The heart of this course is the Global Ecovillage Network Map of Regeneration – bringing together the areas of culture, economy, ecology and social, with six ecovillage design in principles each. At the centre, eight principles lay out a pathway of integral design, leading the transformation to a life-affirming future.
These 32 principles are the distillation of experience, gathered over 25 years from more than 6000 communities and ecovillages around the globe, used to explore, plan, measure impact and refine in action learning cycles.
“This has been a remarkable experience. I have loved every element – the resources and core content, Kosha’s wonderful facilitation, the breakout sharing sessions, the inspiring poems, the beautiful collage of amazing people! Thank you!!” – Heather
This self-paced workshop is based on three sessions (live recordings of the workshop from June 22-24) and various background materials where you tune in at your own pace to use practical tools to explore your own lifestyles, communities, or organizations. Where are the strengths we should be celebrating in terms of positive change? Where are our weak or blind points? Where are those leverage points which will ensure that things never go back to ‘business as usual’, that overdue habits are dismantled and the regenerative world we dream of can be manifested through our very own hearts and hands.
Kosha Joubert, MSc serves as Executive Director of the Global Ecovillage Network. She has many years of experience as an international facilitator, trainer, and consultant and has worked extensively in the fields of community empowerment, intercultural collaboration and sustainable development.
Kosha grew up in South Africa under Apartheid and has been dedicated to building bridges across divides ever since. She has lived in ecovillages for the past 25 years. Kosha is also a co-founder of Gaia Education, which develops trainings at the cutting-edge of sustainability, and co-author of the internationally applied curriculum of the Ecovillage Design Education.
Watch Kosha’s TEDx Talk on Ecovillages
In 2016, Kosha received the Dadi Janki Award – 100 Women of Spirit – For engaging spirituality in life and work and for making a difference in the world.
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May 6 – June 3, 2025
If you are just getting to know GEN, we recommend you start with the GEN Intro course which will give you the frame of how the network and organisation flow.
A live course will be offered at set times and invites you to engage with a facilitator and other participants. A self-paced course means you can engage in the content as your schedule allows. We also offer courses where you engage in the content yourself and then join gently facilitated group discussions to connect with others.
Visit the Community Events page to see what is available or contact your region.
No! We strive to serve a range of audiences and believe that ecovillage tools can be applied in a range of contexts.
Sometimes. We operate on keeping course fees as low as possible while paying our collaborators fairly. When the essential costs are covered, we can sometimes offer scholarships. Contact Us.
We would be happy to consider it. Please send a proposal via our contact form. Be sure to include your background on the topic (length of experience and in which contexts), where you have offered the course previously, and your suggested format (live, self paced, pricing etc.)
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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