Claudio Miranda lives in one of the favelas of Jardim Ângela, São Paulo, Brazil. He and his band Poesia Samba Soul run a remarkable cultural project, ‘favela da paz’ (slum of peace), which offers hundreds of young people the possibility to express themselves through the arts, poetry and music.






Belgian Ecovillage Kasteel Nieuwenhoven is the latest to join a growing number of communities offering the 4-week Ecovillage Design Education (EDE).
A collaboration of permaculture teachers has resulted in the offering of a Permaculture Design Certificate at Marda Permaculture Center in Palestine. Teachers and dryland experts from Australia joined with Marda founder Murad Alkhuffash, bringing together Arab and Australian students.






