Connecting Communities for a Sustainable World
The Global Ecovillage Network envisions a world of empowered citizens and communities, designing and implementing pathways to a regenerative future, while building bridges of hope and international solidarity.
Looking for a unique Ecovillage Design Course? GEN is excited to announce a special opportunity to attend a full Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) LIVE online, certified by Gaia Education and GEN, with top facilitators and experts from around the world. After our first successful cohort, we’re excited to offer this programme from 12 March to …
Get your Permaculture Design Certificate with the Global Ecovillage Network! This special Permaculture Design Course explores Ecovillages as examples and sources of expertise for permaculture design in action. After our first successful GEN PDC you can now register for our next cohort starting on the 7th of May! Learn Permaculture and Ecovillage Design online with …
Together with Gaia Trust, GEN developed the Hildur Jackson Award, a €3,000 annual prize that supports and honours projects around the world that demonstrate regenerative best-practices in all dimensions of sustainability. The prize is awarded to projects bringing the most impactful inspiration about ecovillages/ecovillage lifestyles to a broad audience. As the applicants continue to impress …
As global temperature rise above 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels, and previous climate commitments fell far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on track for a global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C this century, 25,000 delegates from 200 countries nations gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for the UN Climate Change Conference COP26. The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) joins efforts with … [Read More] about GEN at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland
As part of the GEN Research group, Dr. Rebeca Roysen and Dr. Anne-Kathrin Schwab published an article about the transformative potential of Ecovillages for rural areas in the Climate Adaptation focused book which will be launched at COP26. The book looks at case studies for adaptation around the world and strikes a balance between hope and realism. It doesn't conceal or downplay the truth of the climate crisis, yet it enables hope … [Read More] about GEN Research featured in the book ‘Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience, Self-Sufficiency and Systems Change’
“This gathering of human and non-human beings has never happened before and will never happen again.” - Charles Eisenstein, GEN Online Summit. As GEN celebrated our 25th year in 2020, and all the contributions that lead us here, no one could imagine the uncertainty the world would face. While gathering the stories and data to showcase our accomplishments for the year, we felt an enhanced … [Read More] about Our Annual Report 2020 is here!
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