Community Resilience Podcast

Whether listening to Dougald live or online, his powerful storytelling holds great warmth, a balm for the souls awakened to these times of endings. Dougald Hine is a social thinker, a writer, and a speaker. After an early career as a BBC journalist, he co-founded organizations including the Dark Mountain Project and a school called HOME, a gathering place and a learning community for those who are drawn to the work of regrowing a living culture.

Luea’s work is all about fostering long-lasting, transformative change by supporting people to share and learn together. Luea invites experimentation at the cutting edge of collective potential and wisdom, weaving transformative change processes, creative practices, trauma, and healing work with leadership and organizational development. Join us to hear the insights she both brought to and gained from working with the Ecovillage Resilience Project.

Today we are joined by Looby Macnamara, a renowned author, designer, gardener, song leader, mother, and artist. With over 20 years of experience in permaculture, she has pioneered approaches, blending systems, thinking, cultural awareness, design, and nature connection.

Join a conversation with a Allyson, Senior Research Fellow at the Resilience Alliance, and Ecovillage Resilience project co-developer. She has co-authored several foundational resilience assessment guides and has extensive international experience leading applied assessment projects in a range of systems. Learn about the methodology and systems design behind this inspirational project.

Join us as Trudy and Kin share their experiences and challenges both in their journey with the Resilience Project, but also in their endeavors of creating community and stewarding the region of GEN Oceania & Asia. Whether you’re interested in community building, sustainability, or simply looking for inspiration, this conversation is sure to resonate with you.

Today we meet Alfusainey, a dynamic leader and passionate advocate for sustainable development. Trained in Permaculture Design and Ecovillage Development, Alfusainey is the operations director at Sandele Foundation and played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Peoples Coast Ecovillage Network, which proposes a transformative development model for the coastal zone from Carfontine, Senegal to Kachuma, Gambia.

Today we speak to Rob Wheeler, the Ecovillage Resilience Project partner for The Farm Ecovillage and Education Center. In addition to his work locally, Rob has participated actively in the UN’s primary conferences and processes on climate and sustainable development for the past 25 years. Rob is the Global Ecovillage Network’s main representative in the United Nations and a newly elected board member.

In this episode Tanya recounts her inspiring journey with the Resilience Project, the challenges and opportunities she’s encountered, and how she’s contributing to a global movement for sustainable living. Emphasizing the importance of community, meaningful conversations, and practical solutions for a regenerative future.

Today, we have the honor of hosting two remarkable guests from Togo, whose dedication to community health, environmental conservation, and sustainable development serves as an inspiration to us all. This episode is also available in French: Resilience Ancree: Harmonie Spirituelle et Pratiques Traditionnelles dans les Ecovillages avec Koto Koku Agbee et Agbossoumonde Koffi du Togo.

In this episode, we take a moment to step back from our usual in-depth storytelling and instead, marvel at the framework that has allowed us to observe the ongoing exploration of resilience, adaptation and transformation in a >+2.5 degrees global warming scenario.