The Barton Journey — An Overview

In 2015 I embarked on a Journey of inner and outer discovery, traveling among ecovillages and sustainability projects in Europe, Canada, and the United States.

There are so many ways I could present this Journey. Here I offer a simple What / Where / When index as one starting place.

Right now the titles link to the external Web page (if one exists) for each item. As I write blog posts for them, I will change their titles to link to these instead. Bold text highlights items with longer duration or more qualitative significance for the Journey.

Locations

Ecovillages

• Findhorn
  Near Forres, Scotland
  2015 Jun 27 — Aug 5 . 6 Weeks
   
• Arterra Bizimodu
  Near Artieda, Spain
  2015 Sept 19–23 . 4 Days
   
• Tamera
  Near Ourique, Portugal
  2015 Oct 4–12 . 7 Days
   
• Los Portales
  Near Sevilla, Spain
  2015 Oct 13 . 1 Day
   
• ZEGG
  Near Berlin, Germany
  2015 Nov 1–11 . 10 Days
   
• Damanhur
  Near Torino, Italy
  2015 Nov 20 – Dec 9 . 3 Weeks
   
• O.U.R. Ecovillage
  Vancouver Island, Canada
  2016 Apr 25 – May 16 . 4 Weeks
   
• Kailash Ecovillage
  Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
  2016 Jun 17–22 . 5 Days
   
• Lost Valley
  Near Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A
  2016 Jul 2–7 . 5 Days
   
• Los Angeles Eco-Village
  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
  2016 Aug 2–3 . 1 Day

Centers

• Whole Life Learning Center
  Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
  2015 Jun 1-14 . 2 Weeks
   
• EcoME (Ecological Middle East)
  Near Jericho, The Holy Land
  2015 Dec 31 . 1 Day
   
• Sunseed Desert Technology
  Near Almeria, Spain
  2016 Jan 5 . 1 Day
   
• The Whidbey Institute
  Langley, Washington, U.S.A.
  2016 May 26 . 1 Day
   
• EarthShip Visitor Center
  Near Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A.
  2016 Aug 14 . 1 Day

Intentional Communities

• The Mothership
  Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
  2016 Jun 15–16 . 2 Days
   
• Neem Karoli Baba Ashram
  Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A.
  2016 Aug 12–16 . 4 Days
   
• Kha'po (Santa Clara) Pueblo
  Near Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
  2016 Aug 12 . 1 Day

Activities

Programs

• Permaculture Design Course
  Whole Life Learning Center
  Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
  2015 Jun 1-14 . 2 Weeks
   
• Experience Week
  Findhorn
  Near Forres, Scotland
  2015 Jun 27 – Jul 3 . 7 Days
   
• Introduction Week
  Tamera
  Near Ourique, Portugal
  2015 Oct 4–12 . 7 Days
   
• Autumn Action
  ZEGG
  Near Berlin, Germany
  2015 Nov 1–10 . 10 Days
   
• Bright Future Now Pilot Course
  Context Institute, Online
  2016 Apr 9 – 21 May . 8 Weeks
   
• PDC / EAT / EDE (Partial)
  O.U.R. Ecovillage
  Vancouver Island, Canada
  2016 Apr 29 – 16 May . 17 Days
   
• Repair Your City Course
  City Repair Project, Refuge PDX
  Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
  2016 Jun 7-9 . 3 Days

Events

• Global Ecovillage Network (GEN+20) Summit
  Findhorn
  Near Forres, Scotland
  2015 Jul 4–12 . 7 Days
  Volunteered / Attended
   
• International Permaculture Convergence (IPC-UK)
  Gilwell Park
  London, England
  2015 Sep 7–17 . 10 Days
  Volunteered / Attended
   
• Deep Winter Permaculture
  Toronto, Canada
  2015 Jan 23 . 1 Day
  Volunteered / Attended
   
• Permaculture Design Day
  Toronto, Canada
  2015 Mar 11 . 1 Day
  Volunteered / Attended
   
• Rethinking Permaculture
  Kailash Ecovillage
  Portland, U.S.A.
  2015 Jun 24-26 . 3 Days
  Attended
   
• Inlakesh Festival
  Jackson Wellsprings
  Ashland, Oregon, U.S.A.
  2016 Jun 24-26 . 3 Days
  Volunteered / Attended
   
• Village Building Convergence
  City Repair Project, Refuge PDX
  Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
  2016 Jun 6-12 . 7 Days
  Volunteered / Attended