ECOlonie - Centre Ecologique International

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Dutch
  • Social

Founding year

  • 1989

What we do

ECOlonie is an eco-village situated in the Northeast of France – the Department of the Vogese: right in the heart of western Europe.
This community dates back as far as 1989. There are about 17 permanent residents and each year approx. 150 volunteers (from all over the world) come to help.. Annually some 2,500 guests visit our community staying at the hostel, in the lodges or at the natural campsite. Many of them work with us or take part in workshops.
The community is firmly based on an organic way of living and working, tied in with art and spirituality. Here within the community is open and not dogmatic.
ECOlonie is an international meeting place where consciously living people will feel at home. On top of the amenities for the guests there are:

  • Large organic vegetable and herb gardens
  • Facilities to prepare herbs and herbal oils
  • An organic goat and cheese farm
  • An art studio

This beautiful and well organised eco-village welcomes everybody who would like to stay here as a guest, or as a volunteer who wishes to contribute to the development of this community.
Extensive information may be found at www.ecolonie.eu

  • Purpose
  • Social
  • Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Community type
  • Intentional Neighborhoods

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 1989
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
10

How to join

More information and an application form can be found on our website: https://www.ecolonie.eu/en/volunteering

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Location

  • France

ECOlonie - Centre Ecologique International

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  • Volunteering
2 months ago

Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
  • Events
12 years ago

Prácticas de Comunicación Profunda

Por Mar y Víctor Fecha. Domingo 12 de abril de 2015 Horario: 11 a 14 y de 16 a 19 horas. Aportación: 20 euros o Moras (moneda social), para el taller, sala y sostenibilidad Opción de comida vegana: 10 euros o Moras (moneda social). Puedes traer tu comida. Lugar: Rincón de los Sueños. Calle Ecoaldea, 1. Valdepiélagos Contacta con nosotr@s: vi****************@***il.com +34 918 416 045 Sobre el taller: Reflexionaremos sobre campos grupales, roles y rangos, y herramientas prácticas para conectar contigo y con los demás desde lo más profundo de tu ser, mostrando tu vulnerabilidad valiente. Es una invitación a abandonarnos con confianza a la dimensión sensorial y afectiva, en un viaje a nuestro maravilloso mundo interior, inspirados en las teorías de Gandhi, Marshall Rosemberg y Pat Patfoort. Objetivos: * Análisis de los modelos de relación-comunicación que utilizamos habitualmente. * Introducción y prácticas de las técnicas de Comunicación Profunda Programa: “Ojo por ojo y todo el mundo acabará ciego”. Mahatma Gandhi La primera parte del taller consiste en tomar de conciencia personal sobre cuáles son nuestras formas habituales de relación comunicación. Según Path Patfoort, en las relaciones humanas existe un desequilibrio Mayor-menor que representa la base de la violencia, expresado a través de nuestras reacciones de defensa, evitación o ataque, desencadenadas ante otras personas, y que se manifiesta en tres modelos constantes de relación-comunicación. Identificar y analizar estos modelos nos ayuda a constatar cómo nuestra fuerza vital se pervierte en violencia, visible o invisible, consciente o inconsciente. A partir de esta toma de conciencia podemos ir operando una transformación en nuestra manera de comunicarnos, de violenta a profunda y empática, en lo que la antropóloga Path Pathfoort define como la Equivalencia. “Sin aceptación y respeto por sí mismo uno no puede aceptar y respetar al otro, y sin aceptar al otro como un legítimo ot
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12 years ago

Permaculture Design Certificate Cour

Design for life with Permaculture Permaculture offer us new ways of thinking, doing and being that can be use individually and collectively to create sustainable human cultures in harmony with nature. 90 hours course with PDC International Certificate. The course program includes: ethics and principles, design processes, basics of ecology, water management, soil building, plants for permaculture systems, ecobuilding, energy, new economies, with regenerative ideas for: home, garden, neighbourhood, community, region….all supported by practicals, and additional topics such as deep ecology, Dragon Dreaming design…. During these 2 weeks we will have the opportunity to experience Permaculture alive in our day by day, as we will be living in an off-grid low impact “eco” village Los Molinos. We’ll be part of a community of teachers, participants and collaborators, creating spaces for inter-conexion, skills exchange and self organise workshops; and also spaces for dreaming and celebrating together!! Teachers: Monika Frank, Kirsty Heron, Mark Biffen, Jef Carrick y Patricia Cañas. Other guest facilitators to confirm… Investment: 575 € booking before 31 of August 605€ booking after 1 of September That includes all sessions, materials, the Certificate in Permaculture Design , all meals and accomodation in low impact projects– Sunseed y El Mirador. Concessions We would like to offer a reduction to one person with low income that is involved in environmental or social projects. We will only be able to confirm this after 18th September. We are also open to exchanges, reductions for help before, after and during the course, for one or two persons that can’t afford the course full fee. Venue: Los Molinos del Río Aguas – a low impact off-grid village located in the Natural Park of Karst en Yesos de Sorbas – in Almería Province (South Spain) Organized by: Cultura de la Tierra – Earth Culture in collaboration with: Sunseed, La Pita-Escuela y El M

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