Last weekend I met with Varvara Valchanova, an architect who is involved in sustainable construction and the use of natural materials. Our conversation ranged from her experience in earth building to her current LAND candidate site in the Rhodopes, where she restored old traditional houses and buildings using sustainable methods. The audio from our talk … Read more
Здравейте, скъпи читатели! Днес ще ви представя урбаниста гл. ас. д-р Ангел Буров, с когото имах удоволствието да запиша интервю за подкаста на асоциацията. Д-р Ангел Буров е преподавател в УАСГ, изследовател, заместник-председател в Съюза на урбанистите, както и един от двигателите зад проекта УРБиНАТ, за който говорим и в епизода. Той е и един … Read more
Hello everyone and welcome to my last post, Time passes so fast when one is having a good time. Two months ago I started this volunteering program and now it is time to say goodbye. It could not have been better since I spent one week with Hélène Sabatini, one of the members of Green … Read more
Hola a todos, hello everyone Last week I had the opportunity to visit the urban garden in Sofia. My hosts were Natasha Marinova and Katya Nikolova, also members of the Green School Village association, who took me to the place and told me about the history of the project, how did they start, their activities … Read more
Hello all, For today’s post we have with us Lyubomir Durankev “Lyubo”, another member of Green School Village (GSV) association with whom I had the pleasure to share some time in Tramonti, Italy during our Permaculture Design Course (PDC) last October. We had a short stay at his place and we had to make the … Read more
Zdraveite, hello dear all, After this amazing time in the village of Dolen I am back in Sofia, back to the city life. This required again some adaptation to the new rhythm of life but I was also missing it. I am getting to know the city and we have been working in some projects … Read more
Hola hola, In this post we have the opportunity to find out more about two very interesting newcomers to Dolen. Well, relatively new since they have known the place since a long time ago and they are restoring their house from 2017 in the village. They are Iva and Alberto and, while they still keep … Read more
Hello beautiful people reading this blog, This entry is to present one of the members of the Green School Village association who is also my host at The Gates (Portite) in Dolen. She is Veronika Borisova and has been here since the beginning of Spring 2023 working in the house and implementing new initiatives in … Read more
Mali: Hello all! Our one week’s visit to the permaculture Kin’s Domain and community Ura Gora (“Hurray to the forest!”) in the south east of Bulgaria was magical and just really too short. A place to come back to with more time at hand! It was extra special to fi-nal-ly meet Sophie Reeve in real … Read more