We will gather at The Hive to share potluck, to view a talk with one of the GEN summit speakers and have facilitated discussion and engagement on the topic. This online summit is a great opportunity for our local community to gather around important issues relating to the climate crisis and our future. Come and join us! … Read more
Let us gather in community for this global online summit! Thank you Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) for bringing us all together around this essential table :) We will view 2 or 3 sustainability leaders speak on various topics, I (Kate) will facilitate some discussion and explorations and we will eat and enjoy each other's company. Venue: The Hive, Palmer Road, Muizenberg Date: Wednesday 6th February Time: 7 - 10pm Contribution: Bring a potluck dish to share and a cash donation to … Read more
A collective, collaborative community movement centred on knowledge and resource sharing for rural regeneration through collective actions and entrepreneurship. … Read more
Green Canvas of Light is a conscious sustainable Permaculture development project, intentional community, and place of Yoga and spiritual practice on a beautiful and fertile 50ha forest-farm in the Wilderness Lakes area of the Garden Route in South Africa. Fish Eagles, Leopard, Wild Boar, and Monkeys share the land with us. --- Full details about this project can be found on our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/green.canvas.of.light/ --- Vision: The creation of an … Read more
‘I can’t run from my continent —- my life work is in harsh conditions in Congo and South Africa – I have a huge need for spaces of deep connectivity to hold and nurture women’ – Lua A deep yearning has emerged for a space by woman for women to deepen the sharing and foster healing, restoration and inspiration. To meet this longing the GEN-Africa women leaders have put out a call for a 10-day ‘River of Life Retreat’ at Umphakatsi Ecovillage, on the banks of the Umphakatsi … Read more
The Global Eco-village network (GEN) and GEN Africa initiated the first Eco-village Design Education (EDE) course in South Africa at Lynedoch Eco-village in Stellenbosch, approximately 50km outside Cape Town. 25 Participants coming from varying African countries and abroad gathered at Lynedoch Eco-village in Stellenbosch to witness and take part in the first Eco-village Design Education course held in South Africa. A mixed group of people passionately seeking to (re) connect to other people … Read more
The Sustainability Institute is an international living and learning centre located outside the South African university town of Stellenbosch. Surrounded by the breathtaking beauty of the Cape’s towering mountains and rooted in an agricultural community needing to break free from its’ racial past, the Sustainability Institute provides a space for people to explore an approach to creating a more equitable society that lives in a way that sustains rather than destroys the eco-system within which … Read more
The Oude Molen Eco Village was initially conceptualised as a micro enterprise village by a social entrepreneur & established by a group of tenants in 1997 and grew within the 1st two years to 70 tenants. The property consists of a previously abandoned and vandalised psychiatric hospital with the Provincial Government as the lead custodian. The project has evolved with a variety of committees achieving many developmental milestones, having overcome many internal and external challenges and … Read more
Honeyville Nature Reserve is situated in the Eastern Cape bordering the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve.It is an hour from Port Elizabeth inland from Jeffreys Bay and Cape St Francis and St Francis Bay. It is composed of 800 hectares of land of which only 45 hectares are reserved for sustainable development. The remaining land is protected wild land and rich in biodiversity. Of the 30 hectares of old arable land we are currently farming organic produce on 10 acres.. We support a Permaculture ethos … Read more
Promote and learn about: - Trust for self and others - Promote optimum use of resource and low impact lifestyle - All voices must be heard - Promote daily activities on healing of body, mind, soul and spirit. - Allow spontaneity and creativity - Use and development of images supporting our vision - Research and practice on renewable energy, wastemanagement, biodiversity and innovative technologies - Natural learning promoted - Use rights based approaches to holistic sustainable … Read more
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