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What does it mean to be a GEN Ambassador?
A GEN Ambassador is someone who knows the Global Ecovillage Network well, and is able to represent GEN on local, national and/or international levels. A GEN Ambassador stays updated about GEN by reading GEN Newsletters and websites and attending GEN events.
GEN Ambassadors are people of integrity, empathy and enthusiasm, and have good communication, presentation and networking skills.
How do I become a GEN Ambassador?
- Before becoming a GEN Ambassador, we ask that all new applicants already have some level of involvement with the networks of GEN. We ask that you provide us with a reference or contact who is active within the GEN networks who can vouch for your engagement. We also ask that you familiarize yourself with the work and the communities of GEN as thoroughly as possible. Some ways this can be achieved are:
- Attend a GEN event, such as an annual GEN Conference
- Participate in a GEN Educational program, such as an Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course, Ecovillage Incubator, or Evoneers Journey Program, OR
- Spend time learning from current GEN representatives, for example, through interning or volunteering in one of GEN’s offices, etc.
- Visit and engage with communities connected to the GEN network.
- If possible, enroll as a member of GEN either by becoming a ‘Supportive member’ or by living in a ‘Full member’ ecovillage.
- Submit a GEN Ambassador application form, below
- If accepted, you will be asked to sign a simple contract regarding the use of your business card and GEN logos. We will then create your GEN Ambassador business card for you for that particular year and send it to you electronically for printing.
If you do not fulfill the above criteria, but still feel that you would be a great ambassador for GEN, please apply and tell us why.
What can I do as a GEN Ambassador?
Represent GEN
- Offer presentations about GEN.
- Promote GEN at suitable conferences and events you attend.
- Share GEN promotional materials with interested people.
- If appropriate, have your contact details published on www.ecovillage.org and your regional and national GEN network websites.
Connect people and projects to GEN
- Support communities or projects you visit to register on the GEN database.
- Evaluate existing projects already registered on the GEN database to ensure legitimacy.
- Enroll people for the GEN Newsletter and provide other promotional materials.
- Register new ‘GEN Volunteers’ and ‘Friends of GEN’.
Promote GEN through Social Media and Outreach
- Write short articles for GEN International and Regional websites, and the GEN Newsletter.
- Post on the GEN International Facebook page, GEN blog, and other social media sites.
- Connect your personal social network profiles to GEN social network groups or pages.
- Invite your friends to ‘Like’ GEN Facebook pages.
- Upload photos of projects you have visited, with copyright information, to GEN pages.
Keep in touch with GEN
- Make contact with your regional GEN Council or regional GEN members.
- Submit a yearly summary of your activities as a GEN Ambassador.
What are the benefits of being a GEN Ambassador?
- Supporting the spread of ecovillage inspiration around the planet
- Official blessing and support to represent GEN at events and conferences on local, national, regional, and international level
- Your own GEN Ambassador business card (electronic version)
- Potential for discounts and funded places in GEN conferences and other events
- Priority for GEN activities and events with limited booking space
- Access to latest GEN core documents and promotional materials
- Updates about GEN national and regional activities, through mailing lists and newsletters.
Please send all questions and feedback to: [email protected]
Meet the Ambassadors
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Coordinator of GEN Europe conference 2018 in Lilleoru, Estonia; Board member of GEN Estonia 2015-2018; Lilleoru community member for more than 25 years. View profile
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Alberto Ruz Buenfil, born in Mexico City, 1945, has dedicated the last forty years to study, create, promote and serve as an international networker, and been a front line pioneer, veteran and historian from the intentional communities, ecovillage and bioregionalist movements in Central and South America. He is the co-founder of Huehuecóyotl ecovillage in Mexico (1982) and the Caravana Arcoris por la Paz, 1996. Alberto was the focalizer for Ecovillage Network of America (ENA) in South America b… View profile
Eve has been trained as a Counsellor and Psychologist and uses a systemic perspective.
Since 2012, she has worked with migrants and adolescents in Canada, Ecuador and Switzerland (her home country) within non-profit organisations, governments and the United Nations. She believes that sustainability can be attained through the empowerment of underprivileged populations and local communities using participatory facilitation, as well as by fostering collaboration between local groups, organisation… View profile
I have grown up travelling around the world. My contact with Intentional Communities started at a young age with the " Comunità di Etica Vivente" (registered with GEN as Potential Member) in Italy. I have participated in various development projects in Burkina Faso, Costa Rica and now India. I graduated with a 2:1 in International Development with Social Anthropology and Politics (B.A), and later obtained another 2:1 in Agriculture and Rural Development, both at the University of East Anglia (N… View profile
I have been an ecovillager and world-changer since 2000, when I gave up my institutional job as a biologist, moving from the mainstream to the alternative world, following my dreams for a better world. I wish for a world which is more sustainable, more equal and with more justice for everyone, taking care of land and people, and sharing fairly.
Since that time, I have been weaving the Colombian ecovillage network, called RENACE, for six years, and since 2012 have been creating CASA, the Counc… View profile
Akanchhya leads the Program Department at R-DIN. She is responsible for every component of project design and development including proposal writing and donor compliance. She has more than 7 years of experience in Project management for non-profit organizations. She has designed and implemented projects for women, youth, and local leaders. She has extensive knowledge and experience in the area of women development, environment conservation, governance, and peace & conflict. She holds a Maste… View profile
Letícia Rigatti, brasileira de Porto Alegre, Bacharel pela UFRGS, Máster pela Universidade de Barcelona, praticante de artes visuais. Depois de trabalhar por 5 anos na área de comunicação como Gerente de Planejamento Estratégico, Letícia decidiu mudar sua vida, viver seus sonhos e trabalhar com a sustentabilidade.
Como viajante, desde 2006 esteve em diversos países da Europa e Américas estudando comunicação, saúde, artes, sustentabilidade e gestão comunitária. Durante 2008-2009 … View profile
I lived in many places in Slovenia. When we got first kid, we moved out of capital city to coast. I am Banchelor of Economics, but I couldn’t work anymore in classic (sometimes dirty) business, so I established NGO called INTERSO - Integration of economy, development, society and environment Institute for individual and social responsibility. Our core activity is promotion, development and education about kind life solution: ecovillages and eco-neighborhoods, sustain building and energy, coop… View profile
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I work as an entrepreneur and a consultant since about 30 years with the mission to help people working better, developing themselves and their ability to create synergies and thriving ecosystems.
After a degree “Magna cum Laude” in Organizational Psychology at “La Sapienza University” in Rome in 1993, a Master in Business Administration in 1995 and further training as a NLP practitioner and professional facilitator, I managed several UE transnational projects in training and job sys… View profile
My soul's fulfillment lies in contributing with my life to the world's progress and enabling the pursuit of happiness of the people living in it. This is at the same time my own journey of flourishing as a person, just as anyone's soul-level service to their fellows is their very own sure path to self-realization. I desire to take part in the establishment of eco-villages across the world because it is a primary pathway for our people's progress to the next stage of civilization. View profile
Paulo Bessa, born in Portugal (1981), has developed since young a love for nature. In his early twenties he graduated as a Biologist, and developed a PhD in medical research. Then he felt the call for a life more dedicated to sustainability and community. He has lived the last 10 years in different ecovillages and developed more than 15 permaculture projects and organized educational events. He has worked as a consultant and has particularly interest in the topics of carbon reduction, food fores… View profile
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A lifelong gardener, Cynthia describes herself as a “Passionate Permie”, studying and practicing Permaculture, eventually obtaining her PDC and her teaching certification. That passion has led to further education and work with certifications from Gaia Education in Sustainable Living and Ecovillage Design (EDE).
Education is another passion for Cynthia. She loves facilitating classes because of the opportunity to introduce new ideas and concepts and because she considers teaching a learning… View profile
GENOA/GEN Australia Management circle, GENOA/GEN Australia Comms, education.
I host regular weekly conversations & experiences focused on regeneration and transmutation themes, also known as wilderness (our inner and outer) adventures,, using ecoVillage design cards & transformation game - currently exploring the intersection between myth, magic and miracles & musing on "we are all mushrooms in the mycelium of time'. View profile
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Floriana is an artist and works with development and implementation of sociocultural and environmental projects. Articulating and developing social technologies and interactive devices that combine art, body expression and collective dynamics. Trained in GAIA Education, Transitions Towns, GEN Ambassador, Sociocracy and Dragon Dreaming. Actually is in a Itinerant Project focus on water and support the construction of collaborative networks and sustainable communities in South America. View profile
I'm a mother of two boys.
My parent move in a Ecovillage a was 4 years old. I'm almost 34 and I have this concern to give the chance to my children to grow in a safe environment that create a eco community.
I'm working rite now on the project to promote our Ecovillage. "citeecologiquenh.org"
and to share this wonderful experience to live within a community. View profile
Born in South Africa, I now live in the Findhorn Community in Scotland where I'm deeply involved in most aspects of my community.
I work in the GEN International office here in Findhorn as Ambassador Coordinator and GEN Trainer. View profile
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Born in Barcelona (1960) where I studied graphic design, photography, film, comics and finally videography and audiovisual communication and exercised as video artist for several years.
In 2001 I started a sustainable settlement project called the Base, in northern Catalonia where I built the first straw bale house to be inhabited in the Iberian Peninsula.
Through the eco building I entered the world of ecovillages and communities where I designed and released the Karavan Project, an itiner… View profile
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I've been supporting the Findhorn Foundation and Ecovillage since 1974 in several capacities including Representing the Findhorn Foundation at the UN since its association with UN as an NGO in 1997. I am committed to a wholistic approach to education for sustainability as well as supporting people and projects that are modeling the future we strive for. I collaborate with GEN and Gaia Education at the UN and serve as a Gaia Education Board member.
I'm also President of the Hygeia Foundation fo… View profile
Riccardo Clemente is copresident of the Italian Ecovillage Network (RIVE), lives in the “Popolo degli Elfi” an ecovillage in Toscany with over 200 residents.
He studied environmental architecture at CAT in Wales where he has been teaching for ten years "Building with Earth".
He works also as CLIPS trainer and as facilitator, supporting groups and incubating projects in Italy.
He supports GEN by coordinating the ESTexpo programme at the conference for the last three years. View profile
Agronomist and environmentalist specialized in agro-ecology with 25 years of experience, yoga teacher, reiki master, agro-ecological farmer and beekeeper. He recently established his own agro-ecological farm (The Humanistic Farm- Ma’azouza). Dagher is the one, who introduced Palestine to agro-ecology 15 years ago. He established the first eco-village in the West Bank of Palestine. He is a member of Sharaka (means partnership) group (a Palestinian voluntary group working in supporting Palestini… View profile
Leland "Lee" is committed to helping people learn to change their way of living to become more sustainable. He is doing this through his work with the Ecovillage movement, his personal lifestyle in a family Ecovillage and through the restorative farm which they are using to teach people about permaculture and more sustainable use of the land. He has previously been involved with Future Forests, an environmental and community development project pairing London Ontario with Bette Ethiopia. Lee als… View profile
Soy de México en una provincia llamada Hidalgo, trabajo con comunidades de alta marginacion en las que brindamos capacitación en agricultura orgánica, manejo de suelos y sustentabilidad de cultivos. Interesado en aprender sobre bioconstrucción, diseño integral de landscaping, ecotecnias, usos eficientes de energías renovables y no renovables, adaptación de sistemas para crear nucleos autosustentables resilientes. Conocer sobre manejo y tratamiento de agua, captación, riego eficiente, agr… View profile
I live in Dublin, Ireland. I am a mother of two, primary school teacher, musician, forest school leader, permaculturist and life coach. I am convinced that our response to our massive social, health and environmental challenges should be to revillage our world. Ecovillage life supports personal health, which brings with it healthy communities and soils, joy and creativity, and sustainable life circles. View profile
Permaculture and ecovillage facilitator and practitioner, I also facilitate and coach on purpose and ethical livelihood, regenerative entrepreneurship and resilience for both groups and individuals. View profile
After spending two years travelling around the world and four years at university in the UK, I lived and worked at the Findhorn Foundation for nearly 15 years. My work there included gardens, education and building. I have visited many other ecovillages in Europe, USA and India. Since 1992 I have lived in the USA where I am administrator for the Hygeia Foundation, which is dedicated to planetary health and wholeness. View profile
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Steffen Emrich is a trained city- and regional planer. Since 1999 he is working as project manager for several international Peace Building organizations all around the world. Since 2013 he is part of the GEN-international Project development and Fundraising group. In 2014, he has co-developed the project "Urban Resilience and community" and is still very interested in bringing together intentional communities and traditional villages. Steffen is a founding member of GEN-Germany and is currently… View profile
Gill Emslie is a Process work facilitator and trainer, a co-founder of the Institute for Process Work and Deep Democracy based in Barcelona and a member of faculty in the Process Work school in the UK. She teaches internationally in diverse settings ranging from the NGO and social and environmental justice sector, to business and local government, in Europe, Latin America and SE Asia, facilitating in-depth training programmes and working directly with leadership teams. Gill has spent several yea… View profile
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 pre… View profile
Sustainability consultant, participatory design facilitator, ethnographic research, project management, community building and story weaving. View profile
Journalist, ecoactivist, permaculture and sociocracy facilitator, environmental educator. Co-founder, board member and communications coordinator at CASA Latina. Master in Entrepreneurship (University of Buckingham, England). Co-founder of AWIRE (Multiethnic Alliance of Permaculture) and EarthCode Project. Investigated and documented over 200 intentional communities in Europe, Oceania and Latin American countries. Based on this research wrote the dissertation: "Is a Sustainable City Viable?" View profile
Journalist, eco-activist, permaculturist, and environmental educator. Co-founder of the Latin American ecovillage network (CASA Latina) and current coordinator of the Brazilian ecovillage network (CASA Brasil). Ambassador of the Global Network of Ecovillages in Brazil and member of the Aratikum ecovillage (Instituto Bioregional do Cerrado, Alto Paraíso de Goiás). She is a facilitator and consultant for the organization Sociocracy Brasil, representative of the SoFA Permaculture Circle (Sociocra… View profile
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Traveler of the world who made the choice to open his mind and heart to the wisdom of Mother Earth, slowly finding his place and path to regenerative actions. View profile
Carly joined the GEN team in 2019 as an assistant with the consultancy program, and also currently works for Local Futures, which promotes economic localization, and studies herbal medicine. She studied environmental studies at Wellesley College with a focus on permaculture and regenerative design, and then lived in Bali, Indonesia for several years, working at a holistic property design company, and holding a volunteer leadership role with the Global Ecovillage Network of Oceania & Asia. Sh… View profile
Chris left his first ‘real’ job (in computer systems analysis) to travel through Asia. He taught English in a Burmese refugee camp, volunteered in a home for street kids and was arrested as an illegal immigrant in Uzbekistan.
Later, working for the Red Cross in SE Asia and retraining in community development (in which he has two Masters Degrees), Chris went on to work as a coordinator at the Refugee Claimants Support Centre in Brisbane.
Chris is a founding member of the Friends of Ed… View profile
Sue lives in an urban eco-village located on the land of the Kaurna people in Adelaide city. After accidents put an end to her career objectives she has become very involved as a volunteer community activist, social justice entrepreneur, writer, editor, researcher, broadcaster, interviewer, environmentalist and local and international human rights public speaker most recently in Costa Rica and Bangladesh.She worked in the disability sector locally as a manager and director and also as a voluntee… View profile
Irene is a Doctor in Depth Psychology by the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, an integral coach and guest faculty in Michael Harner’s Foundation for Shamanic Studies. She is GEN Ambassador since 2017 and was GEN Europe council member from July 2017 until July2019. She is trained in family constellations and new family constellations with Bert Hellinger, systemic rituals with Daan van Kampenhout, Integral Coaching ™, Process Work, NLP, or yoga, among other disciplines. View profile
Boniface Subrata Gomes was born in Bangladesh and founded a social development organization named ‘Bangladesh Association for Sustainable Development’ (BASD) in 1991. He studied in the Seminary and was engaged with different national and international social and welfare organizations. He got Permaculture training in Sri Lanka and Ecovillage Design training in Crystal Water, Australia. With his active initiative his organization has been working to develop 52 Ecovillages in the southern part … View profile
At age 27 I left the USA, and moved to Switzerland. Since then I have been reflecting on the origin of human values, I believe that social values arise out of a community’s evolution within its natural landscape. Since the late Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh resonates with my belief I have decided to rely on his writings to guide two enterprising farming communities in Ghana to integrate the practice of mindful awareness to embrace the power of syntropic farming as an economic basis. View profile
Graduate in International Relations, Expert in Social and Solidarity Economy and Master in International Cooperation. Activist and eco-social trainer, I have been coordinator of climate mobilisations, promoter of training programmes on eco-social transitions, teacher and facilitator of social participation processes. I have been part of the GEN International team, working in the office in the ecovillage of Findhorn, Scotland, and currently as GEN Ambassador I contribute to promoting a global tra… View profile
PhD in film studies and passionate about ecological living, currently working on ecocinema and green filmmaking. I am part of a non-governmental organisation that aims to create projects combining ecology and art. I have a website where I write on ethical consumption and ecological living. View profile
Iranian - Japanese by birth. Presently a Findhorn resident. Established Earth Stewards Institute in Japan in 1992 with the aim to demonstrate and educate on a sustainable life-style. Studied metaphysics in Louisville, Kentucky (formerly a Physics major in Japan). Established a community Forest Garden over three years in my previous community in Forest Row, England. Co-Founder of Open Pollinated Seeds, a campaign and education organisation to teach seed-saving and creating seed-bank as a resource… View profile
I am currently working as project manager in an eco-center in Sólheimar eco village, Iceland. The village is Europe’s oldest intentional/eco village. We are about 100 individuals in the village. 45 of us are individuals that has both mental and physical disability. We all have our own role in the village, however we often change roles depending on what is needed in certain time.
My main role is to take care of our eco -center, create project within the village regarding our ecology preserv… View profile
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Co-founder of RareBirds Housing Co-operative, Kamloops, BC, Canada View profile
I grew up in a little neighborhood community in the German countryside with parents who raised me with a social, cultural and politic interest and awareness for sustainability, self-development, nature and communication. With moving to Dresden and living in a little house sharing community I got into a deeper connection with these topics. My studies in German literature and philosophy connected me with an art based level to the human way of living. After working for different cultural institutio… View profile
Since 2009, Ethan Hirsch-Tauber has lived in communities around the world, working as a sustainability educator and engaging in the ecovillage movement. He taught for four years as a faculty for Living Routes sustainability study program in Auroville, India. During that time he started working with GEN, in particular supporting the birth of GEN Africa as its own entity and the remergence of NextGEN. He then spent four years living in Tamera, Portugal and was voted onto the GEN Europe Council whe… View profile
Kenza Isnasni is the founding director of Habiba-Ahmed Foundation. She holds a master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy with a concentration in Peace and Conflicts Studies. Kenza is also a humanitarian activist who is very sensitive to questions related to human rights, education, climate change and environmental protection, interfaith and intercultural dialogue. Kenza was involved in various humanitarian missions and projects in different countries. Kenza believes that engagi… View profile
I am a young man and currently exploring this world. View profile
A respected development and change agent, leader and member of interdisciplinary teams, instilling a shared sense of purpose to provide optimal services, resources and programs for those in need. Deeply committed to improving the quality of life for Zimbabweans, Africans, women and youth with a special interest in capacity building, transformational series for the marginalised and vulnerable communities and individuals. View profile
I am the founder and the Chief Executive Officer of the GROW BIOINTENSIVE agriculture Centre of Kenya G-BIACK. G-BIACK is a Kenyan rural community based project that specializes in farmer training in sustainable agriculture and other community based development solutions that are aimed at improving the living standards of the poor resource farmer collaborators. G-BIACK promotes the GROW BIOINTENSIVE Agriculture, a sustainable form of agriculture where no chemicals are used and specific practices… View profile
I am a life gardener that love to sing and perform. I live in Aldeafeliz in Colombia and share my talents working as a self transition, sociocracy, and leadership teacher. I am part or the circle of Alliances for the Mother Earth´s rights, and that is my mission. I believe in love. View profile
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We just completed our fourth EDE at Schloss Glarisegg in Swizerland. I live in a small community in Hawaii called Z-land and I work for a group called Upcountry Sustainability. I began a group called MauiFoodForests, which just lost our online presence as most all good sustainability projects are illegal on our islands. Our first step is to educate people so we can change the laws. I have been on and off this endeavor for 8 years.
A lover of learning, Jashana has degrees in Environmental Scie… View profile
Herman is a community development worker and a Social Entrepreneur, passionate about sustainable lifestyles and education for youths. He believes in the saying that youths are the future of tomorrow; as such believes that sowing seeds of economic opportunity today can yield environmental and social benefits for generations yet unborn. He is also the founder of Njangi Group, a social enterprise, committed to raising awareness on the global social and cultural issues affecting young people around … View profile
A member of Suseonjae, Meditation Group and Seonaeville, Meditation village View profile
At Centro Amazanga, we practice a way of living in harmony with ourselves and everything sourrounding us.
We strengthen the connection with our true nature. Ancient traditional wisdom of the Amazon region and humanity in general are being put into practice here through sustainable projects.
Centro Amazanga allows the local community to improve their quality of life by living their traditional knowledge and innate talents through dignified work.
At the same time, Amazanga offers the space fo… View profile
My name, Lelkes, means enthusiastic or spirited in Hungarian. I started my life with this gift. It is a manifesto I love to live.
I am a social scientist and a certified coach, and I am enthusiastic about integrating these two worlds: that of the common good and that of individuals´ lives and passions.
As a coach, I support people in their inner transformation for the sake of a flourishing life for themselves – and for all. My main method is the Theatre of the Soul, where people play nothin… View profile
GEN Ambassador, From YunnanCiman Ecovillage. Involved establishment of China Ecovillage Network. Rina is an active thinker, With 10 years of professional experience in creative design, now transformed into a ecological holistic thinking Designer, she guides the eco-design studio "Arina Design", dedicated to care for the Earth and practice and designing sustainable living. View profile
President of Esspoir Pour Tous ( Hope for all)a congolese NGO working on helping street children, orphans and pygmies,Luc is also one of founders of GEN DRCongo Network(Democratic Republic). Together with Lua Bashala and Lucky Kekana.Actually he is GEN Ambassador for DRC and Central Africa. Since 2012 He initiated the DRC EDE annual education session. View profile
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-We are a small intentional community focused in the creation of a new world. We are based in the middle of the rain forest, 1,5 hours from São Paulo capital in Brazil. Our principles are aligned with the ethics of Permaculture and our research is centered in Sociocracy 3.0, NonViolent Communication, Forum and Agroforest. View profile
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Certified permaculture teacher, climate activist, passionate traveller and holder of a bachelors degree in Future Planet Studies View profile
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Currently working as secretary for GEN-Africa. Sonita is currently combining an MSc in Integrative EcoSocial Design with Gaia University while representing the youth wing of GEN (NextGEN-Africa) and coordinating the Bafut Ecovillage project. She was born in Cameroon and has dedicated the last 4 years reconnecting young people to the land and carrying out youth entrepreneurship and cross-culture education programs through youth camps, and initiatives related to climate change adaptation. She is w… View profile
Geboren in 1961, studierte Sonderschullehrerin und von Jugend an passionierte Friedens- und Umweltaktivistin. Gründungsmitglied der ZEGG Gemeinschaft, wo sie sich seit 1991 einbringt. Mehr als 6 Jahre Geschäftsführerin von GEN-Europe (Global Ecovillage Network of Europe), (www.gen-europe.org). Ab 2004 baut sie Gaia Education (www.gaiaeducation.org) mit auf. Seit 25 Jahren arbeitet sie als Kommunikationslehrerin und Supervisorin, spezialisiert auf Gemeinschaftsaufbau und die Bildung von Transp… View profile
The big questions for me are about how humanity can wake up and develop flourishing relationships with ourselves, each other, and all life on Earth. There have been several threads in my life since the 1980s: developing my spiritual life as a Quaker, figuring out my personal lifestyle, working as a policy researcher on climate change, and various attempts to live in relationship and in community. Over the last sixteen years these have come together in my work supporting Quakers in Britain to dev… View profile
Co-Founder of Sanele, The Gambia, West Africa View profile
Adam is an award winning social entrepreneur and ecosystem builder - dedicated to the innovation of impact, crowd, and capital in the global South. Over the last 20+ years Adam has co-founded 2 businesses, 5 social enterprises, 2 networks, and supported the emergence of 2 movements. He was awarded an Ashoka fellowship for his role in creating safe-spaces for green technology innovation during the Arab Spring. As the co-founder and managing director of iceHubs Global – an international network … View profile
Betsy Morris is a community organizer and Cohousing Coach co-organizing Cohousing California, part of Planning for Sustainable Communities. With her husband Raines, at Berkeley Cohousing, she helps people find and form and live well in relationship to one another. She has served on the Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) board, visited and advised many communities, and lived in two. She holds a Masters and Doctorate in City and Regional Planning. View profile
I work at Zimbabwe Institute Of Permaculture - Schools and Colleges Permaculture Programme as a Programme Finance and Administration Officer. I'm involved in integrated land use design and permaculture in schools under the project title Green Schools Programme to enhance nutritious food production for school kids.
I enjoy supporting the programmes which enhance nutritious food production in a sustainable way which brings in the concept of permaculture to school kids, youth and the community.… View profile
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Passionate about permaculture, biodynamics, food forests, yoga, beekeeping, spiritual birth practices, the nature devas, plant communication, biomimicry and all of nature and our connection with her.. View profile
Consultant in organizational planning and networking, skilled in hosting the transformation of social movements towards participatory-leadership based organizations and experimented advisor of rural-community based organizations | Art of Hosting Practitioner and Liaison| Co-founder of the Impact Hub Bogotá | Co-founder of the Council of Sustainable Settlements of Latin America| Facilitator of participatory processes and non-violent communication towards the implementation of social innovation i… View profile
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I am an ambassador for GEN, a GENOA representative and a founding member of GEN Australia. I was involved with setting up a transition town and a pioneer of Narara Ecovillage. Primarily a businessman and entrepreneur, I am now a board trustee for GEN.
As a board trustee my interest is on urban-ecovillages, co-living, co-housing and new models to dealing with whole of life and how we turn cities from energy sinkholes to vibrant self sustaining communities.
I am very interested in advocac… View profile
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Aili has extensive grassroots-level experience in more than 25 countries, as a committed activist defending territories of life and their defenders. Currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki, she teaches critical development studies, supervises students, and pursues action-research. She sits on the Council of the ICCA Consortium, supporting and promoting the biocultural rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. She is also a trained permaculturist and facilitator. View profile
Sarah Queblatin is an integral sustainable development practitioner weaving experience for the last 10 years covering environmental education, cultural heritage, peacebuilding, development communication, and humanitarian assistance for I/NGOs. After responding to conflict and disasters, she was inspired to join the Transition and the Ecovillage Movement and moved to Maia Earth Village in Palawan, Philippines realising the need for whole - systems designed solutions. Sarah is a transformative art… View profile
Patty is a 2022 GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) NGO representative to the United Nations Environment Program (General Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya), a graduate of the United Nations Summer Intensive Program (UN Headquarters in New York City), Honorary Burning Man Earth Guardian, and a member of EcoVillages in France, Italy, Mexico, and the USA. Patty is passionate about ARTivism and empowering Indigenous Nations. She has been involved with GEN since 2007. View profile
Jane works in sustainable development using an empowerment and engaged spirituality approach. She lives in Findhorn Ecovillage and has taught on Ecovillage Design Education courses in Findhorn, Sieben Linden, Myanmar and Thailand including Chinese groups. Jane supports all stages of the project cycle as needs based consultant for community, sustainable education and rights based projects in Asia and Africa. Jane has taught the Work that Reconnects for many years and more recently transition to… View profile
Colombian Architect; master in community planning (USA). Cofounder of: "Aldeafeliz" ecovillage, "CASA", "Llamado de la montaña" and "Villa permacultural Mahia". Director of "Habitat vivo" ecological design studio. Currently working in creating a diverse range of sustainable settlement alternatives in Colombia. View profile
Member of Instituto Biorregional do Cerrado (IBC), Brazil; GEN Research Group and CASA Brasil Pesquisa. View profile
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A PostDoc Researcher in political Science, an Associate in the Queen Elizabeth II Academy, and activist who is offering research- based consultancy. she is into producing and displaying works of art in public. She does not directly position herself as an artist but she is seeking ways to work with others and reinvent in the beauty of culture and heritage, investing in hand- made products, taking part in recycling efforts, and minimizing waste of natural resources locally and across the region. View profile
I've been working to my own sustainability and to be an example more than anything else, but I am looking forward to make more through my projects and art work that I recently back to focus on. View profile
Gabriel Siqueira is the Communications Director of GEN International, and Brazil’s National Representative on CASA Latina. He teaches courses, facilitate groups and mediate conflicts in intentional and traditional communities, as well as NGOs and businesses. His Masters thesis on Administration was a research on how Brazilian ecovillages manage conflicts. View profile
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Victoria is a tourism graduate who lived and worked for a year in The Gambia together with the community of Kartong hosting their first EDE in 2013/14. This was her first connection with GEN and the Eco-village movement. Inspired by the collective action of individuals and communities over the world to engage in sustainable living, she has taken the opportunity contribute to this movement by to working closer with GEN. View profile
After graduation (2010) I studied a year of psychology. After that I did face-to-face fundraising for humanitarian NGOs (SOS childvillages) and went volunteering in Vietnam and Nepal, which lead me to study Area Studies Asia/Africa (focus Southeast Asia), with the intention to gain a deeper understanding of cultures, from a non-eurocentric perspective. My drive has always been to help people and later to work in the humanitarian NGO field. During my last year of university I became interested in… View profile
Shane is a passionate social activist, town planner and ecovillage designer. Shane has been part of creating two large ecovillage projects, Bunjil Ecovillage in VIC and Bruns Ecovillage in NSW, both which did not eventuate. Shane however has been key in creating successful communities in the past as well as the current ecovillage he resides in Balaya Buyul. Shane has delivered many ecovillage design courses inspired by the EDE (which he completed in Findhorn in 2011) to over 200 people. View profile
Macaco Tamerice has been living in the ecovillage of Damanhur, Italy since 1993. For several years she has been working in international relations for Damanhur and is its Coordinator of International Community Relations. In 2008, she became Vice President of GEN-Europe, and in 2010 was elected President, staying in office until 2015. She is now serving on the Advisory Board of GEN- International, and is President of the non-profit Association Damanhur Education that organizes trainings for susta… View profile
Aoibhinn has been two years engaging with the Gaia education principles and became a GEN ambassador and a GEN trainer summer 2018. She is currently reaching out to local eco, cooperative and permaculture communities which are regenerating society, culture, economy and ecology, with the aim of helping network their efforts. She is an aspiring resident of enriched earth ecovillage. View profile
Rita grew up in the Italian countryside, attended a non-conventional school and her environment nurtured her connection to nature. She trained and worked as a psychologist in the UK (King's College London, University College London and Imperial College London) where she combined interdisciplinary clinical and research work (while living in a boathouse with London boaters community). Rita has a strong interest for mind-body-spirit and holistic approaches to health, initially developed during her … View profile
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Since 2012 I cooperate with the Civil Platform Forschungswende (www.forschungswende.de), a German public participation platform on civilian involvement in science, supported by the Federation of German Scientists, and teach at Leuphana University Lüneburg (about science&art cooperations and transdisciplinary RealLabs). I also founded the Research Arts platform (www.research-arts.net) that focuses on transdisciplinary research for a transformation towards sustainability. View profile
Although my undergraduate degree was in criminology, I have since 2012 travelled extensively, worked in farms, cafes, as a freelancer in landscaping, content design and editing and as a writer in the past few years.This past year I have been in Scotland working in a community supporting adults with learning disabilities. There I was primarily working in the biodynamic garden supplying the food for the community and associated shop. I am in the process of connecting my interest in farming and loc… View profile
I was born in Portugal with a global heart, from an early age developing love and curiosity for different lands and their people.
I studied Fine Art in Scotland, nourishing my interest in all things beautiful, and soon after realized that this world is in need of more beautiful and healing ways of living together. A search for intentional community and for growing myself in a healthy and sustainable way took me to study and live in Findhorn (Scotland), Tamera (Portugal) and Neot Smadar (Israe… View profile
Founder of Bhutan Ecovillage Community Network established in 2012. It is located in Bhutan. View profile
Abdallah is training manager, a freelancer, a Head of an educational NGO (Arc en Ciel) and GEN ambassador in Algeria. Abdallah is an environmental activist, he has been involved in the Green field since 10 years ago, and one of the founders of his NGO.
He speaks three languages; and he likes Reading , Travelling and Volleyball. He likes also designing educational games. View profile
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I am born in Papua New Guinea but grew up in the Netherlands. Since my childhood I have been wandering around the questions who am I, where do I come from, why am I here and where will I go to in this life and after this life?
These questions have taken me on a journey of a life time. Very idealistic I started to work and study nursery in a hospital. Since this was not satisfying I quit. Driven by interest of other ways to deal with sickness and health I started to study natural wa… View profile
