Alter Agro Festival 2025: Water, Clay Seeds, and Community — My Personal Experience the Weekend I Reconnected I arrived on Thursday for a two-day dive into water in permaculture and garden design, and the whole weekend surprised me with how much of the festival lives in the same space as the hands-on work I … Read more
Is it possible to build a house in 9 days? Yes – if you’re 40 enthusiasts with two experienced teachers and you’re at COB! Even though the house was only 10 sq.m., it had everything necessary for one person to live. But what does a person really need to be happy? Water, air, food, a … Read more
Probably it happened to many of us to receive a notice from a friend or colleague sent to a number of recipients with the text, “…if anyone is interested” and a link to an event or attachment. Rushed by daily obligations that do not let us take a breath, it is often a matter of … Read more
Около Великден имах щастието да преживея практическата част от обучението за горски учител, организирано съвместно от forest school learning inititives UK и приятелите от о – в Крит – горско училище Кариацулес . Най – напред, пътят до острова бе осеян с приключенски емоции, тъй като пътувахме цяла семейна тумба – Ира на 12, Емона … Read more
This week started with a flurry of paperwork, a sure sign that my current project is drawing to a close. There’s a certain satisfaction in dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s, a sense of accomplishment that comes with wrapping things up. But as one chapter nears its end, another is also concluding – the … Read more
Last week, I was introduced to the concept (yes only now…) and it changed how I think about value and resources. It all started when Misha showed me a list called the “8 Forms of Capital.” She said it could help people see that we still have a lot to offer, who might not have … Read more
After a bit of a break from the project, I got the chance to jump back in with a really insightful exercise, thanks to Misha. She introduced me to a tool she learned during a LAND project workshop last year – it’s all about looking at alternative forms of capital and how they can help … Read more
Our project in the village of Kosovo turns 25 this year! Back in 2000, we became the owners of an abandoned Rhodope hamlet with the beautiful name Rahovitza. For many years in a row, with patience and imagination, we have been restoring the buildings with local building materials and ecological techniques, acquiring all the necessary … Read more
I would like to tell you about an initiative taking shape in Hisarya called the “Garden of the Arts” This project was conceived by Varvara Karnaukh, a Ukrainian-born artist and educator living in Hisarya, Bulgaria. She holds degrees in Decorative Applied Art and Graphic Design and runs her own Art Studio “Adventure” where she teaches … Read more
Hey everyone! Alex here, and I’m ready to tell you all about the previous week in my life as a GSV volunteer. This week was all about translation and logo work, so you can be sure I did a lot related to that. In the first part of the week, my main task was to … Read more