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Sacred Sueños aims to regenerate a small (10 hectares) piece of degraded
mountainside into a self-sufficient farm community, using permaculture design
principles. We plan to reforest (using native and exotic species), experiment
with and apply appropriate technologies, and practice intensive organic
gardening in order to find a way to provide the needs of a small community while
simultaneously restore soil fertility, increase biodiversity, and be carbon
negative.
This is not an easy task, especially given the property's remote location in
southern Ecuador. The farm gratefully depends on the motivation and hard work of
its volunteers (and hopefully soon, interns) whose labour more often than not
replaces electric or petroleum generated energy to accomplish our many projects.
Focusing on manual labour rather than unsustainable technologies demands a lot
of time. Based on what We've learned from our first three years of experience
developing Sacred Sueños, we believe it could take between 10 and 15 years
before the land is fully developed.
However, though it may take time, concentrating on being extremely resourceful
and labour intensive has a very low cost. The current budget is relatively
minimal. The largest expense is carried by Yves (facilitator of Sacred Sueños)
with his weekly food contribution of $20 and a $10 stipend, coming to $1560 per
year. The cost of materials and tools has averaged around only $1000 annually
these first three years. |
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