Hola compas Contaros que participamos como RIE en un proyecto LIFE europeo. De momento una vez mas, solo es un proyecto. Nos ha caido un poco con prisa y de sopeton. Os cuento. Estamos en la Ecolise, esa organizacion creada para ser una especie de Lobby en la que estamos las redes de Ecoaldeas, de TRansición y algunas de Permacultura.La cosa es que nos llamaron la semana pasada,a traves de Juan del Rio de TRansicion para hacer una parte para Iberia dentro de ese proyecto. Nos pareció a Alf y a … Read more
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North South Cooperation Ecovillages and North-South Reconciliation
Ecovillages in the North tend to focus on rebuilding resilient communities of solidarity. These are a necessary starting point for effective strategies and designs that enable a communal scaling down of ecological footprints. In contrast, ecovillages in the South most often need to ‘scale up’ in order to meet their basic needs. In many areas of the South, social systems of solidarity are still very much alive, while footprints are low. There is no need for the wisdom of such lifestyles to be … Read more
GEN-Africa endorses Earth Charter
"We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal … Read more
Local Spotlight But Don’t We Need Economic Growth to Lift the Poor Out of Poverty?
As a group challenging the growth paradigm, one of the most common questions that we hear is, ‘But don’t we need economic growth to lift the poor out of poverty?’. While growth has been successful to this end in certain ways, there are also some unwelcome consequences of growth. We prefer to ask other questions, like ‘Do we need to target economic growth to help those in need?’ and even better, ‘How are people currently breaking the poverty cycle in sustainable and inspiring ways?’. … Read more
About Ecovillages
What is an Ecovillage? An ecovillage is a human-scale settlement consciously designed through participatory processes to secure long-term sustainability. Ecovillages are rural or urban, intentional or traditional communities with vibrant social structures, vastly diverse, yet united in their actions towards low-impact, high-quality lifestyles. Ecovillages are consciously designed through local participatory processes, integrating the four dimensions of sustainability (ecology, economy, … Read more
XVII Encuentro de Ecoaldeas 2014
Hace unos días, entre el 4 y 7, el universo y una familia que aprecio mucho me regaló la oportunidad de acompañarles y asistir por segundo año consecutivo al XVII Encuentro de Ecoaldeas de la RIE, realizado esta vez en el Cortijo los Baños-Al Hamam (Almería). Un lugar especial por su emplazamiento, instalaciones y personas que nos reuníamos de toda la península y de fuera de ella. Al igual que el año pasado, terminó marcándome y generando un cambio que tocó varios aspectos de mi ser. En … Read more
Editorial GEN Newsletter Giving Birth in Community
Is there a more crucial, more powerful and more challenging moment in a lifetime than giving birth? The way that we are born into this world, the way our parents conceive, give birth, and raise us, forms and influences us our whole lives. In previous times, women passed the knowledge about midwifery from generation to generation. However, the knowledge and the right to choose the way to give birth was taken from women a long time ago. In the name of 'modernization' and 'security', it was felt … Read more
Regaining Lost Power The Parents and Birth School in Tamera
Birth-giving is about opening. And opening is a process of trust. In Tamera, some mothers have founded a school for parents in order to use knowledge, transparency, awareness and experience to strengthen the forces of trust of parents, children and the community. Leila Dregger spoke with two midwives, and a young mother, on the art of regaining of lost power - and while she was writing the article, a new child was born to the community and the happy parents. "There is nothing greater and more … Read more
Three “Organized Urban Neighborhood” Urban Ecovillages in North America
Diana Leafe Christian reports about intentional communities in North American cities. She believes creating community in your existing neighborhood is a growing trend. In a few years we may have more organized-neighborhood projects to report on. … Read more
Urban Ecovillages USA Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage, Cincinnati, Ohio
Like L.A. Eco-Village, Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage (www.enrightecovillage.org) in Cincinnati, Ohio, was also created by neighbors in an already-existing neighborhood. Enright Avenue has 80 one-story to two-and three-story older houses and with 10 rental units along both sides of a three-quarter-mile-long narrow cul-de-sac street in a working class neighborhood. The homes range from small one-story dwellings to two-and three-story houses, most built in the late 1800s through about 1915. … Read more
