Between 2021 and 2024 the Hekate Conscious Ageing Foundation (HCAF) together with the Erasmus+ project partners has made significant strides in addressing social isolation and mental health among ageing and elderly individuals through its social permaculture project called Social Peas. By integrating principles of permaculture, the project has successfully created a multifaceted approach to enhancingContinue reading “Fostering Mental Health and Well-being with Social Permaculture: The Social Peas Project of Hekate Conscious Ageing Foundation”
Category Archives: Social PEAS
Roots in the Garden and in Our Lives
We are often captivated by nature’s visible beauty, whether it’s a blossoming flower or the grand canopy of a noble oak. When asked to visualize a tree, most of us picture its trunk and canopy, but rarely do we consider its hidden, underground root system. Yet it’s the roots that anchor the tree, absorb waterContinue reading “Roots in the Garden and in Our Lives”
How to support mental health with (social) permaculture (online event)
We are currently facing turbulent times marked by numerous crises, including those related to care, climate, housing, ecology, and mental health.
One wholesome response to the mental health crisis
Among many other crises (climate, care, housing) we also face a mental health crisis. While mental health cases and issues quickly rise, available support, staff and funding are in decline. According to Martin Price, vice president of Health Economics, Market Access and Reimbursement in Europe: “The OECD estimates that mental health disorders cost Europe overContinue reading “One wholesome response to the mental health crisis”
Online training: Mental health and conscious ageing based on social permaculture
Online training for therapists, coaches, social workers, support workers and teachers helping vulnerable adults. How will you inspire/refresh your current practice? 1. Participants will have a broader view about the following areas: How Nature can support your work Knowledge about ecological system thinking and how it can support health and mental health Permaculture, permaculture design,Continue reading “Online training: Mental health and conscious ageing based on social permaculture”
Social Permaculture: Empowering an Active Society (Social PEAS)
The Social PEAS project is focused on developing a special permaculture training for vulnerable adults as well as professionals working with vulnerable adults. The target groups of the project are: vulnerable adults, people who suffer from mental health issues, elderly people, homeless people and people with housing deprivations, former drug or alcohol users, people withContinue reading “Social Permaculture: Empowering an Active Society (Social PEAS)”
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