Shepherd Village Cohousing

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.

This free two-day online event will explore human/plant connections, including ethics in human treatment of plants, plant sentience and communication, and opportunities for developing more respectful and reciprocal relationships between humans and plants. The goals of this conference are to: inspire people to change the ways in which they think about, interact with, and utilize plants so that their actions will be more respectful toward and collaborative with plants advance the perspective that plants are much more complex, sentient, and intelligent than is commonly acknowledged provide a forum for Indigenous and other perspectives that promote more respectful ways of relating with plants help to connect people who are interested in working for more respectful treatment of plants encourage and support the development of a network seeking to increase respectful treatment of plants that will continue after the event inspire and encourage scholarly emphasis on plant-human relationships The conference will be held on the Whova platform using Zoom to facilitate attendee participation and involvement.

La permacultura Es un sistema de diseño para la creación y planificación de asentamientos humanos, a partir de una ética y unas premisas, que permiten esta planificación realizarla con sentido común y respeto al Planeta. Permacultura es la contracción de agricultura permanente, que incluye la cultura. Trata con plantas, animales, estructuras, energías. Dirigido a personas que necesitan de un refuerzo para diseñar su propio proyecto o integrarlo en su trabajo habitual; personas que precisen de un conocimiento más profundo en la aplicación del diseño permacultural. Es conveniente tener conocimientos previos del método de diseño permacultural. Objetivos: Aprender a integrar los aspectos fundamentales del diseño permacultural al proyecto que se puede estar trabajando en el momento actual. La finalidad es reforzar el conocimiento que se tenga de la permacultura para aplicarla a cualquier proyecto de forma objetiva y con seguridad. Se partirá de un proyecto real: Amalurra en Bilbao. El curso está preparado para 16 personas preferentemente, para formar cuatro grupos de 4 personas cada uno, nos permitirá crear equipos de trabajo para desarrollar las diversas posibilidades, además de contar con diversidad en conocimientos y experiencias que nos enriquezcan a todas. Fechas: 11,12 y 13 de abril Horario: Viernes día 11 : de 16 a 20. Sábado día 12 : de 9:30 h a 14 h y de 16:30 h a 20:30 h. Domingo día 13: de 9:30 h a 14 h . Duración: 3 días – 18 horas Programa: Aplicación de la metodología permacultural. Plan maestro. Revisar los aspectos generales que corresponden a cada Sector o Zona. Distribuir los elementos para diseñar un proyecto genuino, que provean de las mayores posibilidades y propuestas. Descubrir las habilidades que poseemos cada una y en grupo para desarrollar nuevas ideas a aplicar. Enfoque: Ap