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EcoGamer Erasmus+ funded strategic partnership for youth, in the area of cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

April 7, 2022

Completing a 3 year long collaboration, we are excited to launch the two main outputs of the EcoGamer project. Ecovillage Impact Assessment The Ecovillage Impact Assessment details and measures the impact of key community-scale practices for fulfilling the UN SDGs and Paris Climate Agreements. Available online for anyone to use, it teaches and showcases the transformative power of community action for sustainable development. Click here to explore the Ecovillage Impact Assessment tool … Read more

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BLAST – New Resources for Transformative Learning Blended Adult Learning for the Socio-Ecological Transition

March 18, 2022

Completing a 2 year collaboration, we are proud to launch a series of resources aiming to build capacity for blended and transformative learning for socio-ecological transition. These include: Guides to Blended Learning and Communities of PracticeA competency framework for trainers and community catalystsA Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion methodology All of which you can find below! Collaboration Partners BLAST was a strategic collaboration of transformative educators … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: education, learning, resources, tools, transformation

Help us choose the Hildur Jackson Award 2021 winner! Inspiration From This Year's Most Impactful Ecovillage Projects and Solutions

August 20, 2021

We are absolutely thrilled to share with you the 10 finalists of the Hildur Jackson Award! The jury has had a challenging time deliberating, as we have received outstanding 25 applications from 18 countries and across all of the 5 regions. Together with Gaia Trust, GEN developed the Hildur Jackson Award, a €3,000 annual prize that supports and honors projects around the world that demonstrate regenerative best-practices in all dimensions of sustainability. Meet our 10 finalists for the 2021 … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: Africa, Europe, Hildur Jackson Award, Latin America, Oceania & Asia

Moray Ecovillage Development

August 10, 2021

A Model for Sustainable Community Building in Scotland Based in Moray, North East Scotland, the Moray Ecovillage Development Project was the Moray LEADER-Funded transnational learning exchange project between three Showcase Scottish communities and two international ecovillages Kilden (Hurdal, Norway) & Schloss Tonndorf (Germany).  It was delivered by the grant holder Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and supported by delivery partners tsiMORAY. The project was built on a … Read more

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ESC Opportunity with the Global Ecovillage Network in Findhorn, Scotland

June 3, 2021

In mid-November 2021 we will invite 2 ESC volunteers to the Global Ecovillage Network main office in the Findhorn ecovillage in the North of Scotland to participate in our one year long ESC programme. You will be joining GEN at a very exciting time in our evolution as an organisation and will be working closely with passionate and inspirational individuals committed to strengthening connectivity between sustainable communities worldwide. This year will allow you to gain a deeper understanding … Read more

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A Year After Winning the Hildur Jackson Award Highlights from T.I. Ecovillage in India

May 20, 2021

In 2020, the Hildur Jackson Award jury welcomed a record number of 70 applications from across the globe. Celebrating their diversity and commitment to the network, we honoured the top 10 projects, communities, and ecovillages, giving special mention to the top 2, and selected one official 'winner' of the Award. We caught up with the winner, one year later to find out how their community has continued to shine, how it may have evolved, and how they've beneffited from being featured. First, a … Read more

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Leading through Action A River of Life Story

March 16, 2021

Visolela Rosa Namises, a national leader, representative of GEN Africa and advocate for women’s rights has been initiating incredible work in Namibia. With the support of River of Life funds in 2020, Visolela was able to work with women from different communities to develop gardens for food security, nutrition and as a way to improve their livelihoods. She conducted 6 workshops and events in the past year, working in 6 villages and 3 schools, reaching over 850 people, including women, youth, … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: Africa, River of Life, traditional communities, Women, Youth

Tu B’Shvat Celebration on Kibbutz Gezer: The Jewish Holiday of the Trees

February 23, 2021

The 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, or Tu B’ishvat,  is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees.  This is the time when the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel, perhaps most famously the beautiful almond tree, emerge from their winter sleep. Tree planting has always been a Jewish tradition.  The bible states that "And you shall come to the Land, and you shall plant all kinds of edible trees..." (Leviticus, 19:23).  Almost all the forests in modern Israel … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: Twinning

Creating healthy, resilient food systems A River of Life story

February 12, 2021

Linda Kabaira is a dedicated community worker, who runs projects with SCOPE in Zimbabwe and Zambia with young women and schools, focusing on creating home gardens as a tool for ecological regeneration. Linda received funds through the River of Life in 2016 and 2020. Working with young women, Linda focuses mostly on growing staple food crops and using permaculture techniques to build soil fertility, manage water and maximize harvests. During 2016 when she received River of Life funds, she … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: River of Life

Emergence of the ‘River of Life’ in GEN Brief history

February 12, 2021

In April 2013, 25 African women joined a four week  ‘By Women, For Women’  Ecovillage Design Education (EDE), held by Lua Bashala and Kosha Joubert at Umphakatsi Peace Ecovillage, Mpumalanga, South Africa.  The women exchanged and learned about ecological, cultural, social and economic aspects of sustainable community living and designed small projects to increase the resilience of their neighbourhoods.  On another level, a deep level of mutual trust was built amongst them as they shared stories … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: River of Life, rural development, traditional communities, Women

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