Comments for **PURAVIDAonline** http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com Love + Life = Chocolate Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:58:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Puravida Boat Journey by alegriademomento http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/puravida-boat-journey/#comment-12 alegriademomento Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:58:55 +0000 http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/puravida-boat-journey/#comment-12 ho! the migrobirdo sailingproject will head 2008 from europe to Latin-america! sailing in/for another world we can connect for a common vision?! www.migrobirdo.org feel free to contact alegria(%)migrobirdo.org ho!
the migrobirdo sailingproject will head 2008 from europe to Latin-america!

sailing in/for another world

we can connect for a common vision?!
http://www.migrobirdo.org feel free to contact alegria(%)migrobirdo.org

]]> Comment on Puravida Boat Journey by heathen448 http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/puravida-boat-journey/#comment-10 heathen448 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:57:38 +0000 http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/puravida-boat-journey/#comment-10 Hello, I'm glad to have found my way here to your site, more specifically the idea of travelling to South America via Africa by boat and making Permaculture along the way. I would dearly like to volunteer my time for this project, please don't hesitate to contact me, Jason Mitchell: heathen.448@btopenworld.com Hello,

I’m glad to have found my way here to your site, more specifically the idea of travelling to South America via Africa by boat and making Permaculture along the way. I would dearly like to volunteer my time for this project, please don’t hesitate to contact me, Jason Mitchell: heathen.448@btopenworld.com

]]> Comment on Puravida links up with Blue Ventures by samzinho http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/infrastructure/#comment-9 samzinho Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:04:10 +0000 http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/infrastructure/#comment-9 There are three types of infrastructure activity that it is imagined PURAVIDA will be engaged in. The first is any activity that concerns just us; very local projects such as a small solar PV system to provide very localised lighting and suchlike. The second involves anything intended to benefit the people living on the farm that might have slightly wider benefits. The projects that fall into this category are those that are probably of most obvious immediate concern. They include such projects as a large-capacity sewage treatment facility. This will provide immediate sanitation provisions for those of us based on the farm, but also for the families living around that have no access to sanitation facilities other than a hole dug in the forest. The intention is to build something with enough capacity to be able to deal with the any future anticipated people staying on the farm. If, in the future we will be running courses and having larger groups of people staying on the farm we will need suitably sized facilities. It makes sense to build to this capacity from an early stage. There are a number of ways of achieving this, and all will be done to provide as little environmental impact as possible. All of the solutions involve some manner of anaerobic digestion, the process by which naturally occurring micro-organisms digest waste in airless conditions. The advantages with these processes are that almost all pathogens are destroyed and what is left is clinically sterile fertiliser perfect for gardens. A bi-product of this digestion process is methane gas which it is possible to capture and use for cooking. What might be simpler to achieve is a multi-baffle weir system digester terminating in a reed-bed polishing tank, which uses reeds and sunlight to absorb toxins and kill any pathogens. The choice of system will be determined by the available materials and local conditions. Another project that will fall into this second category is the installation of ram pumps; pumps that use a large flow of water to lift a small amount of water a great distance. This will provide a continuous source of water at the top of the hill which it is imagined will be the focus of all activity on the farm. Ram pumps can be installed to provide water to any of the houses on the farm. Also included in the category are solar powered water pumps to pump clean drinking water from the springs to the top of the hill. The third category of projects is those that do not directly benefit the farm, but people living in surrounding areas. These projects will be continued indefinitely and will involve such activities as suitable training workshops to teach people amongst other things to build and repair their own ram pumps for local installation. It is hoped that the creation of local co-operatives will be facilitated to enable the purchasing of things like solar PV panels and suchlike, circumventing the need for locals to buy things like diesel electricity generators. There are three types of infrastructure activity that it is imagined PURAVIDA will be engaged in. The first is any activity that concerns just us; very local projects such as a small solar PV system to provide very localised lighting and suchlike. The second involves anything intended to benefit the people living on the farm that might have slightly wider benefits. The projects that fall into this category are those that are probably of most obvious immediate concern. They include such projects as a large-capacity sewage treatment facility. This will provide immediate sanitation provisions for those of us based on the farm, but also for the families living around that have no access to sanitation facilities other than a hole dug in the forest. The intention is to build something with enough capacity to be able to deal with the any future anticipated people staying on the farm. If, in the future we will be running courses and having larger groups of people staying on the farm we will need suitably sized facilities. It makes sense to build to this capacity from an early stage.
There are a number of ways of achieving this, and all will be done to provide as little environmental impact as possible. All of the solutions involve some manner of anaerobic digestion, the process by which naturally occurring micro-organisms digest waste in airless conditions. The advantages with these processes are that almost all pathogens are destroyed and what is left is clinically sterile fertiliser perfect for gardens. A bi-product of this digestion process is methane gas which it is possible to capture and use for cooking. What might be simpler to achieve is a multi-baffle weir system digester terminating in a reed-bed polishing tank, which uses reeds and sunlight to absorb toxins and kill any pathogens. The choice of system will be determined by the available materials and local conditions.
Another project that will fall into this second category is the installation of ram pumps; pumps that use a large flow of water to lift a small amount of water a great distance. This will provide a continuous source of water at the top of the hill which it is imagined will be the focus of all activity on the farm. Ram pumps can be installed to provide water to any of the houses on the farm.
Also included in the category are solar powered water pumps to pump clean drinking water from the springs to the top of the hill.
The third category of projects is those that do not directly benefit the farm, but people living in surrounding areas. These projects will be continued indefinitely and will involve such activities as suitable training workshops to teach people amongst other things to build and repair their own ram pumps for local installation. It is hoped that the creation of local co-operatives will be facilitated to enable the purchasing of things like solar PV panels and suchlike, circumventing the need for locals to buy things like diesel electricity generators.

]]> Comment on Channel Pura Vida by elinzinha http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/channel-pura-vida/#comment-7 elinzinha Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:45:54 +0000 http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/channel-pura-vida/#comment-7 I am unsure about calling it the Feel Foundation Farm, I am pretty sure Bruno agrees with me. Any body??. I am unsure about calling it the Feel Foundation Farm, I am pretty sure Bruno agrees with me. Any body??.

]]> Comment on Channel Pura Vida by samzinho http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/channel-pura-vida/#comment-6 samzinho Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:20:45 +0000 http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/channel-pura-vida/#comment-6 The link to the Google document: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhj55bhf_5cjzvs4&invite=fktxcrn The link to the Google document:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhj55bhf_5cjzvs4&invite=fktxcrn

]]> Comment on Channel Pura Vida by samzinho http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/channel-pura-vida/#comment-5 samzinho Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:02:44 +0000 http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/channel-pura-vida/#comment-5 Choco Nuts about Brazil How far out would you push the boat to make your dream a reality? For one captain and his merry crew, the answer is Brazil. But what exactly is the dream and will the middle-class misfits and economically savvy eco-warriors still be merry after a six-week voyage across the Atlantic? That remains to be seen. The start of this journey goes back to 2006 when a group of liked-minded people set up the Feel Foundation in Brighton. Their aims were clear and simple: to communally facilitate sustainable, eco-conscious living. And, in IT whiz kid Craig, with his hard cash and friendly business plans, they found a way forward. Craig – an affable, eccentric, down-to-earth, cheeky geeky – fixed it so that 4 of his mates and he could invest in a mansion just outside of Brighton, and a community was born. Simultaneously another mate – French globe-trotter, sailor, tinker, pirate – Bruno, was cooking up other plans. He was dreaming of cooking up chocolate; organic, fair-trade, sourced at self-sustainable farms from foreign lands; exotic, carbon-free cacao. Yes, carbon free. Even if it meant sailing it back to England himself. Which it does. A few hiccups and months of searching later, Bruno stumbled on a stunning farm in the province of Bahia, Brazil. With Craig’s business head, an element of fatalism and a large spoonful of trust, the members of the Feel Foundation community in the UK put their hard-earned money where their idealistic mouths were and invested in shares to buy the farm. The Puravida Project was born Elin – young, beautiful, Swedish, multi-lingual, multi-talented and optimistic – began the daunting process of dealing with lawyers and shysters, Brazilian bureaucracy and Brazilian inefficiency. This was not going to be plain sailing but things looked up when one of their lawyers liked the idea so much, he invested as well. Bruno and Elin began the process of turning paradise lost into paradise shared. After a year of blood, sweat and tears, the Feel Foundation’s farm is a reality. Puravida is taking its first tentative steps. This summer they came back to the UK scouting for fresh talent and up popped Sam, another young devotee to the Green throne. Armed with gadgets, laser research and eco-entrepreneurial inventiveness, he jumped on board, adding charm and know-how to the outfit. This October, our crew of intrepid explorers are embarking on the next step of the adventure: in line with their green ideals, 8 people are sailing to Brazil on a boat Bruno has to deliver there. The six week journey is just the beginning… Once there, they have to take the next steps to producing their dream product : installing a solar-powered water pump, making the farm buildings winter-proof and, most important of all, sowing the seeds for their organic, carbon-free, organic chocolate. Will our crew find green-living bliss on their cacao plantation? Or will their dream flounder on a sea of unsustainability? Join us on this truly groundbreaking ride. xx Copyright Puravida Project 2007 Choco Nuts about Brazil

How far out would you push the boat to make your dream a reality?

For one captain and his merry crew, the answer is Brazil. But what exactly is the dream and will the middle-class misfits and economically savvy eco-warriors still be merry after a six-week voyage across the Atlantic? That remains to be seen.

The start of this journey goes back to 2006 when a group of liked-minded people set up the Feel Foundation in Brighton. Their aims were clear and simple: to communally facilitate sustainable, eco-conscious living. And, in IT whiz kid Craig, with his hard cash and friendly business plans, they found a way forward.

Craig – an affable, eccentric, down-to-earth, cheeky geeky – fixed it so that 4 of his mates and he could invest in a mansion just outside of Brighton, and a community was born. Simultaneously another mate – French globe-trotter, sailor, tinker, pirate – Bruno, was cooking up other plans.

He was dreaming of cooking up chocolate; organic, fair-trade, sourced at self-sustainable farms from foreign lands; exotic, carbon-free cacao. Yes, carbon free. Even if it meant sailing it back to England himself. Which it does.

A few hiccups and months of searching later, Bruno stumbled on a stunning farm in the province of Bahia, Brazil. With Craig’s business head, an element of fatalism and a large spoonful of trust, the members of the Feel Foundation community in the UK put their hard-earned money where their idealistic mouths were and invested in shares to buy the farm.

The Puravida Project was born

Elin – young, beautiful, Swedish, multi-lingual, multi-talented and optimistic – began the daunting process of dealing with lawyers and shysters, Brazilian bureaucracy and Brazilian inefficiency. This was not going to be plain sailing but things looked up when one of their lawyers liked the idea so much, he invested as well.

Bruno and Elin began the process of turning paradise lost into paradise shared. After a year of blood, sweat and tears, the Feel Foundation’s farm is a reality. Puravida is taking its first tentative steps.

This summer they came back to the UK scouting for fresh talent and up popped Sam, another young devotee to the Green throne. Armed with gadgets, laser research and eco-entrepreneurial inventiveness, he jumped on board, adding charm and know-how to the outfit.

This October, our crew of intrepid explorers are embarking on the next step of the adventure: in line with their green ideals, 8 people are sailing to Brazil on a boat Bruno has to deliver there. The six week journey is just the beginning…

Once there, they have to take the next steps to producing their dream product : installing a solar-powered water pump, making the farm buildings winter-proof and, most important of all, sowing the seeds for their organic, carbon-free, organic chocolate.

Will our crew find green-living bliss on their cacao plantation?

Or will their dream flounder on a sea of unsustainability?

Join us on this truly groundbreaking ride.

xx

Copyright Puravida Project 2007

]]> Comment on Puravida Boat Journey by trishfenton http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/puravida-boat-journey/#comment-4 trishfenton Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:47:03 +0000 http://puravidaonline.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/puravida-boat-journey/#comment-4 Fantastic - I love the intention here put fwd here . Fantastic – I love the intention here put fwd here .

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