Network for Ecovillage Emergence and Development in the Sahel (NEED / REDES)

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NEED / REDES (Réseau pour l’Émergence et le Développement des Ecovillages au Sahel) aims at fostering the emergence and the development of ecovillages in the Sahel zone.
REDES is committed to play an active part in bringing relevant solutions to the complex environmental and socio-economic challenges communities in the region are facing in their daily lives. Its ambition is to cover all the Sahelian countries including Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and the Gambia.
REDES is a non-profit organisation, which was registered in Senegal in August 2015. REDES has its headquarters in the eco-community of Guédé Chantier (North of Senegal) as well as an office in Dakar.
Dr Ousmane Aly PAME, the founder and president of REDES, is a former mayor of Guédé Chantier. Moreover, he is a founding member and the president of GEN Africa.
REDES is the Sahelian branch of the Global Ecovillage Network/ Africa.
The objectives of REDES are to :

promote the best ecovillage practices to fulfill the vision of a green and peaceful Sahel
form socio-professional structures, especially youth and women associations, in the design and implementation of ecovillages
• increase awareness of local actors and decision-makers to better preserve the biodiversity of the Sahel
• promote social entrepreneurship for the creation of local businesses and green jobs
• promote social justice for more equitable and harmonious communities in the Sahel
• preserve our cultural, gastronomic and medicinal heritage, our sacred sites, our ancestral wisdom while opening ourselves to the fruitful contributions of new technologies
• educate international partners on the socio-economic, cultural and environmental realities of the Sahel to create strong, productive and sustainable alliances between local actors and partners sharing the ideals and values of REDES
• build local and international alliances to strengthen initiatives to promote social peace and the creation of community wealth in the Sahel region.

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January 1, 2015

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Senegal

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Ecovillage Platform Researcher

Which communities are missing from the ecovillage map? Help find and connect the projects near you with the Global Ecovillage Network and create their profile with public data and reach out to them and get them engaged! Volunteer with the GEN-International Platform team, Eva and Rodrigo, to help make this an amazing resource for the world.

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Which organizations are missing from the ecovillage map? Help find and connect the projects near you with the Global Ecovillage Network and create their profile with public data and reach out to them and get them engaged! Volunteer with the GEN-International Platform team, Eva and Rodrigo, to help make this an amazing resource for the world.

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Social Media Intern

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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Gaia Calling

The survival of our species relies on whether or not we act on the cry and the call of the earth we hear in our hearts. We humans, is a feedback mechanism of this self-regulating and living planet, Earth. We can feel and hear the cry and the pain of the Earth and we have the ability to creatively respond to this message in a way that would help the Earth to regulate herself, heal her pain and to thrive as an enlightened planet. As we are doing this, we also thrive in our human potentials. We are now having a wave of new “Earth Warrior” generation, who stands up for the right of Mother Gaia (Earth). They are the ones that care and wonder, the ones that seek to make a change in their own daily lives, the ones that take actions and the ones that unite others around them. Gaia Calling is for these Earth Warriors, warriors like you! We believe that the journey of regeneration might be long, but together we are stronger, wiser, happier and more determined than ever to reply to the call of the Earth. If you hear this call, please act on it! Before the earth stops talking. Key Objectives of the gathering are Healing – Empowerment – Connection – Action – Celebration. Click here to Register.