Hola, no veo muchas posibilidades de encontrar nuevas fechas para el encuentro de invierno, así que mi propuesta es que se mantengan las fechas iniciales, 6-9 de marzo. Si alguien sigue motivado en hablar del tema, porfa, que plantee un doodle y a ver qué sale... Me parece igualmente importante en utilizar este cauce para estas cosas, y más cuando por algún error, se coló Jonathan Dawson en los emails anteriores. Me imagino la cara que tiene que estar poniendo el pobre ante semejante avalancha … Read more
General
KanAwen the main streams
The video shows how the main streams of developments of the ecovillage is included in the big social picture as a holistic solution to society's issues. The main actors of the design are explaining their general vision for the already recognised great ecovillage project under unfoldment. https://youtu.be/bqu48w2Cuyw … Read more
Janajpacha Ashram Chamánico, Komunidad Ecologica
HISTORIA De JANAJPACHA Todo comenzó con un sueño, una visión de un lugar donde no exista la propiedad privada, donde la libertad se pasee de cuerpo entero, un oasis donde se pueda explorar otros estilos de vida, sin necesidad de afiliarse a NINGUNA RELIGION ni fanatizarse por ningún dogma. La historia comenzó un septiembre de 1990, en el pueblo de Quillacollo en Cochabamba, al centro geográfico de Bolivia, junto a la montaña sagrada y muy cerca de la selva. CHAMALU, fundador y … Read more
Handicraft and its Role in a Modern and Sustainable Life
Sustainable development is not only about recycling or having an awareness of climate change. It is a change in our way of thinking and action in relation with nature, the world and humankind; grounded in the belief that the physical, social and intellectual worlds are interconnected. Based on this conviction, the project “Traditional knowledge for a modern and sustainable lifestyle” was developed. GEN Ambassador Jesús Pachecho Justo from Suderbyn Ecovillage, Sweden reports. The project, was … Read more
Editorial GEN International Newsletter Winter 2013: Healing Colonialism
"Let´s work with the self-organising power of love." Dear friends of ecovillages worldwide, We are putting together the last words for this newsletter during the GEN Africa Conference in Nairobi. For five days we have heard, seen and shared with upcoming African leaders: young people from slums who are empowering themselves to food sovereignty, energy autonomy, art and self created job opportunities; well educated academics returning to the villages they come from to share and improve the … Read more
Permaculture Aid Yolanda Permaculture aid Yolanda for disaster support in the philippines
How many times have we seen images of refugee camps worldwide with people being forced by wars, or other disasters, to live together under harsh and unbearable circumstances? Sometimes this situation can last over years, and even decades. An increasing number of people in the GEN movement feel that ecovillage processes and practices can contribute a great deal in these situations. A prime example being in communities that are forced to come together out of traumatic or disaster situations often … Read more
Ubuntu – I am because you are Mugove Walter Nyika tells his story
Mugove Walter Nyika, council member of GEN Africa, was born in Zimbabwe and is a Permaculture teacher in Malawi. He speaks about his memories, about the abundance of nature in his childhood, how it was destroyed, and how the wounds of nature and of the mind can heal. “The name my parents gave me is Mugove, which means 'gift'. I grew up with my grandparents in a village 200 km south of the capital, Harare, in Zimbabwe. From an early age I learned from my Grandfather to plant trees, to … Read more
Handicrafts in Suderbyn Handicraft and its role in a modern and sustainable life
Sustainable development is not only about recycling or having an awareness of climate change. It is a change in our way of thinking and action in relation with nature, the world and humankind; grounded in the belief that the physical, social and intellectual worlds are interconnected. Based on this conviction, the project “Traditional knowledge for a modern and sustainable lifestyle” was developed. GEN Ambassador Jesús Pachecho Justo from Suderbyn Ecovillage, Sweden reports. The project, was … Read more
Community Tools Transparency, equivalence, and effectiveness
Diana Leafe Christian explains how what the benefits of using Sociocracy in communities are, especially when compared with using consensus. This article appeared in Communities magazine’s Fall 2013 issue, Sept, 2013; and is serialized in blogs and other Internet sources, including Ecovillages newsletter www.EcovillageNews.org At first the question stumped me. I was giving an informal presentation on Sociocracy one morning in a grass-roof-covered building at Findhorn in Scotland. … Read more
NextGEN in Togo Interratree - a locally owned ecovillage and education center
It has been an exciting year for NextGEN, the youth movement within GEN. Inspired youth from around the global have been busy connecting young people with the ecovillage movement and empowering them to build the world of the next generation. One of our latest initiatives towards creating this world is focused on constructing a locally owned ecovillage and education center in Togo, West Africa. Cynthia Tina, NextGENNA Representative, reports. NextGEN International Representative, Nick Joyce, … Read more
