The Maiwa Foundation was established in 1997 by Maiwa Handprints Ltd. It was registered as a private trust in 2001 to help fund practicing and re-emerging artisans in the craft sector. The fund is to support work that develops higher level skills or to sustain existing skills. The Maiwa Foundation has carried out numerous charitable activities for the benefit of artisans and craftspeople in developing nations.

Though Maiwa Handprints Ltd. and the Maiwa Foundation share similar views, they are separate organizations. The first is a commercial enterprise while the second is a non-profit organization dedicated to education and the relief of poverty.

The Maiwa Foundation has as its purpose eradicating poverty in rural villages by promoting the economic self-sufficiency of the artisans living in such villages.

Here is a video made by Sam Roderick Roxas-Chua. Find more of Sam’s work here: http://samroderick.com/

Here is what Sam said about the class:
J-Tea International Tea House | 2778 Friendly Street. Eugene | Puer Class 10AM-12PM | Menu: Man Nuo ’09, Chang Shou ’07, Chen Yi Hao ’08, Meng Hai 8582 ’87, Xia Guan 8653 ’87, Meng Hai Xi Shuang Ba Na 7572 ’76 | If you haven’t taken a tea tasting class. It’s a must!

Thanks Sam!

Earthen Hand Natural Building was founded in 2002 with the goals to create amazing earthen structures and empower people by training them in natural building practices. We offer educational courses in earthen architecture as well as services in sustainable building design, consultation, and construction. Because of our work, and many others doing similar work, more and more people are grasping the incredible importance of resource-conscious construction practices.

We provide local and international natural building workshops in Oregon, Thailand, Mali and Puerto Rico. Each day of a workshop includes hands-on training, discussion, and lecture. Hundreds of people have learned how to build more ecologically at one of our workshops. Our students are of all ages, and everyone learns a lot. Kids love playing with mud. Adults see the socio-political empowerment and utility of our techniques. Our international workshops assist indigenous communities by creating a useful structure. Participants of these workshops get a wonderful visit to a new country that allows them to interact with and give something significant to local peoples.

Clients can commission anything from sculptural architecture, to earthen paints or plasters, to earth ovens or artworks. People who commission works from us understand that they are contributing to a larger ecological movement. Many clients choose to participate and learn in the building process. Every earthen building completed contributes to the greater body of knowledge about these techniques. Natural Building gains presence every time someone completes a stunning example. We encourage experimentation because it brings even more effective designs. It is our goal to create solid, artful structures that will inspire people to want to learn about them.

In recent years, earthen building has become increasingly well-known and commonplace in Portland, Oregon. Earthen Hand Natural Building is proud to be on the forefront of this movement. Many others work tirelessly along side us toward the same goals. A great example of Portland’s community in action is the Village Building Convergence event, where we teach free Natural Building workshops to the public each year in May.

1000 Sip Tea Community

Each person who feels to join this experience will utilize the space and any part of the village for facilitating and is free to join in the co-creating aspect at any given time they feel. We will provide much support to each other. The space will be blessed and those coming to receive will feel the abundant blessings and love of the space.
General Information To be a part of this collective experience from providing therapy to doing anything of your heart’s vision in service and or to receive service, contact Sarah @ 602.740.2829 or stop by at any time.

This space is open and at your service ♥

Mission Seva Heart Village’s highest intention is to continually be in a state of compassion, which is love in action, working with and for this collective healing planet in service.

The only leadership is collective leadership and the only continued creation of the space is continued co-creation..so it will go where we all take it together..

The foundation is on LOVE being and there is no agenda but to return to the harmonizing of people together and harmonizing of people with themselves.

The vision of visions is for it to become a barter ~ trade ~ share space in a divine future now. We are making gardens and creating a communiTEA, Herb and Soup Kitchen so to bring so many dimensions to this space.

There will be a place for donations from co-creationists providing service within the space to add if in this way toward rent supplies and upkeep though based on however they tender our service within the space will be how we choose to add to the space..feeling moved to give in whatever way we feel fit in the moment of giving, Seva Heart Village will humbly receive.

Super food yoga and massage friends, your dreams have now been fullfiled! Get your mail order hands up, and let’s get healed! That’s right y’all, we have more than enough, we are blogging it up to raise awareness about this mail order opportunity!

Milo realized plans to farm, restore the rain forest, he bought more land, and planted to make healing oils for us! Wild crafted and hand picked in the jungle heat, he worked hard like De La Soul and now its time to relax your mind and body, let your conscious be free!

We have the best for the whole foodie in you to eat….
We have Cinnamon Leaf oil (bark cannot be used in massage) to the tune of above $.80 p/ml (28ml./oz) for quantities less than 500ml. More than half liter @ above $500/litro.

These prices are estimates due to shipping costs and quantity ordered.

We produce that which is most worthy of your tea blending mastery, healing with whole foods and the beloved massage practice at the peoples feet. So yes! We do supply essential oils which combine well with coconut oil to make high quality massage oils.

To learn more about Milo Bekins Faries’s work in Londres, Costa Rica, read, “Organic Handicrafted Vanilla“
Everything he Grows uses environmentally responsible analog forestry techniques.
Organically grown without using any comercial fertilizers, pesticides
or fungicides.
Harvested and processed by hand using traditional techniques for maximum flavor or quality.

About Cinnamon, did you know? There are two types of ‘Cinnamon’…. Cassia cinnamonum , Which is not very good for you and Cinnamonum Zeylanicum which is the true Cinnamon. Of this “true” there are at least six different varieties , Peni (sweet), Thitha (bitter), Sevela (slimy), Suwanda (fragrant) etc. etc. This traditional information has only started to reach the healing and whole or super food communities. Like Bioverde, you too can become high quality Cinnamon specialists!

Make sure you talk to us or your local whole foodie or massage practioner to be clear about the difference between true and false cinnamon.

And please be clear with us about how you are going to use True Cinnamon sourced through us, so we can make sure to supply you according to your massage or digesting needs.

NamaSpirit has been weaving and weaving and the communities that are coming and have come together through the Nama Way have resulted in an artist relations process that you can get involved in.

We produce tea tasting events, and each one is open for you to share music, a video or documentary, and to play live music or even to dj……

Although we do our best, we can do all the networking alone….. Keep your ears and eyes open for opportunities with artists that may want to stop through one of our yoga hubs or tea houses. make a suggestion and help your friends connect up with us; or help us to connect with your friends, a world traveler or someone in your community that would like to be a guest talent and or presenting artist.

We invite people to perform live or they can also contribute music to our fund raising projects.

Contact us! http://www.facebook.com/people/Nmstzy-Records/537510094

Dance with us!