Permacultureglobal.org - the interactive map and database of the Worldwide Permaculture Network

E-village

Details

Commenced:	01/03/2011
Submitted:	07/03/2011
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland, AU
Website:	www.e-village.com.au
Climate zone:	Dry Tropical

Followers

View Updates

E-village

Project Type

Rural, Commercial, Community, Permaculture Local Group/Transition Town/Permablitz

Project Summary

The E-village is a model for the online connection of a small regional community.

Project Description

By building a commercially viable model, the e-village aims to provide small communities with a way of sustaining connectivity without the issues of ownership and funding.

The prototype is being piloted in Charters Towers, a town of about 8000 people. This community has struggled for years to come up with ways to share information about community activities and support services, to encourage local economic activity and reduce reliance on artificial/external sources of funding, such as grants.

The e-village model allows all organisations - commercial and not-for-profit - the chance to gain no-cost web exposure, add news, make free telephone calls, promote events through a centralised calendar and generally to communicate with their preferred audience. The precise nature of functionality will be determined within the community.

The project is being developed in close consultation with major commercial operators within the town as well as with the major coordinating community group.

Every person in (and beyond) the town can become a member at no cost, and receive their choice of regular updates regarding events and activities, news and other items of interest.

Through this model, we aim to create a model that is replicable across communities, enabling them to more effectively connect and share within their own communities.

Updates

Connecting communities one person at a time

Nurturing key relationships within the community has proven fruitful to getting the e-village off the ground.

Posted about 13 years ago (1 comments)

Courses Taught Here!

Project Badges

Administrators

Team Members

(close)

Legend of Badges

Note: The various badges displayed in people profiles are largely honesty-based self-proclamations by the individuals themselves. There are reporting functions users can use if they know of blatant misrepresentation (for both people and projects). Legitimacy, competency and reputation for all people and projects can be evidenced and/or developed through their providing regular updates on permaculture work they’re involved in, before/after photographs, etc. A spirit of objective nurturing of both people and projects through knowledge/encouragement/inspiration/resource sharing is the aim of the Worldwide Permaculture Network.

	Member A member is a permaculturist who has never taken a PDC course. These cannot become PDC teachers. Members may be novice or highly experienced permaculturists or anywhere in between. Watch their updates for evaluation.
	Permaculture Matchmaker One of these badges will show if you select your gender and the "I'm single, looking for a permaculture partner" option in your profile.
	PDC People who claim to have taken a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course somewhere in the world.
	PDC Verified People who have entered an email address for the teacher of their PDC course, and have had their PDC status verified by that teacher. Watch their updates for evaluation.
	PRI PDC People who’ve taken a Permaculture Research Institute PDC somewhere in the world.
	PDC Teacher People who claim to teach some version of PDC somewhere in the world.
	PRI Teacher With the exception of the ‘Member’ who has never taken a PDC, all of the above can apply to become a PRI PDC Teacher. PRI PDC Teachers are those who the PRI recognise, through a vetting board, as determined and competent to teach the full 72-hour course as developed by Permaculture founder Bill Mollison – covering all the topics of The Designers’ Manual as well as possible (i.e. not cherry picking only aspects the teacher feels most interested or competent in). Such teachers also commit to focussing on the design science, and not including subjective spiritual/metaphysical elements. The reason these items are not included in the PDC curriculum is because they are “belief” based. Permaculture Design education concerns itself with teaching good design based on strategies and techniques which are scientifically provable. PRI PDC Teachers may be given teaching and/or consultancy offerings as they become available as the network grows.
	Aid Worker The individual with this badge is indicating they are, have, or would like to be involved in permaculture aid work. As such, the individual may or may not have permaculture aid worker experience. Watch their updates for evaluation.
	Consultant The individual with this badge is indicating they are, have, or would like to do paid permaculture design consultancy work. As such, the individual may or may not have permaculture consultancy experience. Watch their updates for evaluation.
	Community Project Community projects are projects that help develop sustainable community interaction and increase localised resiliency.