Solution Library - Global Ecovillage Network

Deep Ecology and Mindful Gardening

Date: 19 February – 5 March 2017
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Location: Thailand

Deepen our connection with nature through our head, heart, hands and spirit. Join us for this two weeks contemplative learning where we will learn together What is Deep Ecology as a philosophy, as a way to see and interpret life, as an approach to deepen our connection with nature and as a way of living. This two weeks program is designed to have balance of the learning through different channel of our being: Head: Theoretical learning, critical thinking, debate, discussion, deep … Read more

Gaia Ashram Teacher Internship

Date: 4 June – 1 October 2017
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Location: Thailand

Are you a Permaculturalist? Ecovillage Designer? Deep Ecologist? Builder? Gardener? Natural product maker? Healer? Herbalist? Nutritionist? Shaman? Dancer? Artist? Yogi & Yogini? Are you looking for a community to live to practice your knowledge and skills, a space to share your knowledge and skills with others, a place to use your knowledge and skills to create positive impact on earth? Then, you might be interested in this program! What is Gaia Ashram Teacher Internship … Read more

Earth Deeds Local Solutions to Global Warming

Regions: GEN Africa, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Lifelong Education
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design
- Economy
  - Sharing & Collaboration

Earth Deeds' online tools to enable all of us to acknowledge our environmental impacts and support meaningful projects that build local community resilience. We call this new system onsetting. Rather than “neutralizing” our environmental “sins” through carbon offsetting, Earth Deeds says, “Let’s be grateful for all that fossil fuels have enabled; let’s also recognize the environmental costs of burning these fuels; and let’s ‘pay it forward’ in ways that can help heal our world.” … Read more

Earth Deeds Local Solutions to Global Warming

Regions: GEN Africa, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Lifelong Education
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design
- Economy
  - Sharing & Collaboration

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

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

Electric Isle of Eigg Island Goes 100% Renewable

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
- Ecology
  - Renewable Energy & Transport

On 1st February 2008, the Isle of Eigg entered a new era, with the switching on of the island electrification project, which makes 24 hour power available for the first time to all residents and businesses on the island. Until then individuals were entirely dependent upon making their own power and the clattering of generators was always to be heard. Now, the generators are silent and suddenly they have leapt to the forefront of electricity generation using renewable energy resources. The … Read more

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