ESC: Experimenting Transition in Southern Ardèche

that you provide clear and detailed answers so that those evaluating your applications can understand the context and environment in which your organization operates. Be sure to read the questions carefully and answer all sub-questions. If any of the questions are not relevant to your organization, please state this explicitly. Please provide a brief introduction to your organization. What are its objectives, main activities and target groups? Please note that your answer will be published on the European Youth Portal. Please write your answer in English The Hameau des Buis association aims to bring people together around the eco-environment to: - Develop an ecological way of life: housing, consumption, energy transition, organic farming, etc, - Act in favor of biodiversity and living beings, - Research and implement an organization that respects human beings, - Establish and maintain a caring and supportive environment for all people, from childhood to old age, - To share and disseminate these practices to the widest possible audience. - To participate in the management of the structure that owns the Hameau des Buis. The actions of the association are developed in the following fields o Setting up short circuits of ethical consumption open to its members (e.g.: farmers' market, grouped purchases, etc); o Support for the establishment and maintenance of professional activities on the site of the Hameau des Buis supporting the purpose of the association; o Sobriety of energy, mutualization of energy sources, development of alternative energies; o Setting up participative decision-making processes, conflict resolution methods, spaces for expression and conviviality; o Sharing these experiences with the general public by organizing guided tours, conferences, fairs, and any other means of communication; o Transmission of these experiences through the organization of workshops, workcamps, training courses; o Promotion of this way of life by welcoming and accompanying researchers, students, trainees, volunteers; o Support and participation in the action of organizations sharing its values; o Practice and promotion of mutual aid and intergenerational solidarity: support for autonomy, home maintenance; support for alternative and caring pedagogies; o Administration and animation of the life of the ecovillage Hameau des Buis; o Acquisition, development, transmission and dissemination of skills to implement these means.