Jelena Stevanović

ENG - na srpskom ispod

I deal with promotion of permaculture  in the association for the development and promotion of permaculture  Permaculture Association of Serbia from Belgrade. I am a consultant on projects dealing with agroecology, permaculture design, sustainable estates and  eco-settlements and communities. Certified permaculture designer (2015) and permaculture teacher (2024).

I am the author, educator and organizer of lectures and practical workshops on the topic of natural farming and gardening, permaculture courses (PDC72h), training on identifying wild edible and medicinal plants, etc. I am particularly interested in composting and the living world invisible to the naked eye, the microbiological approach to soil regeneration, as well as farming in harmony with nature, especially the teachings of the Japanese philosopher and farmer Masanobu Fukuoka.

In cooperation with the Intergenerational Volunteer Center (MVC) Foundation, since 2018 I have been participating in the initiative to establish a community of collective housing for the elderly with an intergenerational approach. At the beginning of 2023, the community found a plot of land in the municipality of Barajevo and started implementing the initiative, registered as EcoWaves.The plan is to build an ecological settlement according to permaculture principles for over 25 people, with day care for preschool children with Waldorf pedagogy and a camp for visitors. The settlement will also have an educational character and will be a center for the promotion of permaculture, natural farming and arts and crafts techniques and practices.

As a permaculturalist and practitioner of old and artistic crafts (pottery, stained glass, wool weaving), I advocate for the preservation of cultural heritage, the application of old crafts in innovative ways, the affirmation and return of wool to use, and for the past three years I have been intensively involved in solving the problem of wool disposal in Serbia. Together with other members of the MVC, in 2023, I am launching the social enterprise Bleja Runologija, which is engaged in the production of balls for drying and softening laundry and other domestic wool products with the aim of reducing environmental pollution with toxins and single-use plastics from household products and advocating the return of wool to use - from crafts to agriculture!

In addition, I have been a yoga instructor since 2012. and a volunteer. I work with children, children and people with disabilities, pensioners through gardening workshops, wool crafts, recycling and upcycling projects. I promote a life without waste and the use of chemical agents in everyday life.

My motto is: We can do a little on our own; Together we can do a lot - Together we can do everything!

Bavim se promocijom permakulture u udruženju za razvoj i podsticaj permakulture "Permakultura Srbije" iz Beograda. Konsultant sam na projektima koji se bave agroekologijom, permakulturnim dizajnom, održivim imanjima i  eko-naseljima i zajednicama. Sertifikovani permakulturni dizajner (2015.god.) i permakulturni učitelj (2024god.). 

Autor, edukator i realizator sam  predavnja i praktičnih radionica na temu prirodne zemljoradnje i baštovanstva, kurseva permakulture (PDC72h), obuka prepoznavanja samoniklog jestivog i lekovitog bilja i dr. Posebno me zanima kompostiranje i živi svet nevidljiv golim okom, mikrobiološki pristup regeneraciji zemljišta, kao i zemljoradnja u skladu sa prirodom, naročito učenja japanskog filozofa i zemljoradnika Masanobu Fukuoke. 

U saradnji sa Fondacijom Međugeneracijski volonterski centar (MVC),  od 2018. god učestvujem u inicijativi za osnivanje zajednice kolektivnog stanovanja starijih sa međugeneracijskim pristupom. Početkom 2023.godine,  zajednica  pronalazi plac u opštini Barajevo i kreće sa  realizacijom inicijative, registovanom kao EkoValovi. U planu je  izgradnja ekološkog  naselja prema permakulturnim principima za  preko 25 osoba, sa dnevnim boravakom za decu predškolskog uzrasta sa Valdorf pedagogiom i kampom za posetioce. Naselje ce imati i edukativni karakter i biće centar za promociju permakulture, prirodne zemljoradnje i umetničko - zanatskih tehnika i praksi. 

Kao permakulturalista i praktikant starih i umetničih zanata (grnčarstvo, vitraži, pustovanje vune) zalažem se za očuvanje kulturnog nasledja, primenu starih zanata na inovitivne načine,  afirmaciju i povratak vune u upotrebu i poslednjih tri godina intenzivno sam uključena u rešavanje problema bacanja vune Srbiji. Zajedno sa drugim članovima MVC,  2023.godine, pokrećem socijalno preduzeće Bleja Runologija koje se bavi  proizvodnjom loptica za sušenje i omekšavanje veša  i drugih proizvoda od domaće  vune sa ciljem smanjenja zagadjenja životne sredine toksinima i jednokratnom plastikom iz  proizvoda za održavanje domaćinstva i zagovaranjem povratka vune u upotrebu - od zanata do poljoprivrede! 

Osim toga,  instruktorka sam joge od 2012.god. i volonter. Radim sa decom, decom i osobama sa poteškoćama u razvoju, penzionerima  putem radionica iz oblasti baštovanstva, izradom rukotvorina od vune, reciklažnim i upciklažnim projektima. Promovišem život bez otpada i upotrebe hemijskih sredstava u svakodnevnom životu. 

Moj moto je : Sami možemo  malo; Zajedno možemo mnogo - Zajedno možemo sve!