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It Does Not Disintegrate, It Solely Moulders: the “Biologically Degradable”...
The concept of all biologically degradable bags put into circulation in Hungary is based on trickery. These bags besides the regular plastic material contain catalysts due to which plastic chains fall...
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Invitation
The Eco Valley Foundation is organizing a workshop in the field of sustainability, which is supported by the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme: Grundtvig for Adult Education Project....
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Harvesting Festival
This year residents of the eco-village Visnyeszéplak and people from the homestead region of Ópusztaszer have also participated in the harvesting festival of Krishna Valley. Mostly the mower pulled by...
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Agro Retro
An article entitled “On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns” with a likewise topic appeared in the The New York Times. It speaks of the tendency that nowadays in several hundred minor farming projects in...
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Farming Wisely – Conference on Sustainability 2011
The Eco Valley Foundation organized its fourth conference on sustainability in Krishna Valley. We had 132 guests on the event held on 5th October. The topic of this year’s conference was ecological...
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Successful Pillars of Sustainability Workshop
From October 9th to 16th, sponsored by the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme, the Eco Valley Foundation of Hungary held a one-week workshop called The Pillars of Sustainability –...
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Ecological Overshoot Day 2011
September 25th, 2009 August 21st, 2010 September 17th, 2011 This year and in the last two years these were the exact days, when humanity overstepped the boundaries of its annual consumption rate. It...
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Weather Station in Krishna Valley
Krishna Valley and the Eco Valley foundation have recently set up a weather station near the organic garden as a sign of their mutual cooperation in the field of education and research. By this action...
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Does the Toaster Show What Future Awaits Us?
Strengthening city-states, harshening weekdays, an all-powerful world government and completely new regulations – these may be some of the novelties of the three-year old financial crisis, the one that...
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Rural Lifestyle and Subsistence Farming: Ecovillage Meeting in Krishna Valley
How to build a community? How to plan a self-sufficient family homestead? How to establish contact with the existing ecovillage initiatives? How can a city dweller get organic produces from the land he...
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Organic Manure: the Treasure has Come
One of the good things of living in Somogyvámos is that we can get cow manure quite easily. Our vegetable garden has not cried out for nutrient supply, but after two years of using the land we have...
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Straw Bale Building (Part 1.)
Straw bale building was first developed in America during the 1800's and is a technique that is rapidly gaining popularity today. Building with straw bales can be easy, cheap and fun. It is also a way...
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There is No Food Shortage, so Stop Starvation!
One of the rare positive effects of foodstuffs’ price increase is that it has become a worldwide known fact how important food-production is, says Jose Graziano da Silva, Brazilian authority, FAO’s...
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Straw Bale Building (Part 2.) – Getting Sculptural with Straw
Re-stringing bales Where walls end, by doors and windows you will need some half bales. These can easily be made by cutting one string, re-tying the two halfs and then repeating for the other string....
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Is Dramatic Climate Change Bound to Happen?
From the middle of present century our planet can expect calamities like much more droughts and floods as well as an increase in the number of pests and extreme weather conditions. The international...
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Seminar on The Pillars of Sustainability – It is Still Possible to Hand in...
The Eco Valley Foundation has decided to organize a Seminar on The Pillars of Sustainability that will take place between 5th and 13th September, 2012 in Somogyvámos, Hungary. The good news is that it...
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Straw Bale Building (Part 3.) – Getting Sculptural with Straw
Trimming and shaping bales Before plastering it is advisable and very satisfying to trim the bales. Removing any loose straws, 'steps' between neighbouring bales and ridges between folded 'packs' in...
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Everyday Life of a Spanish Organic Farm
Krishna Valley has numerous twin farms all around the world (that have been established by devotees of Krishna and fall under the aegis of ISKCON). Not long ago we had the opportunity to visit such an...
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Work with Ox Mill and Thresher
In Krishna Valley they use a traditional way to clean wheat. The thresher works by ox-power and its efficiency rivals that of some of modern machines. (more…)
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Ecological Overshoot Day: 22nd August, 2012
The ecological overshoot day is an actual day in the calendar when humanity exceeds the boundaries of its annual consumption rate in relation to the Earth’s biocapacity, i. e. uses up all the...
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