 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Alba Lopes and Tainá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil). Alba is instructor of Taoist Internal Alchemy and Tai Chi. Jasmin Pinho (São Paulo, SP, Brazil). Journalist graduated by PUC-RJ, cultural producer and documentary filmmaker. José Olavo Guerra and Elizabeth Rocha (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil). Olavo is Instructor of Taoist Internal Alchemy and director of UniverCidade in Rio de Janeiro, father of Joana (13 years old). Beth is Designer and artist, mother of Julia (16 years old). Jorge Jaloto and Anderson Catonni (Portugal and Florianópolis, SC, Brazil). Jorge is a merchant navy officer, graduated in Hotel Management. Anderson is an architect, on the final stage of conclusion of Tourism Planning Course at ESTHE - Escola Superior de Turismo e Hotelaria. Maria Elizabeth Holanda (Itamonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Retired Accountant and Instructor of Taoist Internal Alchemy. Mark Boiko (Canada). Movie Executive. Minom Pinho (São Paulo, SP, Brazil). Master graduated in Art And Technology, Minom is a producer and a cultural management consultant. Mother of Amanda (11 years old). Moizés Baptista Leal and Nelize Pires de Omena (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil). Moises is a businessman, father of Moriat (34 years old) and Bactalaia (33 years old). Nelise is a Master in linguistics, retired teacher from UFRJ. Patrícia Aguirre (São Paulo, SP, Brazil). Psychologist, instructor of Taoist Internal Alchemy. Patricia devotes herself to the studies and practices of internal development and produces workshops and related events. Patricia Avanci Costa (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil). Business woman, graduated in pedagogy, instructor of Taoist Internal Alchemy. Mother of Ariel (12 years old). Sanjay Gupja and Donca Viannu (India and Romania). Sanjay is an ophthalmologist and Donka is a psychiatrist, living in the Netherlands until they move to VIVER Simples. Victoria Blackstone (Norwegian). Specialised in human development and conflict solving. Victoria developed ecovillages in Norway and Spain.
A resume of our story
In 2005, part of this group got together to build an ecovillage. Together they bought in January 2006, 16 hectares of land in south of minas, at a mountain range called Serra da Mantiqueira. It took six months of intensive work to, with help from special collaborators, to finish the planning. In the first year the convention was elaborated, a legal model and the environmental and architectural project in order to place the ecovillage in the chosen place. The first part of the project started in august 2007, lodges and communitarian restaurant. In 2008 some founders begun to raise their houses. At this moment the challenges are: internal alignment for mutual connivance within the ecovillage, draw a model and plan the annual activities, start permaculture and agricultural forests. Always aiming to find ways of self sustainability.
During the process, few first founders have left and new members were incorporated to the project. With constructions on their way, foreigners naturally started to get interested, and today VIVER SIMPLES have among founders, Canadians, Indians, Romanian, Norwegian and Brazilians.