Cuando nacemos comenzamos a tener que elegir, con nuestra herencia,contexto,educacion,amigos, empezamos a construir nuestras experiencias que posteriormente significaremos. En la apuesta por una vida mas acorde con nuestro habitat(naturaleza) quiero entender una recuperacion de los valores que nos hacen humanos, solidaridad,trabajo en equipo, dignidad, respeto, y ante todo unidad. El proyecto Gaia intenta que podamos vivir en armonia con nuestro planeta, reconociendo que nos da mucho mas de … Read more
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Caminhos para Vida Sustentável Arca Verde
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The Solution Library is online!
A new GEN Open Source IT Tool has just gone online: the Solution Library. With the help of 6 brilliant young women from the Islamic world (from Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Turkey and Palestine), support from our partners in Egypt (CultNat and the Bibliotheca Alexandria) and financial support from the Anne Lindh Foundation, GEN has developed this online access portal to sustainable solutions that now stands proudly with a first collection of 80 beautiful examples. We expect the Solution Library to … Read more
Founder of Damanhur passed away Founder of Damanhur passed away
Shortly before sending the newsletter, we received the sad news that Falco, Oberto Airaudi, (founder of and inspiration behind of one of the most fascinating ecovillages on earth - Damanhur in Northern Italy) passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2013, in the nucleo community of Aval where he lived together with other Damanhurian citizens since 1980. Falco was 63 years old, and for some months had been suffering from a liver cancer, which he faced without any aggressive treatment, in accordance with … Read more
GEN International Newsletter Summer 2013 – Editorial
"It takes a whole village to raise a child." Sobonfu Somé, Burkina Faso Dear Friends of the Global Ecovillage Network On the verge of two major conferences about ecovillages and sustainable communities, the GEN Conference in Schweibenalp, Switzerland, (7-12 July), and the ICSA Conference (International Communal Studies Association) in Findhorn, Scotland (26-28 June), we send you the GEN International newsletter with current information, stories, insights, and experiences from ecovillages … Read more
Women for Women Ecovillage Design Education (EDE), Umphakatsi Peace Ecovillage, Mpumalanga, South Africa
The first 'by Women for Women' EDE took place at Umphakatsi Peace Ecovillage, situated in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The EDE training for sustainability course was the second such course to be held in South Africa. The course began on the 30th April - two days after its initial starting date due to the challenges of the remoteness of the - until the 25th May 2013. Lua Bashala-Kekana and Kosha Joubert report. This course had the aim of bringing together women in a region of our world … Read more
The Condition of Happiness Ecovillage Seonaeville on Major TV Channel of Korea
Korea is known as a highly populated and industrialized country with a strong dependence on economical values. However, increasingly, Koreans are looking for a more sustainable lifestyle. Seonaeville is Korean and means: a village of people who love the good. By Kaitlynn Min The Ecovillage Seonaeville was founded in 2010 by people who were ready to leave the convenience of the city life. The founders believe that living in an Ecovillage is the only hope for the wounded Earth. For the … Read more
Young People Active in Ecovillages Two young people share their thoughts and experiences on this question
Two young people share their thoughts and experiences on this question: Nébesna Fortin from La Cité Écologique, Canada; and Kira Taylor-Hoar, USA, who has travelled through different ecovillages in Europe. How La Cité Ecologique challenges the next generation By Nébesna Fortin In many Ecovillages, the question of keeping young members active in the community is a big challenge. Many young adults leave their home ecovillage to experience other lifestyles. In the Canadian ecovillage, La … Read more
What Makes an Ecovillage? A Perspective from the Yarrow Ecovillage
Yarrow is the name of a wild flower found growing in many places and very useful for medicinal healing. Yarrow is also the name of an ecovillage that was created 11 years ago in the British Columbia, Canada and has 65 inhabitants. As such, Yarrow belongs to the 5% of ecovillages which survive the first ten years, according to statistics. Michael Hale from Yarrow Ecovillage writes about the art of sustainability. Thinking back a decade and more in the history of the Yarrow Ecovillage, one may … Read more
Children and Ecovillages Community as Teacher of Sustanability on all Levels
Kadri Allikmäe, from the Estonian ecovillage network, shares thoughts after her visits and research of 3 European ecovillage kindergardens, two Estonian kindergardens and one community, as a space for our future children. In the springtime of 2010, I visited Sieben Linden on a course focusing on the social aspects of community building. In our free time we were looking around the village and discovered this beautiful forest kindergarten. I had just returned to university to study pre-school … Read more
