Achim Burkard

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| Creando sensaciones

About me

ECOVILLAGE EXPERIENCES
1987 – 1989: Sulzhof (Ecovillage, Germany)
1990 – 1991: Cortijo de la Loma (Cultural center, Spain)
1992 – 1996: El Morreon (Sustainable settlement, Spain)
1996 – 1998: Wilde Rose (Ecovillage / Artists Community, Germany)
1999: 3 month participation in Tamera (Ecovillage / Healing biotope, Portugal)
2000 – now: Creation and direction of Valle de Sensaciones, Ecovillage Laboratory, Spain.
2010 – 2017: Team member and networking coordinator in the Global Ecovillage Network. Contact and visits to multiple Ecovillages in many countries
2010:- 2017: Yearly participation in the Ecovillage conferences of the European and the African Ecovillage Networks.
2024: Launch of the ‘Resonancia Community’
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
1989 – 2000: Travelling artist, craft man, and musical instrument maker
1996: Tutor of the musical youth camp (German musical council)
1997 – 1998: Co-organisation of ‘Arche Nova‘, Caravan of peace (Travelling community: 100 artists on the road)
1999 – 2000: Creator of ‘Medicine wheel of the senses‘ (artistic and educational park)
Since 2000: Direction and Community facilitation in Valle de Sensaciones (Experimental educative project about artistic sustainability)
Since 2000: Tutor for green building, eco-technologies, natural living, creativity, music.
2001: gained ‘Award about Research in Renewable Energy’ (por Caja España)
2003: Creator of ‘Community mandala’ (game approach to organize communal living)
2008: Designer and tutor of the 4-week educational program “Sustainable technics for tourism of special interest” in the commission of the Chilean government.
2010: Gained ‘Award for the best musical game’. (German Musical Council)
2008 – 2010: Design and administration of the Iberian Ecovillage Network website
2010: Participation and logistics of the television real-life documentary: ’21 dias’ seen by 4 Million people
2010 – 2017: Design and administration of the Global Ecovillage Network website and database
2014 – 2017: Communication facilitator of GEN international, global networking.
2012: Architect of ‘Solution Library’ (Educational sustainable online resource database of GEN).
Since 2016: Co-creator and organizer of the “ErosLab”. (Space to explore and heal love and sexuality)
Since 2020: Developing the “Resonancia Community” project

Languages

English
German
Spanish

Current Community

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Established

Resonancia Community

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Achim Burkard

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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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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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Organizations Platform Researcher

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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Events

Holistic Sustainability Semester

THE JOURNEY STARTS HERE: June 10-August 20, 2022 This transformational 10-week Permaculture Design Course / Intentional Community Immersion offers students an opportunity to integrate with natural rhythms of the land and experience the beauty, complexities, and intimacy of communal life within our 33 year old Intentional Community in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains The Holistic Sustainability Semester features internationally renowned teachers in five spheres of sustainability — Personal, Social, Ecological, Economic, and Worldview. We weave experiential learning, indigenous teachings, and deep nature immersion practices into the HSS. Immerse yourself in our Ecovillage and our 87-acre campus of oak savanna, camas meadow, permaculture gardens, woodland streams, and regenerating forest. MORE THAN A PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE IN AN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY Over these 10 weeks, students will integrate into our community, Meadowsong Ecovillage, and develop an understanding of the systems of governance and decision making (sociocracy) that we use. Students will learn communication skills in a safe and nurturing environment that allow for new growth, expression, and deeper relationships. Working with the land in our ongoing restoration projects, informed by indigenous practices and guidance, students will develop an understanding of how one can integrate into the ecosystem and the more-than-human world. Permaculture-based food production, preservation, animal husbandry and integration provide a basis for students’ future work in the world as rewilders, community builders, farmers, and changemakers. Stud