Latest News:
Paolo
Lugari on a rare visit to the U.S. May 1-5, 2008.
Green
Village Philadelphia hosts an interactive weekend retreat with the
founder of Gaviotas. Interested? Click here.
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Do
Jump presents:
Entusiasmo!
A Show About Hope
based on the story Gaviotas
Playing in Portland
May 17-31
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Marion Institute,
ZERI and Centro Las Gaviotas
ask you to ...
go neutral at Gaviotas
Offsets
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Paolo Lugari was awarded an honorary doctorate by Carnegie Mellon University
in May 2007.
See documentary
video about Gaviotas, produced for the occasion.
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Gaviotas is a village of about 200 people in Colombia, South America.
For three decades, Gaviotans - peasants, scientists, artists, and former
street kids - have struggled to build an oasis of imagination and sustainability
in the remote, barren savannas of eastern Colombia, an area ravaged by
political terror. They have planted millions of trees, thus regenerating
an indigenous rainforest. They farm organically and use wind and solar
power. Every family enjoys free housing, community meals, and schooling.
There are no weapons, no police, no jail. There is no mayor.
The United
Nations named the village a model of sustainable development. Gabriel
Garcia Marquez has called Paolo Lugari the "inventor of the world."
Paolo
Lugari visting with Amory Lovins in 2003 |
Friends
of Gaviotas was formed in 2002 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to
faciliate initiatives such as:
- North-South research exchanges like the Gaviotas
biodiesel project.
- Periodic get-togethers with Gaviotans (Paolo Lugari and others).
- Sharing technology information from/for Gaviotas and the world.
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Resources
Alan
Weisman's 1998 book: Gaviotas:
A Village to Reinvent the World
Amazon.com reader
reviews of the book
Aerial view of the Colombian llanos.
Contacts
Anyone wishing to participate in Friends of Gaviotas activities,
please write to: mail@friendsofgav___.org (to
fend off spam, this is not a link you can click on, and you must complete
the missing blank part). If you don't mind, mention your city, state/country
and postal code (no street address please). We will add your to our mailing
list.
There are several Gaviotas listserves/forums available for people to join:
- Write to gaviotas-request@greenbuilder.com
with "subscribe" in the subject line or use the web
interface.
- Contact katherine "at" peakinsight.com
to request access to a Gaviotas forum she hosts. Selected greenbuilder
list posts are saved/categorized there as well.
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