GEN Africa

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GEN Africa is the African ecovillage network, promoting social resilience, environmental protection and restoration of nature through the concept of ecovillages as models for sustainable human settlements. We actively support the development of ecovillages and networks in all parts of Africa.

GEN Africa is a membership organisation born in 2012 in Sekem Ecovillage, Egypt, with registered nonprofit status in Senegal and a close founding tie with GEN Europe. It is managed by a council of 5 members elected in December 2012 in Egypt, in addition to 3 coordinators of the youth network NextGEN and a five member Advisory Council. GEN Africa forms part of GEN International, an NGO with consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) commission, and a partner of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).

Thematic areas: education and capacity building; model ecovillages and training centres; advocacy; cultural heritage; healing and reconciliation; food sovereignty; natural resources and restoration; ethical business and fair trade; communication and information technology.

What we do: the African Ecovillage Network assists, educates and supports villages and communities towards self sufficiency, through social entrepreneurship and development of grassroots projects, while building solidarity and cooperation between people. GEN Africa makes visible the work already being done on the ground all over Africa, empowers African indigenous projects by connecting them to each other and to like-minded organisations worldwide, facilitates South-South and South-North exchange of inspiration, information and training, invites traditional village networks into the ecovillage network on the basis of deep respect for the wisdom they still hold, and holds a special focus on the need for North-South reconciliation work.

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  • Tambacounda Region, Senegal

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11 years ago

Seeds and seedlings exhange days

Seeds and seedlings exhange days Event program: -Announce starts: 01/03/2016 -Registration finish: 08/04/2016 -Location meetings: Location meetings will be held in several locations: KADIKOY : 09/04/2016 in Yeryuzu Association at 12:00-14:00 – Hasanpasa mah. Sogutlucesme Cad. No: 196/3 MERTER : 10/04/2016 in Karsi Kapi Association at 12:00-14:00 – Mete Sok. Baris Apt. B Blok No:8/6D TAKSIM : 16/04/2016 in Ek Bic Ye Ic at Gumussuyu Mahallesi, Inonu Cad. No 9/A, Beyoglu BOSTANCI : 17/04/2016 in Tohum Parki at 12:00-13:00 – 50 meter to the East direction from Bostanci Ferry Pier USKUDAR : 30/04/2016 in Kuzguncuk Bostani at 12:00-13:00 – Kuzguncuk LEVENT : 08/05/2016 in Kahve Dunyasi in Levent Carsi -12:00-13:00- Levent – Seeds and seedlings exhange day: 22/05/2016 in Yeryuzu Association at 12:00-14:00 – Hasanpasa mah. Sogutlucesme Cad. No: 196/3 Detailed info (Turkish): http://yeryuzudernegi.org/projedetay.php?id=51 Coordinators: SULE GONULSUZ su**********@*****il.com NURIYE KAYALI ka**********@***il.com We use local seeds and we provided those seeds from people who make organical farming. After we procure those seeds, we put them on a cycle. We organized “Seed Exchange Days”, where people could meet and exchange their seeds, their knowledge and experiences. We tried to take it one step further and we are trying to categorize the seeds. For example, -there is a bean seed. But which type of bean seed is it? Or we try to categorize the seeds according to their durabilty in which city they could grow. We believe that all the seeds in the World are people’s seeds and we want to share them with everyone.
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13 years ago

Learning from the Natural World (

Funds available for Europeans citizens and non-spanish! Registration Deadline 10 september- – Applycation Deadline for EU Funds – 17 September Applicants for this Course may apply for a Grundtvig Grant, please find the information below. OBJECTIVES To reflect on the development of European citizenship and identity, and the role that the natural world has within this framework; To discuss the notion of “nature rights” and the ecoCitizen To reflect on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech; to imagine the future of Europe and European citizenship To introduce the learning pedagogy and methodology of Paulo Freire: how can we bring the natural world into the learning environment? How can we create spaces that nurture learning for liberation? How can we facilitate experiential and participatory learning styles? To clarify how the lessons learned can impact on practice in the workplace METHODOLOGY The trainers will use a facilitative approach, eliciting the experience, knowledge and skills of the participants as a key resource throughout the course. An action-reflection cycle will be introduced. The pedagogy of Paulo Freire will be modelled as a participatory and experiential teaching/learning methodology. The collective skills and experiences of adult participants are a key resource in learning; Freire’s “listening survey” will inform the negotiated curriculum and “generative themes” (language and issues that have direct relevance and meaning for participants) will enhance meaningful learning. Freire distinguished between education for domestication (the “banking” concept, whereby adults are treated as empty vessels to be filled with knowledge by the expert teacher) and education for liberation, whereby facilitators and participants work together as problem-posers and problem-solvers, to create new knowledge rooted in their own collective experiences. Here at Sunseed we follow the same pedagogy, celebrating the crit
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8 years ago

Social Vegan Permaculture Design Course

During this fully certified 14 day permaculture course (certified by the Permaculture Association Britain and Roots n Permaculture school) we will delve deep into permaculture including how to design food growing systems, design low impact houses and create economies, while also enriching and taking care of nature. This Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is devoted to creatively facing the social demands of our time and it offers practical impetus to dealing with interpersonal challenges both in the private and professional environment. Special emphasis will therefore be put into experiential learning by creating a temporary community for the duration of the course. We apply Dragon Dreaming and social permaculture tools to design the course and grow as a community, making sure everyone’s needs are met, so we can all enjoy living together in a supportive learning environment. This 90 hour experiential workshop runs in two sections in July and in September. Each week is spread over 8 days, with one day off in between. Part 1: 30th June to 7th July (4th July day off) Part 2: 16th to 23rd September (19th September day off) The cost of putting on the course means we need to raise on average €720 per person FOR ALL 14 DAYS (i.e. part 1 and 2, not just part 1). However we invite you to propose how much you would like to contribute (no amount is too small, so please tell us what you can afford). See below for more details on the costings. Teaching will be in English. === WHAT IS VEGAN PERMACULTURE & WHAT TO EXPECT === Permaculture is a design system for creating abundance in all aspects of our lives, which is underpinned by ethics. In this particular case we look at how to achieve this without keeping animals locked into our systems (animals and insects are encouraged to come and benefit from our system, but are equally free to leave). Hence we describe it as Vegan permaculture. Permaculture is a rigorous and systematic set of tools, ecologica

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