Located in a beautiful valley near the village of San Jose in Ibiza, La Casita Verde is a small nature center and education center run by volunteers, is open to visitors every Sunday. Here you can see a direct and funny, that a more sustainable lifestyle is within reach of every one of WE ARE @ s .
Casita What is Green?
Throughout its years of development, the center is financed almost entirely with the weekly day event open to the public, organized visits to the school, some private donations from close friends and collaborators, as well as financial support from the Madrid-based NGO called 'Foundation for the Future. "
Some unique features of the Casita Verde are:
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• Buildings based on recycled materials such as bottles, aluminum cans and wood (the photo below is a part of space to play l @ s s obesity )
• alternative living spaces like a house on a tree, a bottle house and a house in a lime kiln
• Daily use of alternative energies such as solar and wind
• Resource Conservation in Action
• Recycling and composting
• Cultivation of medicinal plants and herbs
Why?
La Casita Verde exists as an educational tool to demonstrate alternative techniques of life forms.
How?
La Casita Verde works with the work of its coordinator, Chris Dews and a team of volunteers. The center is self-sufficient thanks to donations received during the weekly activities and events held there.
Volunteers from around the world come to La Casita Verde. Since its founding in 1993, La Casita Verde has received more than one hundred volunteers from twenty different countries.
Volunteers work in exchange for food and lodging. Some current projects include:
• Maintain and improve facilities
• Building a system for collecting rainwater with more capacity
• Installation of more alternative energy systems • Develop
workshops on healthy cooking, organic gardening, recycling, self-healing, natural medicines and traditional ecological knowledge
• Produce Music for Music compilation
Green Heart
• Develop a series of products based on local materials such as recipes, musical instruments , jewelry and art
To learn more about the activities of this place and go on their website, click on the link: http://www.casitaverde.com/about -cv.php
Contact:
La Casita Verde Apartado
441 E San Antonio
07820 Ibiza Spain Phone
at +34 971 187353, or +34 971 410 048
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