OSE Europe/Spain
Communities
Extremadura
The first European OSE community is forming in Extremadura, Spain. Contact Angel: angel (at) hiruki (dot) eu
Check the blog and and the Wiki.
Millares
We visted Millares in December, 2011: http://oseeurope.org/2011/10/millares-visit-os-technology/ but we found out that there are legal issues with one of the lands there and we are reconsidering this choice.
For more information write in the Google Group: https://groups.google.com/group/ose-europe
Buenache de la Sierra, Cuenca
Josef has offered his land near the village of Buenache de la Sierra (about 15km from Cuenca city) for OSE type activities.
If a Spanish cooperative legal entity is formed for OSE Spain (or perhaps OSE Castilla la Mancha/ Cuenca/ Buenache) he would be very happy to explore gifting/ leasing the land to that entity.
Cuenca, a world heritage site, is very easy to get to from Madrid/ Valencia (there are regular buses and trains - 2-2.5 hours from Madrid, and a new fast train - 45mins from Madrid).
There are photos of the land and the surrounding area here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uniteddiversity/tags/buenache/ and a 5 minute video tour here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10mPPHG4g0U more videos here: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jdaviescoates+buenache
As you can see from the photos/ videos, we already have 9m x 9m foundations for a building, a small wooden hut above a deep well, a petrol/ gasoil 3-phase and standard ac generator, a 1000 litre water tank, and various other bits and bobs. We also have 1kw of solar panels in the UK awaiting transportation out to Spain...
There is a plan to have "Building Man" Festivals on the land. The first small one is due to happen this September, 2012 (see http://buidingman.org ). Contact: josef (at) uniteddiversity (dot) com for more info.
Anyone is welcome to go and visit the land whenever they like. Josef's Dad, Jon, lives in the nearby village, Buenache de la Sierra - 30min walk from land, and has lived in Cuenca for 20 years. Jon is a skilled cabinet maker, has lots of tools and the use of a (mostly woodwork) workshop in Buenache. He also knows pretty much everyone. If you are in the area give him a call on +34 646 507 212.
Another old friend of the family, Emil - who has lived in Cuenca since he was 7, also lives in Buenache (next door to Jon - they both have crash space) and will be there for the next 5 years at least. He is an experienced builder and stone mason and has started collecting sabina tree trunks from a recent forest fire to build with. He will soon be keeping some chickens on the land for eggs and so will be visiting regularly.
See also the entry on about OSE Europe land options here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0Au4HBfGndfFmdGlHTGU4cXRqZ0JYQzBEQlh0cTJULVE&output=html