UF4D GreenLab Ecovillage

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About the Communities

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  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2009

What we do

The SING community is a vibrant, intergenerational settlement nestled along the White Volta Basin in the Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana. Rooted in traditional Dagomba culture and guided by the values of unity, mutual aid, and respect for nature, SING has long embraced communal living and sustainable farming practices. However, over the past decades, the region has experienced increasing environmental stress land degradation, erratic rainfall, youth unemployment, and a decline in traditional livelihoods.
In response to these challenges, our community, supported by United Force for Development International (UF4D), came together to form the UF4D GreenLab an ambitious initiative to create a regenerative ecovillage that not only restores the land but also empowers people. Our journey began with local youth groups, elders, and women’s cooperatives working side-by-side to envision a future where sustainability, dignity, and innovation could thrive hand-in-hand.
We are united by shared principles of ecological responsibility, local empowerment, participatory governance, and circular economy thinking. Our goal is to transition from linear, extractive models to circular, regenerative systems that honor both people and planet. Together, we are building a living laboratory—a place to prototype sustainable farming, green technologies, eco-housing, and community-owned enterprises.
We aspire to become a beacon of possibility for Northern Ghana and beyond: a place where climate-smart agriculture, renewable energy, waste-to-resource innovation, and cultural resilience come together to shape a new rural narrative—one led by communities, for communities.

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  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2009
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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Anyone interested in joining or collaborating can reach out to us via email or our website. We usually begin with an informal conversation to learn about each other, align intentions, and explore possible synergies. For longer-term engagement, we’re working on a participatory onboarding process that reflects our values of care, inclusion, and shared responsibility.

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  • Ghana

UF4D GreenLab Ecovillage

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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.
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