A solution provided by Mugove Walter Ngyia, Malawi Numerous communities in Africa are affected by critical issues such as hunger and malnutrition that still afflict millions of children in sub Saharan Africa. The education system does not really address this topic or support children and their families with the skills and knowledge to provide for themselves in an increasingly degraded environment. With his organisation SCOPE, the permaculture designer Mugove Walter Ngyia and his team have … Read more
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USA/Europe (GENNA/GEN Europe): Soil Restoration and Carbon Sequestration using Biochar
The future starts with the dirt beneath our feet. Soil is the earth’s fragile skin that anchors all life. However, half of the topsoil on the planet has been lost in the last 150 years. Soil restoration is a major concern of farmers and of all of us who depend on vegetation. Soil restoration using Biochar (as with Terra Preta), is carbon negative by sequestering the carbon in biomass for thousands of years. Biochar incorporated in soils offers numerous benefits, such as improved soil … Read more
Synergies between Degrowth and GEN Synergies between Degrowth and the Global Ecovillage Network
One of the most controversially discussed key tracks during the 5th International Degrowth Conference 2016 in Budapest was “Degrowth and other social movements”. Can degrowth be considered a movement? Does degrowth embrace all kinds of movements struggling for a sustainable future? On one hand, the notion of “degrowth movement(s)” was rigorously criticized for fragmenting the political struggle. It was also critiqued as umbrella concept for creating incongruous hierarchical relations between … Read more
GEN at DEGROWTH conference, Budapest 30. 8. - 2. 9. 2016
Degrowth is a “bomb word” used to inspire in-depth debates on whether infinite growth in a finite world is desirable or even possible. A vibrant and dynamic network developed around this term, bringing together academics, activists, environmentalists and social (r)evolutionaries, as well as global movements and organisations they belong to. Degrowth conference in Budapest was the 5th such biannual conference since the first one organised in Paris in 2008. The goal of the conferences is … Read more
Youth Ecovillage Design Education December 4th 2016 to January 8th 2017 in Auroville, India
The focus of the course: Discover the cultural heritage and richness of the Indian subcontinent. Experience one of the world’s largest & oldest Intentional Communities. Immerse in Pitchandikulam Forest as a host site with over 40 years of experience in Restoration Ecology and Integral Rural Development. Engage in personal self-exploration and worldviews by examining our connection to self and place. Investigate ecological experiments in Water Retention, Agro Forestry, … Read more
Cameroon: Ecobuilding in Bafut Ecobuilding as part of Sustainable Development in Bafut Ecovillage
Transforming a farm into a learning center and ecovillage: together we have created a model for the region with ecological buildings, the beginnings of a food forest, and water and solar systems to generate clean energy. … Read more
Cameroon: Come Learn With Us Opportunities for Education and Engagement
International Summer Training Camp, August 2016 – Bridging cultural boundaries to share, learn, and cultivate peace and tolerance at a global level. … Read more
Cameroon: Green Entrepreneurship Green Entrepreneurship in Bafut Ecovillage
The Bafut Ecovillage celebrates four years of sustainable community development, achieved through adaptive governance among the people and designing a model of cultural and social development based on a green economy. … Read more
Tamera’s first LGBTQ Intro Week Report from Tamera's first LGBTQ Introduction Week
“Queerness is that thing that lets us feel that this world is not enough – the rejection of a here and now and an insistence on potentiality or concrete possibility of another world.” ~ Jose Esteban Munoz by Dara Silverman Tamera Healing Biotope's first LGBTQ Introduction Week coincidentally began on the same day as the massacre which claimed nearly 50 lives in a gay club in Orlando, Florida and concluded on the day of the Pride Parade in Lisbon - an unforeseen timing, which embedded … Read more
Zimbabwe: Facing Climate Change Best Practices for Facing Climate Change Head On
Climate change is affecting every country on every continent. Zimbabwe’s green schools offer a best practice model in growing eco-sensitive food systems as a means of providing healthy food, increasing biodiversity in the face of drought, and mitigating climate change. … Read more
