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Upcoming Events
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Jan 17: Fin de semana con ceremonia de sanación
17/01/2012 - 19/01/2012
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Febrero 24 – 28: Curso intensivo de TNDR masaje
24/02/2012 - 29/02/2012
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Feb 4: Powerful Heart energy workshop
04/02/2012 - 04/02/2012
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Feb-Mar: Actividades en Hotel Spa Sultan
31/01/2012
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Jan 17: Fin de semana con ceremonia de sanación
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Tag Archives: transition towns
Alternative Malaga: Eco-Union
We waved farewell to 2011 with precious little ambition from UN Summit on Climate Change in Durban. Although it was decided to extend the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012 and to set a roadmap for reducing greenhouse gases, the minimal agreements shed little light on the struggle against this global phenomenon that will affect everyone. Last year, and probably this one, will also pass down in the annals of history as the year of public outrage against the depersonalization and globalisation of our systems. Informed citizens … Continue reading
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Coín farmers’ market launches
A letter from the organisers:
Dear friends and local producers of Coin,
We would like to thank everyone for their interest in the village for this project. The meeting held on Wednesday at the old Convent in town was packed and plenty of ideas, opinons and suggestions were collected that will help guide us in creating a local farmers’ market. Over the next few days we will start to work with the growers and producers who have expressed an interest to create a ‘growers association’ in Coín, … Continue reading
Málaga Alternativa – Huerto El Caminito
Urban vegetable gardens are starting to appear in cities allowing people to be close to the land and grow their own food. Some city councils and associations have started these vegetable garden projects recently so that the elderly can put their knowledge into something productive that brings a breath of fresh air to the cities; and for young people to learn where food comes from. The projects come in many different forms. Some have decided to divide land or deserted plots into small, single units … Continue reading
15M – Real Democracy now
The ‘indignados’, so-called “indignants” (or outraged) have been on everyone’s lips for weeks, but there is still a lot of people who don’t know who they are, what they are asking for, and why are they demonstrating… Welcome to the Spanish Revolution! Everything began to take shape on May 15, when demonstrations were held in more than 50 Spanish cities and towns. The Arab spring, the protests in Iceland and the publication of the book ‘Time for outrage!’ by Stéphane Hessel, were some of the … Continue reading
La Chispa web relaunch
This month sees the launch of the new la Chispa web site, overhauled recently to bring us up to date, easier to access and more interactive. Building on the success of previous versions of lachispa.net, the new site retains its high quality content and comprehensive online resource directory, southern Spain’s alternative Yellow Pages, as well as exhaustive events guide to classes, courses, concerts and festivals.
The resource directory now has over 2,000 entries – www.lachispa.net/resourcedirectory, so whatever you are looking for – yoga teachers, acupuncturists, … Continue reading
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Pump it up
Before we harnessed the great energy slave that is oil, for many centuries we still managed to do many things that we needed to using different technology. With the abundance of cheap oil, though, many of these technologies were sidelined and forgotten as we powered everything with the black gold. One of the key principles of the transition town movement is rediscovering different ways of making the things we need in the modern world happen without dependence on fossil fuels.
Eco fair FestiSol 2011, which … Continue reading
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Building Resilience
Our theme this issue is the ‘green’ revolution, and a few words immediately spring to mind that are associated with this – sustainable, ecological, natural. These all fit with what we know and expect from a ‘green’ movement, but a new word is starting to become used more as we face the prospect of Peak Oil, climate change and economic crisis – that word is resilience. This can be defined as the positive capacity of people (or systems) to cope with stress and catastrophe. Simply … Continue reading
Alternative Coín: A town in Transition
Coín continues to spread its alternative wings, with the opening of its first dedicated alternative therapy centre, adding to the already existing yoga centre in town, herboristerias with their own therapy rooms, organic market, TransitionTown movement, Spiritual centre and Montessori nursery. No wonder Coín is home to La Chispa.
Have we missed the green energy train?
Chispa’s continued converage of the Peak Oil situation
