Tom Feeney

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Findhorn Office Manager

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I have been involved with more traditional campaign-focused activism for a number of years now, but what draws me to GEN’s work in particular is the practical, action-based approach of the ecovillage movement. I resonate strongly with self-determination and view the inspirational individuals involved within the ecovillage network as deeply impacting the development of radical and diverse solutions to the multifaceted social, political, spiritual, cultural, and environmental crises we find so prevalent today. A truly holistic movement!
My immediately previous role prior to GEN was living and working at Sunseed – a GEN member – in southern Spain. There I was actively involved in a number of operational aspects of the ecovillage’s management, such as funding, finance, and education. I am still active with Sunseed today, albeit from afar. Before that, my partner and I lived and worked in a number of smaller intentional communities throughout the Iberian peninsula.
I’m looking forward to supporting the continued growth of GEN and its ability to connect, co-create, and inspire ecovillages and bring the movement to the mainstream. In my opinion, it’s high time that we transform the way we interact with our friends, neighbors, and the wider community to transcend rampant consumerism, destruction, and divisiveness. I view GEN as an important transitory link in this process and hope the ripples of my work here will reach and support GEN’s work far beyond the confines of Scotland.

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Social Media Intern

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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.
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Learning from the Natural World (

Funds available for Europeans citizens and non-spanish! Registration Deadline 10 september- – Applycation Deadline for EU Funds – 17 September Applicants for this Course may apply for a Grundtvig Grant, please find the information below. OBJECTIVES To reflect on the development of European citizenship and identity, and the role that the natural world has within this framework; To discuss the notion of “nature rights” and the ecoCitizen To reflect on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech; to imagine the future of Europe and European citizenship To introduce the learning pedagogy and methodology of Paulo Freire: how can we bring the natural world into the learning environment? How can we create spaces that nurture learning for liberation? How can we facilitate experiential and participatory learning styles? To clarify how the lessons learned can impact on practice in the workplace METHODOLOGY The trainers will use a facilitative approach, eliciting the experience, knowledge and skills of the participants as a key resource throughout the course. An action-reflection cycle will be introduced. The pedagogy of Paulo Freire will be modelled as a participatory and experiential teaching/learning methodology. The collective skills and experiences of adult participants are a key resource in learning; Freire’s “listening survey” will inform the negotiated curriculum and “generative themes” (language and issues that have direct relevance and meaning for participants) will enhance meaningful learning. Freire distinguished between education for domestication (the “banking” concept, whereby adults are treated as empty vessels to be filled with knowledge by the expert teacher) and education for liberation, whereby facilitators and participants work together as problem-posers and problem-solvers, to create new knowledge rooted in their own collective experiences. Here at Sunseed we follow the same pedagogy, celebrating the crit

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