbas and for the area locals are already enjoying it. • Community strengthening: We had a beautiful summer party for the people of the community and guests. • Education of children: The children presented a scene of a theatre play • The Coliazul project got known to more people • We collected $1150 donations that help to run the Waldorf-inspired children program • Nurture multicultural exchange through theater • Multigenerational collaboration kids and adults • Support bilingual development Spanish and English for kids and adults • Involved 7 children and 11 adults in the play • Presented first advance of the play to audience of about 40 people at local cultural event • 120 hours in playwriting • empowered local artists to create video art, • Edited, filmed, and co-directed one music video! • Supported childhood dreams and inspired what is possible for community • finalized and recorded 1 original song made by kids • We bring awareness to our area : How can a Community Center benefit to making the village evolve ? • By creating a welcoming and open gathering space, we help everyone connect in the Bio-Region • A Community Center helps Information to become more accessible to everyone in the Bio-Region. • By creating a roof and a playground, we invite all ages to enjoy, adults can meet, children can play.. • On January 18th we gathered 60+ people in Las Tumbas around games, sports, music and food... We shared the vision of Roof and Play. • increased outreach of fundraiser, improved donation portals for the fundraiser • Supported my teams missions and provided a way for us to proudly share our story with the greater community • We informed our bio region (3 villages) of our re-Opening • We shredded + 60kg of non recyclable Hard plastic • We made +10 Ecobales of accumulated soft plastics with the Ubuntu machine • We are regularly recirculating glass jars and bottles in the local community • We are educating individuals twice a month, offering a diversity of alternative to “trash” • platform education • community building • shared resources • Christmas Presents For 32 Kids From low income families • x • Green house system improved with homemade compost teas, soil amendments, and lactobacilius microbes. • Drip irrigation systems have been researched, compared, and purchased. • Seeds and genetic material have been researched and purchased • Access trails have been strategically designed and created to manage water and improve maintenance. • Airpruning seed beds have been researched, designed, and built to improve ease and efficiencies in tree propagation. • Educated new land buyers in the area on Bioregionalism, local networking, and asset mapping • Provided tools, maps, and connection to allies for land project development • Developed regenerative project leads to match those with resources to local service providers • children of the valley are given alternatives to learning and living • development of curriculum of child rearing practices • 1-8 children are in the care of a support system of mothers • converted degraded cow pasture into future food forest • trained local youth in regenerative planting theory and techniques • 6 students learned syntropic gardening skills • 10 square meters of syntropic garden were planted • Strengthened organizing cohesion across 10+ land nodes in the bioregion • Introduced 20+ neighbor node leaders to each other through facilitated activities • Conducted intergenerational activities for children, parents, elders and neighbors to connect in the same space simultaneously • Educated 30+ people on bioregionalism with a detailed presentation that engaged greater participation in the movement • Identified levels of understanding in our extended bioregional village network to tailor future education events • Provided a deep and felt experience of interdependent relationships between families, cultures and communities, inspiring collaboration • weekly, create and distribute 2 large wheelbarrows of chicken compost to our food forest • independence from outside sources of plant fertilizers • strengthening the cycle of nutrients within the farm • created a productive chicken compost area • 2 sacos of chicken compost per week • - Community strengthening: We had a beautiful cultural fiesta for the people of the community and guests. • - Education of children: The children presented a theatre play inspired by an indigineous story, as well as a puppet show, • - Connecting with indigineous people: We invited a couple from the Boruca tribe of indigineous people, to tell about their culture • - Building bridges to local people: We had musical presentations from a Costa Rican traditional local band • - The Coliazul project got known to more people • - We collected $500 donations • educational activities, relationship skills, singing, swimming, reading, gardening • child care 1-8 children • Community strengthening • Bringing life to the Coliazul building site • We learnt to feel the strong earth energy of an ancient fire place by teaching of Reinhard Coppenrath • held the first silent immersion at Diamante Luz • cultivated a container of listening for 5 days at the land • provided refuge for 1 wandering soul • contributed 3 hours of karma yoga per day amongst 4 people into the land and kitchen • cultivated 5 days of silence • dedicated merit of ~ 125 hours of cultivated purity for the benifit of all beings • weeded the garden beds surrounding the commons of eartHeart • cultivated 17 meals with love and communion • accumulated 3 hours per day of karma yoga over 5 days with 5 people. Totaling 75 hours of karma yoga • prayed for 5 consecutive days over the land and all of its beings • created and updated 3 foundational documents • held 3 review meetings • 6 students and 1 teacher synchronized and jammed for 2 hours while shifting our perspective about junk. We strengthened our connections by • by balancing our cerebral hemispheres, synching our mind/heart/breath connection into group coherence. • We built connections by exploring cultural expectations and diversity. • We brought adults and children from multiple countries and culturesw together • we practiced english and spanish, overcoming fears and language barriers • Coordinated the implementation of a booking system that records and credits event organizers • Produced an event connecting Bliss Burn organizers for a mid-year ceremony (delayed Solstice) • Connected musicians, artists and volunteers to each other for collaborative ritual practice • We've begun the designing and organizing with the local munincipality to build an extension to the existing public building in los tumbas • received offers of bamboo to be donated to project • planned our next building phase on december 6th • Become more involved in the local munincipality and the soccer organization • property is maintained by hand so as to eliminate usage of pesticides or agrochemicals • land is happy in its state of being attended and loved • land produces food and the extra is shared with the neighbors • Sharing local study globally to distribute impact report results • Successfully designed 9 buildings in 30 days, for educational purposes and more . • Strengthened community bonds through collection of the needs involving various community members and neighboring projects in the process of • Involving the children in the classroom design (see pictures) • The biggest impact still lies in the future, but already now we feel that the characteristic design grown on the land in the holistic proces • The holistic way is rooting in the energy of the place + thus the buildings are inspiring for connecting with the land in return • We could inspire the famous Bamboo builder Rodo to host his workshop at the Coliazul site in Feb.2024, One of the Coliazul stories to come • After months of planning and preparation we could start running the kids program for initially one day per week, for a group of 6 children • We managed to have an experienced Waldorf teacher from UK visiting us to educate and advise our teacher for 2 months. • We had found a social worker willing to start as our first teacher. • We rented an appropriate building for the initial time of the program • 24 service hours to the Syntropic Food Forest where 7 people where Empowered with general and species specific pruning practice • 16 people shared plant knowledge and harvested and cocreated a community meal from the land as well as spreading plant seed and babies • Marketing for Coliazul children's program • Marketing for the next benefit event, fiesta de las culturas • Successfully harvested, treated and transported 40 pieces of bamboo for the shelter construction. • Strengthened community bonds through collaboration and teamwork, involving various community members and neighboring projects in the process • Laid the groundwork for the Coliazul Cultural Commons, using our collective power and resources from alied projects. • Presented the DBC / Giveth / Bloom to Rancho Margot leaders and mastermind participants • Facilitated cross collaboration between North and South ecovillage leadership on land trusts • Built relationships of value exchange with regenerative development leaders in Costa Rica • Received direct cultural experience from Indigenous people in their village • Strengthened relationship of respect, appreciation and camaraderie between our peoples • Studied educational presentations and displays of the Boruca history in their village museums • Represented our communities as cultural exchange ambassadors, storytellers, and friends • Integrated the profound wisdom, humility, courage, pride and resilience shared with us, to share with our people • We are creating a grey water system to protect a creek from soaps, oils and detergent dropping into the spring. • We moved a cow fence further away from the spring so we can stop the cow dung going into the water. • Instagram of Rios Limpios : rioslimpioscostarica • We have been sharing information on how to build grey water filters on social media and local groups, to raise awareness about Grey Water. • We have turned a giant grass field into a Community Fruit Forest, we use it as a demonstration to share about Syntropic farming. • We are maintaining the garden twice a month, we welcome volunteers and hire a local worker to help us chop and drop ! • We have reforested this land along the river, helping to hold the river's edges from eroding while strong rains. • We have shared many videos on Social media, spreading knowledge, tips and inspiring people to plant Free Food. • We store glass bottles and jars by size and shape, for anyone in our local community to build or create with them. • Glass is precious, it can be integrated as "bricks" into adobe or cement walls, and also turned into drinking glasses... and more ! • We believe that a Glass "micro industry" can be a part of an intelligent village. • We collected donations and built a Precious Plastic Shredder in order to process hard plastic items, usually considered "Non Recyclables". • We have educated 70+ people on how to sort their plastic at home, and how to prepare it to be shredded at our Recycling Center. • We have reached 1500+ people on social media and local groups. We hope to inspire other communities to do the same. • We have transformed so far +40kg of plastic that usually would have ended in a landfill, and it is just the very beginning. • We designed and built our first Recycling Stations, to provide a proper system that completely replace the common trash bins. • We have educated 50+ people on how to use a Recycling station, and this system idea reached 1000+ people on Social media. • By creating recycling stations, we raise the awareness about trash in our local community, once there is a system, recycling becomes easy. • Recycling stations are also designed to care for the so called "non Recyclables" : Soft and hard plastics, that usually end up in landfills. • We are improving the Communal Salon of Las Tumbas in order to create a welcoming Place, an Information and Community center • We built a fence around the soccer field to avoid that cows to come in and create holes, for the safety of adults and children when playing. • To build an intelligent village, we need Centers where Adults, Parents and Children have their space. • The Community Center is like the Heart of the body, that connects all the members and organs.(us People and Farms). This Center connects us. • Free The Food : We are freeing the food, by planting roadsides with fruit trees, and sharing them on "Fruit-Stops" • "Fruits Stops" : Like Bus Stops, but for fruits, anyone can bring their harvest, and take what they want home. • We are bringing the "Giving Mentality" to this world, anyone passing by a "Fruit Stop" will remember that it's possible ! • We place the "Fruit Stops" on specific central location so many people can see them, many cars pass by, the idea travels ! • In our recycling center we educate people how to turn their trash into building blocks called Ubuntu Bloxs • We have educated +100 people on how they can avoid sending their plastic to Landfills • With Social media we are reaching +15 000 view on how to make Ubuntu Blocks (Facebook - Instagram) • community building: strengthening bonds for our big project • Energetic work: clearing obstacles, calling in supportive energies • Education of children • We invited and informed 4 other families about the Coliazul children program • Also other community members came to learn about Coliazul • Games and activites for the children were offered by community members. • Community building • Community members Experienced in fixing greenhouse tarpaulins for roof structures showed us the most efficient and durable fixing techniques • dry classroom for the children's classes • constructed the shelter that Jeffree would inhabit for his stay at dluz • affords housing to several people that have offered their time on the land • Cooperation with local experienced workers • Using local resources • Setting up new relationships for future cooperation • Getting the bamboo building material that is needed for the first Coliazul buildings • provided the sanitary service for the now existing Coliazul school • created a more modern, expansive, user friendly community kitchen space. • resolution • allowed the group to receive and acknowledge one of our members in a difficult process of their life • much soul searching • group therapy • team building excercises • personal responsibility • 6 people learned about building simple bamboo structures • all participants learned how a simple but versatile bamboo building can be designed • 3 volunteers learned about simple bamboo building and making joints for a solid bamboo construction • everyone in the group experienced what you need to think about when building in a tropical climate • the participants experienced how seasons and daytime affect construction work • we all learned how to create a minimum of beauty in a functional temporary building • We had a beautiful cultural fiesta for the people of the community and also some guests. - celebration of connection • The children had their first presentation as a choir in public after weeks of practice with their teacher. - Big educational value • The project got known to more people. - Marketing • We collected $750 donations. - Needed for bamboo building activities and running of children's program • Redirected scrap bamboo harvest. • Demonstrates the value being provided through regenerative initiatives on the ground. • Highlights local leaders' expertise to attract wider recognition and to attract support. • Documented practices for stewarding common resources like water, soil, and process documentation. • Showcases the power of local communities using online media and coordination tools. • Celebrates the beauty and magic of community, showcasing how much is possible when we do it together.
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