Build for Change: a story of a nomad
Fundraising campaign by
Diogo Carvalho
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€95.00raised of €2,800.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
Who doesn’t know a kid that dreams high?
Well I was that kid!! I dreamt of becoming a civil engineer, have a farmhouse, horses, a pool and a family with adopted kids.
I grew up and the dream fell into oblivion; society did its best to get me out of my path doubting about such future, away from building education. I then changed my life and the dream awoke!! I start to travel and my hopes reborn, I grew independent and more confident, assured about myself and what I really want, facing the challenges of nomadic life seeking for answers within and without. One by one the answers came (and still come), in a wide variety of forms with deep intense lessons for life.
I then rediscover the passion for building houses and again I dream of having a farmhouse, with horses and a family; this time not to become a civil engineer but a Natural Builder!!
This fund-raising aims to help me paying my studies, plus living costs, flight ticket and visa:
- 5000€ the course
- 700€ (at least) for flying ticket
- 160€ for visa
- Living costs for 6 months in USA
as well to spread not only the SIMPLE building process, but as well the living concept of Natural Building. Therefore, I bumped into a technique called: SuperAdobe or EarthBags!
Bellow you have FREE information about how it works and how you can Do It Yourself:
- http://earthbagbuilding.com/articles/riceland.htm
- http://earthbagbuilding.com/articles/stepbystep.ht...
That's when CalEarth comes on the way. What it seems to be the ground to develop such learning among like minded people charged with practical knowledge. On their website you will find all information about the course I want to study (Long Term Apprenticeship) and its costs: www.calearth.org
I don't intend to stop moving, to stop travelling, BUT YES at the same time to develop a Tool to bring the change to others, like me, who seek for answers and cant find them! I hope to volunteer, help refugees, provide shelters, teach, inspire, give workshops, build my own house and Promote Community Living in a world where we grow more apart from each other, ourselves and Nature.
In the progress of my donations I will update you with pictures and some of my travelling stories and my learnings. How easy is to travel spending less and still get richer, how I got in “prison” in Iran, how did I got lost with -30° in the forests of Sweden, how I hitched from Europe to India in 1 year, how I slept in a 4* hotel for free, even how I end up in Father Ted house (one of the most famous sitcom shows in Ireland); how is the life of truck driver, a drug dealer, a fisherman, the reality of the people who work in construction sites. What is Love and what is Happiness!!
Rewards
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Postcard of me in CalEarth
The chance to know me through skype
Share Ideas of mini projects on your backyard
Maybe we can become working mates
Organizer
- Diogo Carvalho
- Campaign Owner
Donors
- John Massoud
- Donated on Jan 06, 2016
nice attitude towards the world! I hope you can make it =)
- João Cruz
- Donated on Dec 04, 2015
Why this money?
Update posted by Diogo Carvalho at 01:55 pmWhy to invest my money in this kind of project?!Well, considering that nowadays we assume that our basic needs are fullfiled, however, inn my opinion, they tend to be imposed subliminally than actually by our own choice!! We live in blocks of concrete, most of them far away from sun. . . . .
The first house...
Update posted by Diogo Carvalho at 10:06 amHello everyone...Two Summers ago, during my travellings, I was living in Austria! Before my great trip by land to India I engaged in some volunteer activites; one of them took place in Güssing, Gratz, Austria. There I helped for a month a family building their own house in a community. . . . .
Spending less and gettin richer...
Update posted by Diogo Carvalho at 03:33 pmAs I mentioned in my video I keep travelling for such long term not because I have a lot of money but because I spend less... Also, is not because I'm asking for support that I become less active or work less; I consider myself a quite active person!!Today I. . . . .
A Green House in your backyard for less than 20 bucks!!
Update posted by Diogo Carvalho at 09:23 amHello!!You can easily build a green-house like this!!1st: Get a good Green friend to help you2nd: Take a walk around your city; in one hand you discover places you never seen before on the other hand you can find lost windows and beams left behind in that cool old building. . . . .
Donors & Comments
- Livia Schindler
- Donated on Jan 08, 2016
all the best to you and enjoy your (life-)journey :)
- John Massoud
- Donated on Jan 06, 2016
nice attitude towards the world! I hope you can make it =)
- João Cruz
- Donated on Dec 04, 2015
- Amanda Roncato
- Donated on Dec 03, 2015
- sofia domingos
- Donated on Dec 03, 2015
- Victorino Flowers
- Donated on Nov 30, 2015
Go Diogo!
- Sandra Soomre
- Donated on Nov 29, 2015
Good luck to you, I hope you raise the money you need :)
- Emrah Yelboga
- Donated on Nov 26, 2015
Good luck Diogo!
- Ruben Krebs
- Donated on Nov 26, 2015
all the best to you and enjoy your (life-)journey :)