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Which communities are missing from the ecovillage map? Help find and connect the projects near you with the Global Ecovillage Network and create their profile with public data and reach out to them and get them engaged! Volunteer with the GEN-International Platform team, Eva and Rodrigo, to help make this an amazing resource for the world.

Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.

A 10 Day Integral Evolutionary Journey that includes Meditation, Non-Duality Contemplation, Awakened Communication and WE Space Practice, Nature Communion, Yoga, Qi Gong and more.. This 10 day Evolutionary Awakening retreat is dedicated to the discovery, exploration and manifestation of our deepest potentials. This transformational journey embraces both our individual awakening and our potential for collective awakening and through that the creation of a new evolutionary culture. If you are hungry for deep and lasting transformation, if you want illuminate the shadows that hold you back, if you want to come together with others in an ecstatic and positively challenging journey in which we reach for the highest, and if you want to experience all of this in an integral context that embraces nature, exercise and delicious nutrition, then this retreat may be for you! In this retreat you will: • Discover the timeless transcendent dimension of Being through deep meditation • Engage in deep and subtle contemplation of Non-Duality • Awaken to your pure passion as the embodiment of the Creative Principle • Learn how to identify and transcend your ego patterns, self-image and limitations • Discover tools and practices to align with your True Awakened Self • Engage in dynamic group work to evoke “Higher WE” Consciousness • Explore the potentials and principles of Evolutionary Relationships • Investigate a Liberated relationship to Gender & Sexuality • Experience the wonder and ecstasy of Evolutionary Love with many others • Practice Creative Writing as a vehicle for Evolution • Eat delicious Vegetarian Meals • Practice Yoga and/or Qi Gong and Meditative Nature Walks every day For more information on this event please go to our website at www.awakenedlifeproject.org and look under events. If interested please fill out the form on the side of the web page or contact us at in**@*****************ct.org. We hope to see you in August!

Instructora: Rikki Nitzkin (co-autora del libro “Construcción con Paja: una guía para auto-constructores” y coordinadora de la Red de Construcción con Paja Curso de Iniciación en la construcción con Paja: aprende a conocer la Bala de Paja, manipularla, y usarla para construir. También aprender a hacer revoques de Tierra Arcillosa (acertar con las proporciones, elegir la mezcla adecuada, aplicación a los muros de paja, etc…). ¡Ven a divirtirte Aprendiendo a Construir(te) y Conviviendo en un paraje único! 20-25 Marzo 2016 en Aulàs, Lleida Toda la Información Aquí (o descarga el documento adjunto) Inscripciones Aquí Rikki Nitzkin: ri**********@***il.com

Al comenzar la cosecha de café en la Eco Aldea, nos percatamos que nuestros vecinos tienen poco o casi nada que cosechar. Sus parcelas están totalmente diezmadas. Si tradicionalmente Republica Dominicana era exportador de café, hoy su producción cubre solo un mes del consumo/anual, las importaciones representan el 92% de lo consumido Algunos, no muchos, comienzan a introducir nuevas variedades (sin conocer su origen ni comportamiento local), la mayoría se limitan a la añoranza de las pasadas bonanzas. La situación de descalabro de la caficultura Dominicana no debe exclusivamente atribuirse al nuevo brote de Roya que afecta las zonas cafetaleras. las zonas cafetaleras se encontraban deprimidas y abandonadas hace ya muchos años, practicándose una agricultura que podría definirse como “Extractiva” solo se acude al momento de la cosecha… Los bajos precios y rentabilidad negativa fortalecieron esa tendencia. La Roya, es una enfermedad transmitida por un hongo… que ha reaparecido en una nueva epidemia. Ya en 1869 se reporta una de las “primeras epidemias” de roya del café ocurrida en lo que hoy es Sri Lanca / La enfermedad fue observada por primera vez en África (1866) donde pasó desapercibida, por ser el sitio donde mayor diversidad ocurre Avelino, J. Rivas, G., (2013). Para el 2008 se informa de su presencia en Colombia y en el 2010 se reporta de la introducción de razas más virulentas de Roya en el país. Entre las posibles causas que determinan la epidemia: Se señalan: • Cambio climático • Vulnerabilidad de las variedades, dada su uniformidad (derivadas del C. Arábica) • Cepas del hongo más virulentas. • Inadecuadas /ausencia de prácticas agronómicas. entre otras… Las medidas adoptadas para enfrentar el brote epidemico de roya se han limitado a la introduccion de nuevas variedades y/o la aplicacion de fungicidas cupricos y sistemicos. Compartimos las propuestas de Graciela Godoy (2013) que ha sugerido colectar esporas del hongo en

Curso facilitado por Rico Zook, única oportunidad en Europa en 2015 Se darán las bases para trabajar con éxito en proyectos de reconstrucción comunitarias y sostenibilidad en otras culturas. Temas que se tratarán: los principios de la permacultura itinerante, la ética, la diversidad, las buenas practicas de formación y de realización de proyectos. Las herramientas del oficio, los aspectos logísticos y prácticos y cómo empezar. No es necesaria experiencia previa ni haber recibido formación en Permacultura. Indicado especialmente para personal de ONGs, que hace trabajo de campo al extranjero. RICO ZOOK es diseñador, consultor y formador de permacultura con más de 40 años de experiencia de trabajo en todo el planeta. Más info en http://www.i-permaculture.org Inversión: 79€ hasta el 15 de Septiembre, 90€ después. Incluye dos comidas veganas, con ingredientes de cultivo biológico y locales, y refrescos en las pausas. Lugar: Lafede.cat – Organitzacions per a la Justícia Global* C. Tàpies, 1-3, 08001 Barcelona. Drassanes, L3, ¡en pleno centro de Barcelona¡¡¡. Web www.lafede.cat, Información e inscripciones: “cursos” ARROBA “permacultura-es.org”, descargate el programa completo del curso. Fecha límite de inscripción 9 de octubre. PLAZAS LÍMITADAS

PERMACULTURA es un sistema integral basado en varias ciencias que se enfoca en diseñar entornos autosustentables y crear procesos regenerativos, ambientales y sociales. ¡Forma parte del proyecto de restauración planetaria más grande en la historia de la humanidad! APROVECHA LA PROMOCIÓN Ven a vivir la experiencia, a aprender una de las disciplinas más ricas, completas y propositivas que está creando e impulsando movimientos de regeneración ambiental y social en todas las escalas y en todos los contextos. Te Invitamos a esta experiencia de aprendizaje para la Regeneración ambiental y re-configuración individual, viviendo 10 Días en la belleza de Huasca, Hidalgo, México, Pueblo mágico con alimentos sanos, gente consciente y experimentando el aprendizaje Internacional de Permacultura del Instituto Ná Luum Inscripciones: $10,500 MXN Incluye PDC , Alimentación, materiales, zona de acampar- Antes del 12 de Febrero $9,500 MXN $12,000 MXN Incluye PDC , Alimentación, materiales y habitación compartida – Antes del 12 de Febrero $11,000 MXN Cómo inscribirse? 1. Solicitar formulario de inscripción a me*********************@***il.com 2. Esperar correo de confirmación de cupo y formulario. 3. Llenar y re enviar formulario de inscripción, junto con comprobante de pago de $3300 como anticipo. *** Si no requiere factura Juan Alberto Acosta Rodríguez Banamex Sucursal: 4375 Cuenta: 70098615960 Clabe Interbancaria: 002290700986159604 Concepto de pago: PAGO PDC *** Si requiere factura (realizar una transferencia por el monto total del curso más el 16% de IVA) OMNIUNITY AC Banamex Cuenta: 9284774394 Sucursal: 7000 CLABE interbancaria: 002290700046126027 RFC: OMN110830DW3 Concepto de Pago: CURSO PDC *** El cargo por cancelación es del 20% del monto total del curso siempre y cuando se notifique 15 días antes del inicio del PDC *** Contenido https://www.facebook.com/events/1335721459806236/ Durante 10 días conviviremos con la naturaleza de Huasca d

Let’s get together for an informal afternoon at my home to explore how we can bring the messages of this amazing Communities for Future Online Summit into our local context. We can screen interviews, talk, connect with each other …. share tea and biscuits … see what we find amongst us – resources, possibilities, enthusiasm, the courage to connect!

Foro nacional de construcción de políticas públicas para la agricultura familiar, comité AIAF Colombia 2014 Ano internacional de la cultura familiar. VIII Encuentro de productores ecológicos y sabidurías populares ECOVIDA. En el marco del ECOVIDA, el CIN para el Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar conmemorará dos años de su conformación con una serie de encuentros para promover la discusión de las políticas públicas para la Agricultura Familiar. Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar (AIAF)- Colombia Comité de Impulso Nacional CIN Confederación AgroSolidaria Colombia

Creativity will be spread through the valley whilst we live in community. A time where creative people meet, work together or next to each other and share inspiration and knowledge. Artists are warmly welcome to enjoy the creative atmosphere while being devoted to their art works: sculptors, paintors, writers, musicians, … At the same time we are happy when people want to supporte the works on the synthesis of arts “Valle de Sensaciones”. During that time we might treat some questions relevant for creative living in community, like: How much free space do I need within communitarian life to be able to unfold my creativity and dedicate myself to art work? How can communitarian life and work inspire my creativity? What do I need to find fulfillment through joining a communitarian creative project? This projects are planed for this period: * Clay construction on an outdoor shelf * Finishing the mandala roof above the goddess temple * Construction of a sweatlodge with integrated rocket heater * Construction of a cane dome as prototype of our future cultural center * Finishing the mosaics on the compost toilet * Woodwork and painting on our treehouses * Artistic permaculture landdesign

Gaia Ashram is excited to invite you on a unique learning experience designed to empower you to reclaim your food freedom by learning to grow your own organic food. This workshop will be focusing on Organic gardening, teaching you the fundamental techniques and knowledge to get you started with growing quality, fresh, organic vegetables all year round. From the urban balcony to the rural farm this workshop will teach you how to grow more veg in less space than you ever imagined to be possible! Maximizing your available space and producing an abundance of nutritious and delicious vegetables, herbs and fruit. The Permaculture design strategies will also be introduced to give you an inspiring insight into how Permaculture can re-shape your thinking, future and our gardens. -WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE WORKSHOP? This course is a hands-on course and you will gain first-hand experience of techniques during practical sessions. During this time of the year there are many different tasks that need to be completed to ensure that Gaia Ashram has an abundance of fresh organic produce during the growing season and these tasks will form the basis of our experiential learning. These practical sessions will be supplemented by theory and question and answer sessions in the classroom. KEY TOPICS IN THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE: -Soil Building & Remediation Discover the secrets behind making awesome compost and other soil amendments. Learn how to apply green manuring techniques, crop rotation and soil food web technologies to help keep your garden healthy and fertile. -Plant propagation Develop your green fingers by learning different techniques on how to grow your own plants. Gain a deeper understanding and the practical skills to be able to: Save your own seeds, propagate seed, take cuttings, layering and air layering, division and grafting. –Organic Pioneering Learn about “No dig” & “Bio intensive” gardening techniques, which can help you to pionee

Inanitah is a conscious community, where people live in harmony with each other and with nature. On a tropical island with two volcanoes, we offer a one month volunteer programme which includes meditation, yoga and breath work classes. As an InanItah Explorer, you are invited to participate in daily yoga, meditation and land based regenerative living classes. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and practice natural building and organic gardening, and conscious communication, as well as permaculture and ecovillage building principles. Your day-to-day responsibilities might include supporting ongoing building and gardening projects, service work with the local community, administrative support, food preservation and preparation, as well as maintaining and beautifying communal spaces. In addition we will always do our best to create the opportunity for you to grow in your areas of interest. During your stay as a volunteer at InanItah, you will be encouraged to participate in workshops and activities as students, support staff and/or assistant instructors. It is also possible to join the classes and ongoing activities as a Visitor with a minimum stay of 1 week. For more information about this possibility, please visit our website. We invite you to read more about the InanItah vision and values that you will be supporting. Volunteering at InanItah is an opportunity to give back by supporting the various aspects of the InanItah vision. In order to maintain a cohesive vibration and a feeling of inclusion, everyone is asked to participate two times each week in community contributions which might include picking a salad, a co-creating a meal or supporting general clean-up. Contribute $450 per month and 15 hours per week towards m

I’m very much inspired by living in Gaia Ashram, Thailand, and how the power of community can support the evolution of consciousness & Climate Change. Let’s come together, share, and build more network to sustain the flow! We’ll first watch the interview together. Then engage in a discussion on any inspiration, ideas on how the topic of climate change and conciousness relates to our own lives/community in the context of the talks. Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm 8/2 Friday lineup: Christiana Figueres was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010-2016. William Ury, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, is one of the world’s leading experts on negotiation and mediation. 9/2 Sat lineup: Frédéric Laloux is a author, adviser, coach, and facilitator focusing on the inner workings of organisations tied to human evolution and spiritual growth. Charles Eisenstein is a popular philosopher, author and internationally renowned speaker and program facilitator.

Hola Compas Nos vemos en unos días.Que alegría teneros aquí. Para que disfrutemos todas: cositas que saber, y que traer. Y alguna que NO traer… Como todos los años os pedimos que traigáis vuestro servicio de comidas: platos, cubiertos, vasos. Las personas del Sur, no olvidéis que venís al norte, y por la noche refresca: algo de ropa de abrigo! Sacos de dormir , claro. Linternas no estarán de más, sobre todo las personas en acampada! El aparcamiento: no está incluido en la inscripción. Si venís en un coche lleno ( mas del 75%) aportáis 6 euros. Si venís al 5o% o menos, 5 euros por dia. Tratamos así de que vengáis con los vehículos amortizados! El aparcamiento esta fuera del pueblo, la idea es llegar, dejar equipaje, subir a aparcar. y volver andando. Preferimos que no se use diariamente coche. Si alguien tiene que moverse, igual les prestamos unas bicis. Si tenéis productos para venta, ecológicos, artesanales; traerlos. El Domingo se pondrá mercadillo en el pueblo, vendrá gente de la zona. Animales no traer. Mas que nada por la dificultad de compartir espacios, y aquí hay un poquito de fauna que está queriendo ocupar este espacio… patitos, ranas, cangrejos, conejos. También es su casa. Y seguiremos colgando info para que todas vengamos con lo necesario! Lo mas importante…la alegría de reencontrarnos, o de conocernos. El humor, también las penas si las hay son bienvenidas. Las ganas de compartir este rato de camino. Arterra

Climate change is one of the biggest issues of humankind in the 21st century, but is a symptom of a much bigger issue: We humans do not live sustainably on earth! Modern society focuses mainly on new and green technologies and greater efficiency as solution of climate change and this is of course one step towards climate protection. But much more is possible! The ecovillage movement is a bottom-up approach from people, who do not want to wait for policy or technology solving the climate change problem. Ecovillages are models of experienced sustainability and show that a more sustainable living is possible without affecting our quality of life. They test in a microcosm what can be adopted on a large scale. There are four keys in the ecovillages approach to climate change: ecological, economic, social and worldview. This seminar consists of three parts: In the first part we get known to the ZEGG community. The ZEGG community is an ecovillage of 100 people living and working together cooperatively, with a CO2 footprint per person only half as big as the average in Germany. This is possible due our renewable energy and heat supply system, our garden and the edible landscapes, our water supply, constructed wetland and compost toilets. In the second part of the seminar we summarize what climate science knows about climate change and which solutions it suggests. We discuss the arguments of the climate skeptics and try to understand why it is so hard for policy to make a new climate protection agreement. This part part will be taken over by Dr. Tobias Bayr. He is a climate scientist, who did his PhD about climate change and lived one year in ZEGG. In the third part of the seminar we deepen the ecovillage approach to climate change. Beside ecological aspects we will focus on the social and worldview aspects, i.e. we give a little insight, which instruments we use in ZEGG for community building and for communication. Conscious communication from the heart

We are 55 participants, 7 assistants, 19 facilitators and 3 organizers/seminar leaders in Switzerland, communty Schloss Glarisegg at the lake of Constance, who are creating this 5 weeks long course every year, this time with 21 nations – learning how to create ecovillages /intentional communities. More info on: www.edeglarisegg.info. It will be an ongoing event in our Kulturzentrum in the upper sun hall – between 14-15:00 and 19-20:00 CET.

-Curso de introducción a la teoría y práctica básica sobre biogas. -En el curso aprenderemos conceptos básicos sobre el proceso de formación de biogas y fertilizante líquido a partir de la gestión de residuos orgánicos producidos en nuestro propio hogar. – Entre los objetivos del curso se incluyen también la consideración de alternativas constructivas para los biodigestores, utilizando materiales reciclados y de bajo coste. – Tendremos la oportunidad de ver en funcionamient el prototipo de biodigestor instalado en Arterra. – Finalmente construiremos nuestro propio biodigestor adquiriendo los conocimientos necesarios para hacerlo en nuestra propia casa. CUPO MÁXIMO: 12 PERSONAS PRECIO: 90 EUROS. Incluye curso y pensión completa INSCRIPCIONES: ar*************@***il.com

The Farm Conference on Community and Sustainability May 22-24, 2015 Come to The Farm Community in Summertown, TN to set your course for the future, Life In Community! Our fifth conference in partnership with the Fellowship of Intentional Communities, this gathering is a unique opportunity to tour Green Homes of all types, see Sustainable Food Production at work, over 89 KW in Solar Installations, learn about Alternative Education, Conflict Resolution, Land Trusts, Midwifery and so much more. Bring bikes, instruments, some food to share, an open mind, ideas, and enthusiasm. Change your life… Change the world! Register online: http://farmcatalog.com/communities_conference.html Green Homes & Ecovillage Tours Straw Bale, Deltec, Earth Shelter, Cob, Cordwood Passive Solar, Clay Slip, Log Cabin, Amish Cabins Insulating Concrete Form, Domes, Earth Bag Solar Showers, Solar Power Local Harvest Lumber, Recycled Wonders Homes and buildings of all shapes and sizes, with gorgeous examples of alternative construction. Sustainable Food Production Community Garden Tours Seasonal Fruit – Strawberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Apples, Figs Bees and Insect Management Beans, Corn, Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Onions, Garlic, Carrots, Melons and more! This is not commercial farming, but food grown and consumed by the families who live here. Land Trusts: Learn about the new Land Trust Document that protects the community’s land base Big Swan Headwaters Preserve Over 1000 acres of The Farm’s 1750 acres are undeveloped forest. Another 1475 acres surrounding the community is owned by Swan Trust, a nonprofit land trust founded by Farm members. Hike scheduled for Sunday Workshops include: Midwifery Alternative Education Conflict Resolution & Nonviolent Communication The Spiritual Path Health & Diet Starting a Small Business and so much more. Saturday evening, All Farm Barbecue A celebratio

Taller Vivencial de Ecologia Profunda para Mujeres Un fin de semana para Reconectarnos con nuestro Poder, la Naturaleza y la Red de la Vida Vivimos en tiempos desafiantes, con crisis en nuestros ecosistemas, economias y sociedades que están afectando a toda la vida del planeta. Para muchas personas esto puede ser angustioso y abrumador; tal vez no sepan como reaccionar. En este taller vamos a explorar como son nuestras respuestas al estado actual en que se encuentra el mundo; de un modo que nos ayude a despertar y acceder a la motivación, creatividad, fuerza y solidaridad necesarias para la transición a una cultura humana sostenible. Juntas haremos un recorrido que nos llevará a espacios en los que podamos reconocer en que maneras, nosotras como mujeres, sentimos los peligros que hay en estas crisis, experimientando sus efectos y visualizando y co-creando nuestro futuro. El sonido nos acompañara en este viaje y jugaremos con nuestras voces y tambores, para expresar nuestros sentires, nuestros deseos y nuestras esperanzas. Estas prácticas pueden reconectarnos con nuestro poder, el poder CON la Tierra, en lugar de Sobre la Tierra, lo cual es algo que las mujeres desde la antigüedad han sabido y entendido. Vivir en plenitud es conectar con nosotras mismas como partes activas de la Red de la Vida. Las mujeres siempre han sido activas en los movimientos sociales y medioambientales: en la Guerra Civil española, las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo en Argentina, en el Reino Unido ha existido un campamento antinuclear con unicamente mujeres por 20 años. Y más recientemente oimos las voces emergentes del Sur como Vandana Shiva y Wangari Maathai en campañas por la soberania alimentaria y los derechos de acceso a los recursos locales para la población local. Estas prácticas que realizaremos, han sido desarrolladas y utilizadas desde hace más de 40 años y están basadas en el trabajo de Joanna Macy, ecofilósofa, activista, estudiosa y profesora de la teoria de sistem

GEN Australia will be holding a one week live in community workshop for those interested in starting a community, living in a community or just interested. The workshop will be held at the Tasman Ecovillage in Tasmania and the workshop cost includes full board and lodging. We will have a number of guests speakers including John Talbott – one of the original GEN pioneers, activist John Seed and Helen O’Brien from Findhorn. Join us for a truly wonderful experience. Check out our venue for the week long course – http://tasmanecovillage.org.au/ You can send expressions of interest to Andrew Olivier – an****@****************on.org and Shane Sylvanspring at sh***@**************************ns.com