In our permaculture imagination, we always see a world full of biodiversity, where food and water are abundant and landscapes are resilient. All of this begins with the soil beneath our feet. That is why, together with chitalishte “Mechtalishte,” we decided to share this vision with a broader public on World Soil Day, December 5th, … 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
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
Good afternoon to all! Today I will tell you about my visit in Venets permaculture farm. Venets is a magnificient permaculture project created by Catherine- a very kind and passionate woman who decided to create a small paradise in Todorovo village (near Pleven) and Debnevo village (near Troyan). I was so lucky to be able … Read more
Hi all! Today I will tell you about the fun permaculture workshop that we had with the children in Todorovo village. We decided to work in front of the cultural center I told you about since the weather was wonderful. The children had bulgarian folk dancing rehearsal before our workshop so they were really happy … Read more
Good evening all! I was away for 2 weeks but as I promised I wrote a second part on the Systems theory since it is a wide and еxtremely important topic. I will explain about the complexity of systems and their functions. Aranya explained a few main points concerning the systems and their functions. The … Read more
Hello all! Today I am going to write about a fascinating topic for me – the Systems theory in Permaculture. Since I was a child I have always been thinking about the interconnections in the world so now I am curious to learn more about this concept through Permaculture. Aranya described Systems theory as a … Read more
Hello all! This week I started reading the book “Permaculture design” A step-by-step guide by Aranya. So today I gonna write what I have learned from the first chapter which was on the topic of observation skills and more specifically – Patterns. I read my supervisor’s children book “Friends in the garden” as well. Mihaela … Read more
Hello! My name is Polin. I am 29 years old and I am from Vratsa, Bulgaria. Vratsa is a small and beautiful city surrounded by mountains and waterfalls. Since I was born I have always been surrounded by Nature so it is not surprising at all that I want to connect better with it by … 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