Events - Global Ecovillage Network

ECCO 2017

Date: 6 – 11 October 2017
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Location: Alto Paraiso de Goias, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Brazil

For the first time since the creation of GEN, Brazil will host a meeting to bring together the Council of Sustainable Settlements of Latin America (CASA LATINA) and GEN. A Visions Council will be held with diverse activists, permacultores, educators, and indigenous leaders from across the planet to discuss and plan PRACTICAL ACTIONS for bioregional and planetary resilience. … Read more

European Ecovillage Conference

Date: 16 – 20 July 2017
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Location: Ängsbacka Kursgård, Nyeds-backa 511 660 60 Molkom, Sweden

The 21st annual European Ecovillage Conference gathers this year from July 16-20, 2017 in Ӓngsbacka, Sweden. Join us and hundreds of others from across the continent as we build a movement toward a more resilient, hopeful and interconnected future…today. … Read more

musical mud stomp festive earthen masonry's barefoot mud stomping

Region: CASA
Impact: Community

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Health & Healing
  - Leadership & Governance
  - Lifelong Education
  - Trust & Communication
- Culture
  - Art & Celebration
  - Nature Connection
  - Vision & Purpose
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design
- Ecology
  - Green Building
  - Seeds, Food & Soil
  - Water Cycles
- Economy
  - Social Entrepreneurship

Dance and entertainment creates a building material. Live acoustic music fuels the barefoot mud stomping dance which creates a spectacle, connects people to earth and creates an unsurpassed building material. … Read more

Playing for Change Music to Unite and Inspire Peace

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Leadership & Governance
- Culture
  - Art & Celebration

Playing for Change is a multimedia music project, created by the American producer and sound engineer Mark Johnson with his Timeless Media Group, that seeks to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. With fellow producer Enzo Buono, Mark traveled around the world to places including New Orleans, Barcelona, South Africa, India, Nepal, the Middle East and Ireland. Using mobile recording equipment, the duo recorded local musicians performing the same song, interpreted in their … Read more

The Man Who Planted Trees A Story to Inspire

Region: GEN Europe

Areas of Regeneration:
- Culture
  - Art & Celebration

The Man Who Planted Trees, is a short story first published in 1953 and tells the story of one shepherd's long and successful single handed effort to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the Alps in Provence throughout the first half of the 20th century. As the forest grows so the ecosystem is restored and people return. This classic and popular ecological tale has been interpreted in the theatre and made into an animated film. Clearly and simply it encourages a love of place and of … Read more

Bharatanatyam Indian Classical Dance

Areas of Regeneration:
- Culture
  - Art & Celebration

Bharatanatyam is a classical dance style from the South of India. It is called the 'fifth veda', and is considered to be one of the oldest dance practices in India. Known as Sadir until the early 1900s, it is recorded as far back as the 9th century. The name Bharatanatyam is explained two different ways. The first is that it is composed of related words: BHAva (expression) RAga (melodic mode) TAla (rhythm) NATYAM (dance) The second is that the name comes from a combination of the name of the … Read more

Building with Natural Materials Inspirational Ideas for Building with Natural Materials

Areas of Regeneration:
- Culture
  - Art & Celebration
- Ecology
  - Green Building
  - Renewable Energy & Transport

Modern building has become a sophisticated process using highly processed materials and fittings that are part of a huge global industry. Reclaiming power on a local sustainable level and respecting what our local environments can give encourages us to use natural materials from our surroundings. Built to express the local landscape and local traditions such building generally harmonises with the environment and feels a part of it. It should be noted that natural insulation materials are less … Read more