Summer Camp| International Children Eco-village Building Camp

Why Eco-Village?

Why Children?

Why International?

As a certificated Eco-village and a member of GEN (Global Eco-village Network ), Sunshine Eco-village Network ( SEN ) has been building the first base in Xuling Hangzhou for 1.5 years as a Chinese local eco-village.

We focus on three essentials: lifestyle, ecology and life.

We practice how to build a real eco-village from four aspects of Ecology, Economy, Community and Culture under the EDE (Eco-village Design Education ) system of GEN and Gaia Education.

We combine Chinese traditional lifestyle wisdom and culture with the international eco-village building theory and try to find a good way to regenerate 100 eco-villages in China in future.

Following keywords are what we are doing here and why we are doing these:

Ecology

Organic farming and Natural food

Eco-friendly and Sustainable lifestyle

ESD ( Education for Sustainable Development )

Economy

Localized Economy

Happiness Economy

Sustainable Economy

Community

Sharing

 Responsibility

Mutual Learning

Culture

Chinese traditional culture including Taoism, Tea Art, Chin, Bow and Arrow Art, 

Traditional Chinese Medicine

International culture exchanging and communicating

We believe the Eco-village is one of the best solutions to practice global sustainable development.

ENOUGH! 

Above are all adults serious topics, what about We Children?

In Sunshine Eco-village, we have  10 children from 6 moths to 14 years old and we have a green school. When we are building our village, they are quite active and offered a lot of brilliant ideas and inspired us. From our sight, children have different eyes and words, they are more natural and direct to the essence of the world.

Watching this second generation for future eco-village, we cannot help asking: 

What kind of eco-village will be if it is built by children? 

We are really curious and would like to give it a try! We can give our children an opportunity to start their eco-village now.

For Peace and Love, 

so, 

International.

We call ourselves Sunshine International Eco-village and we do believe that global could be a village, better eco-village : ), we do received a lot of foreign families from both Europe and East Asia and shared a lot of wonderful moments together in our valley.

A fact we are facing is our children will not be living alone in our own country all the time. To learn more about other countries' culture or even languages become quite important for all our children. Another important reason is we will not fight with our friends or because of misunderstanding of each other’s culture, right? :)

So, 

if you and your family are living in China but was surrounded by your own culture environment, 

if you want your kids stay in a real Chinese village for a week ( or more ), 

if you are interested in all I said above, 

please contact me to apply to our International Children Eco-village Building Camping. 

There are only 10 members available for foreign children part.

Schedule

p.s.:The vacancies for the schedule need to be filled by children themselves.

Explanation

1. There will be 2-4 English-speaking and 6 Chinese-speaking teachers and instructors and a few volunteers for the whole camping program. ( Most of them are Sunshine Eco-village villagers.)

2. All activities will be conducted by children themselves. The teachers will only offer the necessary guide, assist, safety and supervise.

3. All 20 members will be divided into 4 groups: Ecology Group; Economy Group; Community Group; Culture Group.

4. Sunshine eco-village offers following different themes of eco-village daily-life for members to discuss. Finally they will choose 10 themes for 5 mornings and 5 afternoons and need to decide which period for which theme. Same way for 5 evening events for 5 nights.

Village and Valley Tour

village and valley tour along the ancient stone road

Organic Farming

weeding; seedling; transplanting, picking-up

Eco-friendly lifestyle

Waste segregation;

Enzyme making;

Dish washing with enzyme and tea seed powder

Food Making

Bamboo Rice；

Mantou (Chinese wheat flour food) ;

The most beautiful meal in nature

Hand Craft

Bamboo chopsticks making

Mindful Tea Ceremony

 Traditional Chinese Bow and Arrow Art

Nature Observation 

Wild vegetables finding;

 Nature art

Or More Ideas from Children！

(Above activities are all from Sunshine eco-village, children from different cultures can offer their own activities or united them together to practice in this program. )

Evening event

Games from different countries;

Stories from different countries;

 Night walking and star watching;

 Nature concert.

Children’s creative ideas

During this week, children need to practice the basic skills of living in an eco-village such as farming and food making; learn some tips of eco-friendly lifestyle; experience different cultures from East and West; try to find mutual understanding and learn to solve problems and conflicts and how to decide in an international community.

Activity Information

【Time】

July 7th to July 13th 2018

【Location】

Sunshine Ecovillage Xuling Village, Qiantan Town, Jiande City, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

【Maximum】

 10 foreign children

( Position confirmed due to the time when payment is done )

【Age】

9-15years old

Camping starts only when

Maximum:Foreign:10;Chinese:10

Minimum:Foreign:6;Chinese:6

【Fee Charges】

3980/RMB 

(Including bed,food, insurance and activity fee.)

Your second kid is 20% off.

20% off for  three or more kids.

【Deadline for Registration】

July 5th,2018

【Contact】

Karen: 13818462599 

Wechat: xintong-karen

Please note:  International Camp + Name

【Payment (wechat)】 

Tips

1. After payment transferred, you will receive a registration notice with some important information: notes, items needed list and traffic information, etc.

2. Please notice us about your family’s healthy situation and allergic history or your need for special care before signing up.

Food

Dorm

Rainbow

Fine View

Go Hiking

Climb Mountain

Spring

Lovely Villagers

Accommodation 

[Food]

Vegetarian Food with a part of organic vegetables of Sunshine Eco-village.

[Dorm]

4 Children in one room. Simple and Clean

[Water]

Mountain natural mineral water 

(Same quality with evian mineral water)

[Toilet and Shower]

 available

Need-to-know

[Please prepare]

Clothes and Shoes; hats

umbrella or raincoat and rain boots; slippers

Towel and toothbrush

    [Please Do not bring]

Pet

Electronic products

Food and Snacks

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