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● projectActive · local · 2003
Nashira ecovillage
Self-sustaining ecovillage in Palmira (Valle del Cauca) built by and for women heads of household, many of them victims of the armed conflict or of domestic violence.
illustrative atlas image · Fotografia Lui Vlad / PexelsADAsociación de Mujeres Cabeza de Familia (comunidad Nashira)ÁDÁngela Dolmetsch
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01 The context
The women built their houses with recycled materials (rubble panels, ecological bricks), operate their own water systems, organic farming, community recycling (a recycling plant, the village's most profitable business) and dozens of productive units, with a gift economy and consensus decision-making. It combines circular economy, decent housing, adaptation and women's empowerment.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
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Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
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EvidenceNashira, una ecoaldea sostenible construida por mujeres para mujeres cabeza de familia (Palmira, Colombia) - Buenas Prácticas (actualización)Biblioteca Ciudades para un Futuro más Sostenible (UPM) / ONU-Hábitat Dubai Awards · 2018
EvidenceNashira, a Song of Love, a women-led project (World Habitat Awards finalist)World Habitat · 2015