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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.

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.

La PERMACULTURA es una metodología de DISEÑO de sistemas naturales y construidos en escalas grandes y pequeñas, que tienen como objetivo la VIDA SUSTENTABLE de todos los seres con los que compartimos el planeta tierra, proveyendo y satisfaciendo las necesidades de la humanidad, construyendo un futuro abundante y próspero para todos. Su nombre PERMA-CULTURA viene de sistemas de agricultura que por ser sostenibles, permanecen a través del tiempo. Este curso estará enfocado hacia la regeneración de ecosistemas de la zona Altoandina Tropical resaltando las especies animales y vegetales, suelos, condiciones climáticas, modelos constructivos, culturales, entre otros, propios de dichos ecosistemas o provenientes de otros, pero acordes a estos., y acordes a su conservación. Al final del curso estarás en la capacidad de: Dar una explicación breve sobre lo que es la permacultura y su campo de acción, a parte de quedar enamorada/o eternamente de ella. Reconocer algunas de las especies animales y vegetales de nuestro territorio, y su manejo a grandes rasgos, a parte de tener a disposición la información necesaria para cuando decidas utilizar esos conocimientos y llevarlos a la práctica. Reconocer la clase de suelos que tenemos a nuestra disposición, su uso adecuado y aprovechamiento de técnicas ancestrales y actuales para su regeneración, aprovechamiento y mantenimiento a través del tiempo. Explorar las condiciones climáticas de un lugar específico y utilizarlas a nuestro favor en los sistemas de agricultura, construcción, manejo hídrico, sistemas de animales entre otros. Identificar el manejo del agua, como se hace una cosecha, almacenamiento, uso eficiente de ésta, el manejo del agua en el paisaje con un diseño hidrológico, el manejo de laderas, los cultivos acuáticos, entre otros. Reconocer las tecnologías y diseños ecológicos aplicados a los sistemas de permacultura. Identificar el factor social, espiritual, económico, político e incluso cultural de los asent

We had to wait 2021, against all odds, to see the very first French EDE. How come it was only the 1st? Why never before? Well, we know why. FHF. This is why making an EDE in France was a tough challenge to take on. And yes, we did it! The group of participants we had for this EDE was so diverse that no clan emerged. It is quite usual that people gather by affinity in small groups but here, the entire group stuck together no matter what. The glue was really strong. Some personalities were more extraverted of course, but with a real care for other’s presence and voice. To the extent to become a real counter-power: if we made any facilitation mistake, if we failed to propose in the most careful way and if it felt like we were imposing anything, we would be immediately in trouble. We knew it came from a childhood school trauma for these people, who were very open about it. It was an amazing journey to navigate the facilitation process with such awareness. This context led to something incredible during week two: a very quiet voice, Pauline, protested against the fact that they had agreed to community agreements on the first day but now, she said, they had to review them by themselves and check if it reflects who they really are. We, as EDE crew members, opened a space in the program for them to take the time to do it. They used Sociometry, a tool taught to them before, to assess the agreements. They counted in percentage who agreed or not for each topic. They even discussed about the structure of the program and finally approved it. It was a very beautiful real-life example of self-empowerment. One of the most iconic moment of this EDE was the Derdian roleplay in which they completely immersed themselves for three hours. The participants playing the indigenous Derdians went in the forest and created another set of social rules to add to the existing 10 social rules, making it even harder for the engineers to understand them. Howeve