ORGANICVISION

Our new website is born!

organicvision — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:09:00 +0000

Please follow the llink: www.organicvision.org

Greening the Desert with Permaculture !

organicvision — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:32:09 +0000

Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute explains his use of landscape techniques to rehabilitate salty soils and create an oasis of sustainable agriculture in the Jordanian desert.

Watch the sequel to find out what happened when the funding ran out and the project went to seed.

365 exciting days awaiting us

organicvision — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:56:08 +0000

Let´s make it a year with authentic values!
How about making it a year closer to nature?

Then join us for a survival tour on 16-18th July in the Belgian woods. We will be guided by a professional guide from the Aquascope in Virelles, camping outdoors and learning techniques to live with what nature can offers us.

Or explore with us the precious world of permaculture, doing a certified permaculture design course at the Ecocentre in Périgord, France, in August.

Find out more about permaculture on Ekopedia.

In any case, enjoy 2010!

Vote for the new EU organic logo

organicvision — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:13:26 +0000

The winning entry will be obligatory for all pre-packaged organic products that derive from the 27 Member States and meet the labelling standards.

So be part of the historic vote on http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/index_en.htm

How holes make you print greener

organicvision — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:27:52 +0000

Ecofont, the new ink-saving characters with tiny holes use 20% less ink when printing!!! This nifty idea developed by a Dutch web agency has just been nominated for the Accenture Innovation Award 2009.

We believe they deserve it!

So download Ecofont for free at: http://www.ecofont.com/downloads_en.html

Organicvision is born

organicvision — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:58:59 +0000

We are an official association registered in France now!

Here comes the proof…

A special thanks for this goes to our treasurer, Erik!

Guided tour in a zero-carbon eco-home

organicvision — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:16:07 +0000

Take a video tour in the house build with 600-year-old medieval architecture including UK’s first example of a combination photovoltaic and thermal heating system.

Great thanks to our reader Bruno from Brussels who has sent us this great article!

“green” history: first plastic bottle-free town

organicvision — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:27:48 +0000

Once again the Aussies show their inventiveness when it comes to environmental protection. After banning plastic bags some years ago, the little town of Bundanoon, southwest of Sydney, has become Australia-first ban on commercially bottled water.

Free water fountains will be installed in the village to replace the bottled H2O.

Good practice: Public beehives and learning gardens

organicvision — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:09:15 +0000

The commune of Etterbeek in Brussels has set up three public beehives, where volunteers are trained by a passionate beekeeper: They learn how to care for a bee colony of 20,000-60,000 bees and how to harvest honey. But looking at bees, there is so much more to discover: The nutritive values of honey -by the way: never drop honey in boiling milk as it loses its enzymes when heated. Or the maintenance, heating and cooling of a beehive, that can be an example of eco-friendl y building practices. An interesting article about this topic can be found here http://www.ornl.gov/sci/buildings/2010/Session%20PDFs/3_New.pdf

Another great project is the public learning garden Villette in Paris, that has been set up to teach eco-gardening techniques to young and old. To be discovered from May to October, unfortunately only in French so far.

How to construct an eco-castle?

organicvision — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:34:45 +0000

In the heart of Puisaye, in Yonne, Burgundy (France), a team of fifty people has taken on an extraordinary feat : to build a castle using the very same techniques and materials used in the Middle Ages.

The materials needed for the construction of the castle – wood, stone, earth, sand and clay – sustainable construction par excellence!

As they are looking for volunteers it is your chance to learn about all this hands on!

When you go, feel free to share your pictures and experience with us!!