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Personal informationName Oliveira, Hugo Ferreira Calado dePassaport nº J069446Address

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E-mail hugo_oliveira_epdc@hotmail.com

Nationality Portuguese

Date of birth o6 june 1980

Work experience• Dates (from – to) from 2nd July 2008 (…)• Name and address of employer NaTerra – Education for Sustainable Development Association (Macau,

China)• Type of business or sector Education for Sustainable Development• Occupation or position held Biologist & Ecovillage and Permaculture Design Consultant.• Main activities and responsibilities - Consultancy on Permaculture Systems and Techniques

- Integrative and Participatory Workshops and Trainings- Promoting Sustainable Development Through Social Initiatives- Capacity Building Projects on Self Sufficiency for Local

Communities

• Dates (from – to) from 1st October 2007 (…)• Name and address of employer Project “Raio de Sol – Project for the Construction of a Community

Center to Support East-Timor’s Sustainable Development”• Type of business or sector Education for Sustainable Development• Occupation or position held Biologist & Ecovillage and Permaculture Design Consultant. • Main activities and responsibilities - Building a Community Centre for Education for Sustainable

Development in Baucau, East-Timor:- Build the Capacity of the Community on Local Self-Sufficiency

and maintenance of the Community Centre.

• Dates (from – to) from 1st June 2007 till 30th July 2007• Name and address of employer Neo-Humanistic Foundation (Thailand)• Type of business or sector Social Work• Occupation or position held Sustainable design consultant (Voluntarily).

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• Main activities and responsibilities Create a Design for an area surrounding the children’s home in a project of the Neo-humanistic foundation in Rayong, Thailand. The main focus was on water harvesting and storage, home organic garden for sustainability on vegetables and soil erosion prevention and improvement of soil quality.

• Dates (from – to) from 1st December 2006 till 30th April 2007• Name and address of employer “Brainstorming creations, Lda” (Macau-China)• Type of business or sector Education• Occupation or position held Environmental Education consultancy. • Main activities and responsibilities "Brainstorming Creations" uses art and creativity to help people explore

their inner space. By bringing out the inner goodness and beauty within all of us, it inspires people towards meaningful living, promoting world peace and environmental conservation. It often works with groups of children from different countries and cultures through workshops, holiday projects, interactive performances and volunteer work.

• Dates (from – to) from 1st july 2006 till 1st september 2006• Name and address of employer “Picos de Aventura – animação e lazer, Lda” Hotel Marina Atlântico,

Av. Infante D. Henrique – 9500-150 Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Açores, Portugal

• Type of business or sector Nature and Environment tourism (Whale-Watching, trekking and other outdoor activities)

• Occupation or position held Skipper, tourist guide and outdoor activities monitor, especially on Whale-Watching activities

• Main activities and responsibilities The work concerning the marine activities involved not only boat navigation but also maintenance of the boats and their equipments. As a tourist guide and outdoor activities monitor the main responsibility was to watch for the safety of the tourists and, through the knowledge of the biodiversity of the region as well as the historical facts, guide them during the trip, always with a good laugh and plenty of joy…

• Dates (from – to) from 1st june 2005 till 1st september 2005• Name and address of employer “Picos de Aventura – animação e lazer, Lda” Hotel Marina Atlântico,

Av. Infante D. Henrique – 9500-150 Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Açores, Portugal

• Type of business or sector Nature and Environment tourism (Whale-Watching, trekking and other outdoor activities)

• Occupation or position held Skipper, tourist guide and outdoor activities monitor, especially on Whale-Watching activities

• Main activities and responsibilities The work concerning the marine activities involved not only boat navigation but also maintenance of the boats and their equipments. As a tourist guide and outdoor activities monitor the main responsibility was to watch for the safety of the tourists and, through the knowledge of the biodiversity of the region as well as the historical facts, guide them during the trip, always with a good laugh and plenty of joy…

• Dates (from – to) from 01st October 2004 till 31st March 2005• Name and address of employer “Emanuel Cabral, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda.” (Cetáceos e companhia)

Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Açores, Portugal• Type of business or sector Nature and Environment tourism (Whale-Watching and Scuba-diving

center)• Occupation or position held Probationer

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• Main activities and responsibilities In the Azorean islands there is a probational program called “Estagiar L” for promote the first job for students in the last year of university studies or to newly graduated. My job was to gather information as well as photos of a representative number of species of the Azorean biodiversity for making a submergible tourist guide for scuba-diving activities, to make an easier identification of the most common species seen during a dive in this part of the ocean. Also some help with receiving tourist in the store was made.

• Dates (from – to) From 01st July 2004 till 15th July 2004• Name and address of employer “Faialradical” (PADI Scuba-diving center) Horta, Faial, Açores,

Portugal• Type of business or sector Nature and Environment tourism (Scuba-diving center)• Occupation or position held Skipper and shop • Main activities and responsibilities Receiving tourist in the shop and assistance during the dives as a

skipper.

• Dates (from – to) From January 2003 till july 2003 • Name and address of employer Child Suporte Institute – Azores (Instituto de Apoio á Criança – Açores)• Type of business or sector Children animation and guidance• Occupation or position held Nocturnal child monitor and guidance• Main activities and responsibilities Survey the city of Ponta Delgada, looking for children that could be at

risk.

• Dates (from – to) From June 2003 to july 2003 • Name and address of employer Child Suporte Institute – Azores (Instituto de Apoio á Criança – Açores)

Portugal• Type of business or sector Children animation and guidance• Occupation or position held Summer camp monitor• Main activities and responsibilities

• Dates (from – to) from june 2002 to july 2002• Name and address of employer Child Suporter Institute – Azores (Instituto de Apoio á Criança –

Açores) Portugal• Type of business or sector Children animation and guidance• Occupation or position held Summer camp monitor• Main activities and responsibilities

• Dates (from – to) In 2000• Name and address of employer Project “Azulão” - Associação marítima açoriana (Azorean maritime

association) - Portugal• Type of business or sector Children animation and guidance• Occupation or position held Animation monitor• Main activities and responsibilities

Education and training• Dates (from – to) From 15th March 2008 till 15th July 2008• Name and type of organisation Gaia Education – Global Ecovillage Network (Ecovillage Crystal

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providing education and training Waters – Australia); Max O. Lindegger• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered The aim of this course is to offer the full Ecovillage Design Education

Curriculum (EDE - as endorsed by GAIA Education) plus practical experience to committed people planning to be active in teaching EDE’s in the future or designing eco villages.

• Title of qualification awarded EDE certificate – Ecovillage Design Education Intensive

• Dates (from – to) From 2nd January 2008 till 16th January 2008• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Gaia Education – Global Ecovillage Network (Ecovillage Wongsanit

Ashram – Thailand);

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered This course is for alumni of EDE who would like to become trainers in

the field of ecovillage design. The course will use an experiential and participatory approach, covering areas such as critical thinking, designing, delivering and evaluating workshops and training sessions.

• Title of qualification awarded TOT certificate – Training of Trainers

• Dates (from – to) From 2nd December 2007 till 30th December 2007• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Gaia Education – Global Ecovillage Network (Ecovillage Wongsanit

Ashram - Thailand); Pracha Hutanuwatr, Daniel Wahl, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Sulak Sivaraksa, Max Lindegger…

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Worldview - shifting paradigm; reconnecting with nature; socially

engaged spirituality; creativity and artSocial Design - how to build and strengthen community; communication skills; personal empowerment and leadership; coachingEcological Design - the design of sustainable human settlements; eco-building; ecological restoration; local foodEconomic Design - globalisation/relocalisation; Right Livelihood; community economics; social enterprise

• Title of qualification awarded EDE certificate – Ecovillage Design Education

• Dates (from – to) From 18th November 2007 till 24th November 2007• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Biodynamic Association of India – BioRe; Peter Protoc (Madhya

Pradesh – India)• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Biodynamic Farming, Astrological planting calendar, preparations, Cow

Pat Pit, Compost making…

• Title of qualification awarded Biodynamic Farming Training

• Dates (from – to) From 3rd October 2007 till 18th October 2007• Name and type of organisation providing education and training DarjeelingPrerna; Rico Zook (Darjeeling – India)• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered     - Permaculture Ethics and Principles

     - Pattern Literacy and Application (physical and invisible)        - Energy and Flows                   - Sector Analysis and Zonation        - Water; Harvesting, Holding, and Recycling        - Soil, Plants, and Environments        - Agriculture; From Your Doorstep to the World        - Buildings        - The Design Process        - Urban Permaculture

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        - Permaculture in the Developing Countries        - Permaculture and Organisations

• Title of qualification awarded Permaculture Design Certificate

• Dates (from – to) From 7th August 2007 till 8th September 2007• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Gaia Education – Global Ecovillage Network (Ecovillage Auroville -

India); Many different speakers• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered The curriculum of the EDE is tailored to learning how to create eco-

communities while incorporating eco-design factors. It is a general course aimed at improving leadership capacities, community building skills, and training trainers to help protect traditional ecovillages and to create sustainable new communities—both rural and urban-- based on ecolological principles. The curriculum embraces four keys crucial to sustainability: worldview, and social, economic and ecological perspectives. The course is about value education where we can incorporate sustainable values as we try to transit from a post-industrial society to a sustainable society.

• Title of qualification awarded EDE certificate – Ecovillage Design Education

• Dates (from – to) From 3st of May till 19th of May 2007• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Panya Project – Chiang Mai (Thailand) / Ethan Roland• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Permaculture is both a lifestyle ethic as well as a design system which

utilizes a systems thinking approach to create sustainable human habitats by analyzing and duplicating nature’s patterns (ecology). It is an alternative to the actual agricultural system which impoverish the soil and is far from being sustainable…

• Title of qualification awarded Permaculture Design Certificate

• Dates (from – to) From January 2007 till February 2007• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Artbeat ; Chetan Rupa - Singapore• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Art Therapy, Waldorf Education, group dynamics and conflict

resolution. Anthroposophical approach.

• Title of qualification awarded Art Therapy and Waldorf Education

• Dates (from – to) From 24th September 2006 till 21st October 2006• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Gaia Education – Global Ecovillage Network ( EcovillageTamera -

Portugal); Max Lindegger • Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Ecology (permaculture; Solar Power Village technology; alternative

techniques of construction), Economy (spiritual laws of abundance; money as a stream of energy), Social design/building up of community (inner peace work; reconciliation work; building up of communities based on trust as a model for a non-violent society; healing, love and sexuality), World-view and spirituality (inner and outer peace work; “political theory” based on an holistic worldview as a basis for a new strategy of the global peace work and the development on healing biotopes and peace villages; art as an expression of divine life; re-connection with nature; co-operation with all beings)

• Title of qualification awarded EDE certificate – Ecovillage Design Education

• Dates (from – to) From September 1999 till November 2005• Name and type of organisation providing education and training University of the Azores, Biology Department - Portugal

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• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Marine resources, Aquaculture, Ictiology, Costal biology, Ecology,

Population Dynamics…• Title of qualification awarded Degree in Biology area of Marine Biology

• Dates (from – to) From September 2003 till June 2004• Name and type of organisation providing education and training University of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, Faculty of Sea studies

(Ciências del mar) - Spain• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Scientific diving, Marine Botanic, Marine zoology, Biodiversity and

conservation of marine organisms, Paleontology.• Title of qualification awarded Program Socrates/Erasmus

• Dates (from – to) From October 2002 till July 2003• Name and type of organisation providing education and training Child Suporter Institute – Azores (Instituto de Apoio á Criança –

Açores) - Portugal• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Introduction to minors laws, Psychology of Development and Learning,

Multiproblematic Families, Risk activities, Community nets, First aids, Prevention of drug abuses, Sexuality, Planning and evaluation of intervention. Project on the street with children of poor neighborhoods.

• Title of qualification awarded Social worker (Curso de Animação Sócio-educativa)

Personal skillsand competences

Mother tongue Portuguese

Other languages

English• Reading skills Excellent• Writing skills Good• Verbal skills Excellent

Spanish• Reading skills Excellent• Writing skills Good• Verbal skills Excellent

French• Reading skills Basic• Writing skills Basic• Verbal skills Basic

Technical skills and competences

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• Marine skills - Advanced Open water Diver – PADI - Scientific dive skills (one semester training by the university of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria) - Costal Skipper (allows any yacht for navigation not more than 25 miles from the coast)- Radio operator (my license only allows me to use it in Portugal) - Canary Latin sail boats (two weeks training)- Radar basics

• Informatics skills Full knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Driving licence(s) Since May 24, 1999

Artistic skillsand competencesMusic, writing, design, etc.

- Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa 1989-1992 - Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delgada 2005-2006 ( 3rd degree on music theory, 1st degree on orquestra, 1st degree on instrument – Saxophone)- Guitar and saxophone not professionally- Juggling and monocicling- Clowning and balloning

• Sports and health skills - Capoeira (two years)- Yoga and Meditation (started 1999)- Reiki (1st level)

Social skillsand competencesLiving and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential (for example culture and sports), etc.

Travels:

1999 - August to October – Inter-rail England, Scotland and Ireland2000 – February – Inter-rail Italy2000 – July to August – Inter-rail Germany and Poland

Summer Yoga Retreat and Neo-humanistic ecological festival

2001 – August – Inter-rail Italy and Greece2002 – August - Brazil Visit several projects on Neo-

humanistic Education, from kindergartens to ecovillages

2003/2004 – September to July - Canary islands

Erasmus – Ciencias del mar, Canary Rainbow Gathering

2006 – January – Greece2006 – February – Egypt / Sinai 1st World Healing Rainbow

Gathering2006 – March - Israel2006 – April – Turkey 1st Peace in the Middle East

Rainbow Gathering2006 – May - Greece European Social Forum2006 – June – England (London) Sustainability Week, Green Fairs

and Permaculture workshop2006 – December - Macau Brainstorming Creations, Lda2007 – December/January - Thailand

World Rainbow Gathering

2007 – January/February - Singapore

Arts in Education (Waldorf pedagogy inspired)

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2007 – May/July - Thailand Permaculture Design Certificate, sustainable projects tour, sustainable design for Neo-humanistic Foundation

2007 – August/November - India Ecovillage Design Education, Permaculture Design Certificate, Vipassana Retreat, Biodynamic Farming training

2007 – December/2008 – January - Thailand

Ecovillage Design Education, Training of Trainers

2008 – February – East Timor Assessment of Baucau’s reality for implementation of a project to build a Community Center for promoting Education for Sustainable Development, name of the project “Raio de Sol”.

2008 – March/July - Australia Ecovillage Design Education Intensive

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