Sunseed News
From November to December: Inspiring Change Together at Sunseed
Another year, 2024, is gone and we wanted to take stock of the activities we have carried out as a community over the last few months. These months have been a period of learning, achievements, and connections. We want to share the highlights and tell you what’s next in 2025.
These last few months of activities went by very quickly, from welcoming our previous cycle of volunteers in November to improving the hay shed (where the eco-maintenance team explained how to mix mud and other ingredients to make it as good as new) to restoring the living room floor in the main house and adding a small reading and sitting area just below the stairs. On the more pedagogical side, we had many presentations and educational activities, including a session from the drylands department showing us the different plants we have in the drylands nursery, a presentation on the social situation in Colombia by Erika, our new communications coordinator, and a final presentation by one of our outgoing trainees, Gerko, on his research in seed conservation over the last 4 months.
A Creative Group
Our Drylands assistant Paula, apart from being a joyful and committed woman with local seeds and knowledge of the whole process of watering and planting them at the right time, has also led activities such as the renovation of the stone bridge connecting the passage from the poza to the far side of the valley.
In her last weeks in the project she has started a mural with other creative volunteers in our little study room. We love a renovation project!
One of our last community activities was organizing our stand for the market in Sorbas. For this, Eli, our sustainable living coordinator, had, weeks before, generated several meetings with volunteers and ESC to make crafts and handicrafts to offer to the public, as well as bring teas, soaps, and organic incense, another part of the team of gardens and Eco maintenance helped to install the table and arches of the stand, and why not? Bring flowers as decoration on the same day of the activity.
We have also begun an enormous construction project – the rebuilding of Geoff’s! The project, led by our fantastic builder/neighbour Graham (who you may remember did the renovation of the office several years ago) is once again in charge.
The roof is now completely off and the floors of the free shop and upstairs bedrooms are all being replaced. The work should go until February, and we cannot wait to see the final outcome!
