FairCoop Zoom Meeting
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FairCoop and FairCoin – a global zoom call

The spoken English language occasionally creates a nuance that is amusing. In English, a fair cop is slang for being arrested when you know and admit you have done something illegal. But FairCoop is not anything to do with a fair cop, even though that is how it phonetically sounded in the meeting I attended…

cylinder volcano planting
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Sunday – planting trees in the Mata forest, near Tavira

Around twenty people came to the Mata forest, near Tavira, (including one family with two small children) to plant trees on Sunday, 26 November. Young people and some people with years behind them mingled and worked together on a warm morning and into the afternoon. Around seven nationalities were represented, including Portuguese, Italian, German, Belgium,…

Tree planting
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Planting trees for resilience – Sunday 26 November 2017

Five years ago a group of enthusiastic people, some dreamers, some with solid plans and hopes came together in a forest near Tavira, to plant trees. Some brought along their skills. Others brought tools and labour. The idea was born out of a small community group of friends who wanted to be part of a…

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Diggers and Dreamers – Making a difference in Tavira

The three day “Festival of the Tree” organised by the Tavira Transition Movement, took place in the Library in Tavira and in Mata Santa Rita, during the weekend of 22-24 March.  The main attraction of the festival was Aviram Rozin from Sadhana Forest Auroville, India.  People from many nationalities came together, to learn from his…