Why Ecovillages?
Ecovillages have always been laboratories for the future and in these times of transition they become even more important. Find out about some key points in creating thriving and resilient communities.
What is an ecovillage?
An ecovillage is an intentional, traditional or urban community that is consciously designed through locally owned, participatory processes in all four areas of regeneration (social, culture, ecology and economy) to regenerate their social and natural environments.
Ecovillages come in all shapes and sizes, and can be found across the world: from traditional villages using age-old techniques, to modern settlements built with the latest in ecological innovations.
Would you like to learn more about ecovillage design and building community?
We have a special invitation for you!
Join us for a FREE workshop and spark or deepen your interest in regenerative community design!
Explore one of the many fun and meaningful ways to make your community thrive and resilient!
Register for Times of transition: Why Ecovillages?
Saturday the 24th of September at 12:00 – 13.30 pm (UTC), please find your local time here.
Live free workshop. Registration required
Here is what you’ll learn in the informative and participatory workshop:
- Introduction to ecovillages and GEN
- Why are ecovillages more resilient
- How to create community
- Key points in thriving communities
- Introduction to the online Ecovillage Design Education course
Curious about our upcoming online Ecovillage Design Education course?
Get to know Taisa Mattos and Macaco Tamerice, the lead facilitators of the EDE and find out more about the course and if it’s right for you.
Taisa Mattos – Facilitator
Taisa Mattos is an experienced Gaia Education certified trainer. She has coordinated and taught Ecovillage Design Education Programmes since 2009, having contributed to 27 programmes so far, all over Brazil also in Portugal, Argentina, and Mozambique, and online. Currently serving as Education and Research Coordinator at the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), Taisa works as an international trainer and consultant in the fields of sustainability, social innovations, and community life.
Taisa has been actively engaged with the Ecovillage Movement since 2004 and is the co-founder of Terra Una Ecovillage (Brazil, which she left in 2013) and other small urban communities in Rio. She is also an Ecovillage Researcher, Author and Board member of the International Communal Studies Association (ICSA).
Macaco Tamerice – Facilitator
Macaco Tamerice is a sociologist, a life coach, and expert in human processes specialised in community-building, inner transformation, leadership and conflict resolution. In her life she researched with passion how to regenerate our planet and human systems. She has been living at Damanhur, Federation of Communities since 1993, where she has held many roles of artistic and social responsibilities, also the top leadership positions in the community.
In 2008, she became Vice President and in 2009 President of the Global Ecovillage Network-Europe (GEN Europe) until 2015. She is one of GEN’s United Nations representatives and the President of the NGO Damanhur Education. Macaco is a multilingual international speaker, facilitator of many courses and seminars, has organized and taught 13 EDEs at Damanhur, in The Gambia, and online.
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