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Organicvision Association

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Commenced:	01/10/2009
Submitted:	29/04/2011
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	France and Canada, Dijon (France) & Montréal, Québec, CA
Website:	www.organicvision.org
Climate zone:	Cold Temperate

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Organicvision Association

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Educational

Project Summary

A world tour devoted to sustainable lifestyles with permaculture as a guiding star

Project Description

The association called “Organicvision for a Sustainable Society “ aims to develop, promote and contribute to a public conscience that a sustainable model of life taking into consideration current problems (the financial, food and environmental crisis) is both necessary and possible.

The association believes that in many cases alternatives are already there, sprouting often unkown. The association aims to raise awareness for these alternatives and help people to cooperate.

The association thus participates in disseminating knowledge on various models and experiences of sustainable lifestyles around the world, trying to convince as many people as possible to act in order to limit the negative human impact on the environment.

To this end, the association strives to contribute to changing people’s mindset and behavior to create a society and culture based on sustainable development, which will put forward the common good rather than profit, cooperation rather than competition and ecology rather than economic growth.

To support their associative project, the founders decided to start a journey around five continents devoted to of sustainable lifestyles in August 2010 for a duration of 12 to 18 months. They plan to be volunteers in around 30 projects of sustainable lifestyle, incl. permaculture projects and projects selected via NGOs like Global Ecovillage Network, the Transition Town Movement, WWOOF ...

This project will allow them to gain diversified hands-on experience and expert knowledge about sustainable lifestyles worldwide, meeting and interviewing various project founders and documenting the projects making photos and films.

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