ETA, co-hosts the Awakening Leadership Training program (www.awakeningleadership.net). We believe transforming our underlying worldviews and values are paramount in the global shift from systemic greed and competition, to systems of participation that promote common good, and recognise our interdependence with the natural world. Participants can join for one week, or the whole 5-month program. … Read more
Ecovillages
Fiji Ecovillage Transition Project
The Fiji Ecovillage Transition Project is an initiative by GENOA and GEN Australia, to engage the sustainability network of Fiji and to assist a pilot traditional village in the transition towards ecovillage. There are four key dimensions in ‘ecovillage’ - social, ecology, worldview (culture) and economy, integrating into a whole systems design.We acknowledge and respect that many Pacific Island communities are already strong in social and culture, and our role is to guide them to see and … Read more
Good Market
Good Market is a curated platform that makes it easier to find and connect with social enterprises, responsible businesses, changemakers, and other participants in the new economy. … Read more
Daruma Ecovillage
Daruma is a permaculture designed educational Ecovillage that facilitates life-long learning activities.Designed from the outset with permaculture principles in mind, the intention behind Daruma is to be a lifelong learning centre. There is no particular spiritual doctrine. Respect for others, old & young, and a natural curiosity & desire to learn seem to be common to all who visit here.Everything on-site can and is used for educational purposes, as are resources in the local … Read more
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
Beginning in just one village (1958) and extending the movement to service a total of more than 15,000 villages over the past six decades has been a fascinating adventure. Initially it involved an education program that aimed at enabling students and teachers to live and work with the most remote village communities in Sri Lanka, lending a hand and developing self-help initiatives. Within nine years the “service learning programme” had expanded into a full-fledged development movement in … Read more
Bowden House Community
We are a group of families and individuals developing conscious, authentic and eco-mindful living. We enjoy a culture of singing, meditating, working, gardening, celebrating and learning together, as well as hosting events for the wider community. We inhabit about 10 acres of land and buildings in the rolling green hills of Devon UK just outside Totnes the founding town of the Transition Network. … Read more
Kai Farms
Healing is at the heart of our mission. Working with nature using the principles of permaculture, we grow and share nutrient-rich, chemical-free food. We save indigenous and heirloom seeds. We teach education for sustainability in our Garden Nursery, Food Gardens, Tree Nursery and Living Museum of Native Trees. We are committed to food security, biodiversity, and care for people. … Read more
Wanakaset Network Thailand
Wanakaset Network is a community of practitioners of “Wanakaset” ecological self-reliance based on forest gardening first taught by Pooyai Viboon Khemchalerm. His home in Sanam Chaikhet, Chachoengsao is the meeting place for this network of farmers who mostly live around the Eastern Forest. A simple summary of the Wanakaset concept is Biodiversity + Knowledge = Abundance. … Read more
Twin Oaks Community
Twin Oaks is an income-sharing community of 100 people in rural Virginia. Founded in 1967, our life reflects our values of income-sharing, egalitarianism, cooperation and non-violence. We are self-supporting economically, and partly self-sufficient. Each member works 42 hours a week in our business and domestic areas. Each member receives housing, food, healthcare, and personal spending money. … Read more
Suwan Organic farmstay
The creation of Suwan Organic Farmstay is the culmination of a dream, one in which harmony values predominate. A philosophy of life where Nature is at the heart of every day.In northern Thai, nestled 20 km from the city of Udon Thani. Suwan Organic Farmstay is an organic farm of 32.000 m2, between biotope and biocenosis, you will discover the virtues of an eco-responsible tourism.We are an oganic farm that seeks to become auto sufficient on the long run. From vegetables to fruits, … Read more
