Events - Global Ecovillage Network

Algo + Que la Roya Del Café

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Al comenzar la cosecha de café en la Eco Aldea, nos percatamos que nuestros vecinos tienen poco o casi nada que cosechar. Sus parcelas están totalmente diezmadas. Si tradicionalmente Republica Dominicana era exportador de café, hoy su producción cubre solo un mes del consumo/anual, las importaciones representan el 92% de lo consumido Algunos, no muchos, comienzan a introducir nuevas variedades (sin conocer su origen ni comportamiento local), la mayoría se limitan a la añoranza de las … Read more

Enoughness Finding Contentment in Life without Excess

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Leadership & Governance
- Culture
  - Wisdom & Innovation
- Economy
  - Planetary Boundaries

Writing for the Context Institute, Vicky Robin developed a pledge to guide people in finding peace with what they have and what they truly need I pledge to discover how much is enough for me to be truly fulfilled, and to consume only that. I also pledge to be part of the discovery of how much would be enough for everyone not only to survive but to thrive, and to find ways for them to have access to that. Through this commitment to restraint and justice, I am healing my life and am part of the … 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

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

Ayahuasca Tea

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Health & Healing
- Culture
  - Wisdom & Innovation

Ayahuasca hails from the great forests of the Amazon. Ayahuasca is a medicinal tea prepared from Banisteriopsis Caapi, a jungle vine, combined with Chacruna/Rainha (Queen); Psychotria Viridis. Ayahuasca has a rich legacy of associated traditions, myths, therapies, rituals and aesthetics, spanning from the primordial roots of the indigenous tribes of South America, to diverse syncretic spiritual movements emerging across the planet. Also a deep spiritual medicine opening access to different ways … Read more

Arati / Aarti Ritual

Areas of Regeneration:
- Culture
  - Wisdom & Innovation

Arati is a Hindu religious ritual of worship, a part of puja, in which light from wicks soaked in ghee (purified butter) is offered to one or more deities. Aartis also refer to the songs sung in praise of the deity, when lamps are being offered. In doing so, the plate or lamp of Arati is supposed to acquire the power of the deity. The priest circulates the plate or lamp to all those present. They cup their down-turned hands over the flame and then raise their palms to their forehead – the … Read more

Swap Markets! A community exchange market to share our abundance

Regions: GEN Africa, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Lifelong Education
- Culture
- Ecology
  - Water Cycles

A Swap Market, or Swap Party is a community event, where people can freely exchange stuff that they no longer need, and receive stuff that others don't need. Instead of throwing things to the garbage, we give them away to others. Instead of buying something new, we can receive from others. Whereas consumerist culture pushes us to buy more and more things because we 'don't have enough', the Swap Market poses a joyful, sustainable alternative - there IS enough. There is abundance to share and … Read more

Grief Tending Ritual ( Sobonfu Somé )

Regions: GEN Africa, GEN Europe, GENNA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Health & Healing
- Culture
  - Wisdom & Innovation

The Grief Ritual is one of the most important of the Dagara people of West Africa. Sobonfu Somé, part of the Dagara people, brought this practice into the West. In Western society, the act of grieving isn't very common. Or doing 'emotional' work in a group setting is even less so. Increasingly people feel a lack of community or family feeling living such individualistic and disconnected day to day lives. However when we grieve together, not only does it help the individual to heal, it also … 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

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