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About Grishino
In the northwest of Russia, in the historical village of Grishino (300 km North East of St. Petersburg), at the confluence of two
rivers, for over ten years we have lived and built up an ecological village.
We came here from different cities to live on the land in harmony with each other and with Nature. We all have different
world-conceptions, but we are learning to accept each other and to co-create together our community.
Twelve of us live in Grishino all year round. We have several traditional Russian styled, community and private houses. We grow what we eat in our vegetable gardens, and gather lots of herbs from a large meadow of wildflowers. Our ecovillage is surrounded by natural forests, where we gather berries, and mushrooms, and in which there live many kinds of wild birds and animals, like beavers, moose, bears,hares, foxes, wolves, wild cats, and many others. We are starting a project on ecological forest management.
We aim to continue the cultural traditions of our ancestors, learning the folk arts, their songs and dances, woodcraft, ceramics and
village architecture; and we are endeavouring to create a family school for our children.
Each summer we hold seminars for adults and children where one can participate in the spiritual life and work of our community and to merge with the spirit of Russian nature.
Nearby there is a beautiful wooden church, built in 1696.
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