Hello friends from around the world. Good news!

We have a site secured for the mind-body health center and intentional community I have been dreaming. Photos and a full description of the operation coming to the website soon. For now, more information is on our facebook group at:
www.facebook.com/album.php
and Tribe group: tribes.tribe.net/projectnuevomundo

Project Nuevo Mundo is a network of individuals committed to redirecting the development of our planet and the life it sustains through the creation of consciousness-transforming, healing projects and centers in communities both foreign and domestic.

This reflects momentum gathering around the world towards a new consensus that emphasizes a more balanced existence with the rest of the natural world based on small-scale, cooperatively organized and relatively self-sufficient human settlements.

Join me if you are interested in a future in development (economic, social, spiritual), fair trade, microcredit, community-building, health and clean water access, media relations and organization, refugee work, education, environmental advocacy and spreading alternative energies. Use this space to discuss possibilities, ideas, and the projects that currently engage us.

We support the philosophy of the Solidarity Economy, creating opportunities for work-exchange and reducing the neccessity for monetary transactions. Below you will find many ways to travel the world, learn, and volunteer with little to no finances.

Here is a little information about the site we have built in Guatemala and now and need your help to start the project and community! (calling all WWOOF work-exchange volunteers, vegan gourmet kitchen apprentices, gardeners, landscapers, mural-painters, massage therapists, yoga instructors, therapists and mind-body healers...). We can make this happen together!

-Beautiful lakeside land going up about two-hundred meters
-Two minutes by boat from beautiful Santiago Atitlan, the largest town on the lake (but not accessible except by boat, which we have one)
-Beautiful hiking paths on our private land as well as public trails
-Solar powered jacuzees, and unlimited supply of solar-heated water
-Sauna sweatlodge
-1000 watt sound-system :)
-Fully producing organic garden (all vegan) with retail outlet store (Salud para Vida) in San Pedro Atitlan and restaurant on-site. Sprouting, raw food, green juicing, etc. this is happening already.
-Plenty of camping space (we hope to build a hostel soon to accomodate backpackers)
-Housing for rent (although this is luxury, to generate income)
-WWOOF positions and work-exchange opportunities opening up in January (we will need a kitchen position, a maintenance and cleaning position, and a gardening position to start. We will also be constructing ecological houses for work-exchange people
-Opportunities to work for one year (including building a small habitation from local materials) in exchange for legal ownership of the habitation and a small plot of land for personal garden
-We are specifically looking for yoga instructors, massage therapists, landscape designers, green builders and permaculture-organic agriculture enthusiasts. We would like to beautify the space with flowers, murals, stained-glass designs. Let´s get creative! When we develop the center we will need a variety of mind-body healers.
-Future plans: 1-2 week workshops on organic farming, vegan cooking, sailing, etc. We plan on hosting conferences, parties, weddings, Vipassana meditation retreats, camping trips for disadvantaged children from Guatemala City to get in touch with nature and rediscover their roots. We are very open to ideas and want to experiment. Get it?

We will be posting up a complete picture of the operations with photographs on our coming website, www.projectnuevomundo.org , in the next couple of weeks. We are also looking for people to pool money together to purchase more land and build a meditation center and more housing. Will be keeping news of the project up to date, please spread the word to interested friends and invite them to the group.

Email contact: projectnuevomundo@gmail.com

Projects and Organizations:

Worldwide Solidarity Networks for Travel, Work-exchange, Learning

Vipassana Meditation and the Art of Living - www.dhamma.org/
Brahma Kumaris - World Spiritual University - www.bkwsu.org/
Dream Change - Wakeful Organizations - www.dreamchange.org/index.php
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms - www.wwoof.org/
Help Exchange - Help at farms, ranches, lodges, B&B, inns, backpackers hostels and even sailing boats in exchange for food and accommodation - www.helpexchange.net/
Couch Surfing - Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and communities - www.couchsurfing.org/
True Travellers - Meaningful travel and volunteer travel opportunities around the globe with no or minimal expense - www.truetravellers.org/
Volunteer South America - Free and Low-Cost volunteer work in South America - Information, clubhouses, volunteer and work opportunities - www.volunteersouthamerica.net/
South American Explorers - Travel information, network of clubhouses, volunteer opportunities - www.saexplorers.org/
Idealist - Database of worldwide volunteer opportunities - www.idealist.org/
Marcha Mundial (World March for Peace) - www.marchamundial.org/
Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG) - Together, We Can Build a Sustainable Future - www.aidg.org/


San Francisco Bay Area

Green for All - Van Jones`Green Economy (Oakland) - www.greenforall.org/
Rising Sun Energy Center - Building healthy communities through climate solutions and green career pathways (Berkeley) - www.risingsunenergy.org/
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant - Resource Center for Central American Refugees (Berkeley) - www.eastbaysanctuary.org
Karma Kitchen - Gift-based economy, food for all (Berkeley) - www.karmakitchen.org/

Mexico

OrganiK - Ecología en Acción (Mexico City) - www.organi-k.org.mx
Tashirat - Cosmic Learning Center (Tepoztlan, Morelos) - www.tashirat.com
Huehuecoyotl - Ecovillage (Tepoztlan, Morelos) - www.huehuecoyotl.net/
Casa Caracol - Hostel, Festival Site, Future Ecovillage (Xilitla, San Luis Potosi) - www.xilitlacaracol.com
Bosque Village - Campground, a rustic retreat center, a permaculture farm, and a forming ecovillage (Michoacan, Mexico) - bosquevillage.com/
Schools for Chiapas - Education for indigenous communities of Chiapas - www.schoolsforchiapas.org/
Haomekka - Ecological farm community (Tzajala, Chiapas)

Guatemala

SolQuetzal - Affordable renewable energy for communities (Lago de Atitlán) - www.facebook.com/group.php
Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala - Working for Justice in Guatemala - www.nisgua.org/
Quetzaltrekkers - Trekking to fund education (Xela) - www.quetzaltrekkers.com/guathome.html
Camino Seguro - Safe Passage works with the poorest at-risk children of families working in the Guatemala City garbage dump - www.safepassage.org/
Las Piramides - Meditation Centre (San Marcos, Lago de Atitlán) - www.laspiramidesdelka.com
San Marcos Holistic Centre - Therapies and Training in Natural Healing techniques (San Marcos, Lago de Atitlán) - www.sanmholisticcentre.com
Escuela Caracol - Holistic education on the Waldorf model (San Marcos, Lago de Atitlán) - escuelacaracol.org/
Soul Projects - Adventure volunteering for a New Age in Environment and Education (Lago de Atitlán) - www.soulprojects.org
Niños de Guatemala - Setting up and supporting community-based projects (Antigua) - www.ninosdeguatemala.org/
Mayapedal - Recycle used bicycles to build pedal-powered machines, bicimáquinas, which support and help facilitate the work of small-scale, self-sustainable projects. (San Andrés Itzapa) - www.mayapedal.org/
Trama Textiles - A 100% Worker-Owned Women’s Weaving Association (Xela) - tramatextiles.org/
Madreselva - Colectiva Ecogolista - www.madreselva.org.gt/
Pastoral Commission for Peace and Ecology (COPAE) - Resistance against open-pit mineral mining in Guatemala -
www.resistance-mining.org/ (ENG)
www.resistencia-mineria.org/ (ESP)

El Salvador

Museo Aja - Center of Popular Art and Culture, ecological themes and free university (Santa Ana, El Salvador) - www.museoaja.org/
Fundacion Nueva Vida - After school programs and accompaniment for at-risk youth (Ciudad Delgado, San Salvador, El Salvador) - www.nuevavidafundacion.org/
Gaia El Salvador - Environmental Conservation and social-environmental development (San Salvador, El Salvador) - www.gaiaelsalvador.org/
gaiaelsalvador.blogspot.com/

Belize

Cornerstone Foundation - Community Development (San Ignacio) - www.cornerstonefoundationbelize.org/

Nicaragua

Centro de Prevención de la Violencia - Psychological work with disadvantaged street youth and gangs (Managua) - www.ceprev.com
blueEnergy - Renewable Energy Service in Central America (Bluefields) - www.blueenergygroup.org
Hijos del Maíz - Community-run Spanish School (El Lagartillo, Estelí) - www.hijosdelmaiz.net/
Quetzaltrekkers - Trekking to help street children (Leon) - www.quetzaltrekkers.com/nichome.html

Africa

Connect Africa - creating education and business opportunities to sustain self-sufficient citizens (Uganda) - www.connect-africa.org/

Liberated Education

Universidad de la Tierra - An organization dedicated to learning, study, reflection and action. Focused on actions of social transformation aimed at rooting, strengthening and expanding the convivial way of life and radical democracy (Chiapas & Oaxaca, Mexico) - unitierra.org/09/
ENG: unitierra.org/09/index.php
California Institute of Integral Studies - Postgraduate education in transpersonal psychology (San Francisco, California) - www.ciis.edu/
Gaia University - Education for planetary transformation through ecological design (Worldwide) - www.gaiauniversity.org/
Blum Center for Developing Economies (Berkeley, California) - blumcenter.berkeley.edu/

Work Opportunities with Youth

Build On - Bridging cultures and building leadership by bringing American youth to developing countries - www.buildon.org/
Second Nature Wilderness Programs - Clinical Wilderness therapy program for struggling teens - www.snwp.com/

Information and Underground Media

Debtor´s Prison Blog - A Search in Our Economic Prison - www.debtorsprisonblog.org/
Global Oneness Project - Media library on global transformation - www.globalonenessproject.org/
Global Mindshift - Electronic community to discuss the challenges that face us and network with like-minded individuals and organizations - www.globalmindshift.com/
Ethical Volunteering Guide - ethicalvolunteering.org/
Upside Down World - Covering Activism and Politics in Latin America - upsidedownworld.org
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) - Knowledge Beyond Borders - nacla.org/
Democracy Now - The War and Peace Report - www.democracynow.org/
Guerilla News Network (GNN) - www.gnn.tv/
AdBusters - Journal of the Mental Environment - www.adbusters.org/
Commercial Alert - Protecting Communities from Commercialism - www.commercialalert.org/
The Disinformation Company - Exposing Disinformation - www.disinfo.com/
Alternet - Alternative News - www.alternet.org/
Huffington Post - Breaking News and Opinion - www.huffingtonpost.com/
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets - reason.com/
New Environmentalism - Innovative and Grassroots Approaches to Environmental Challenges - www.newenvironmentalism.org/index.cfm
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies - www.maps.org/
Erowid - Documenting the Complex Relationship Between Humans and Psychoactives - www.erowid.org/

Upcoming events, conferences, festivals

Burning Man (August 31 - September 7, 2009, Nevada) - www.burningman.com/
Symbiosis Gathering (September 17-21, 2009, Northern California) - www.symbiosisgathering.com
Science and Non Duality Conference (October 21-25, 2009, San Rafael, California) - www.scienceandnonduality.com/
Honu Eclipse (July 2010, Easter Island) - www.honueclipse.org/
Yoga Art Festival - (April 16 -23, 2011, Estado de Mexico, Mexico) www.yogaartfestival.com/

Love and Light
David