Two major crises of our time - climate change and the refugee crisis – are intertwining to reach historical dimensions. People the world over - and all beings of nature – are existentially threatened, with nowhere to turn to. Climate change, in the guise of a long-term drought from 2006-2011 was one of the factors that lead to the war in Syria. In the past three years, the number of people boarding rickety fishing boats – leaving Myanmar and Bangladesh for countries further south in … Read more
Virtual Meet up
- Date: 24 January 2016
- Languages:
- EnglishSpanish
- Location: Australia
Virtual Meet up Sunday 24th of January 6.30pm - 7.00pm - join the meet up and participate in the discussion - re-current event happening every Sunday http://www.meetup.com/ECOVILLAGE-CONNECT-HUB/ Please join the meet up group and go to the top menu discussion in the group to join the conversation … Read more
Join Friends of GEN Support what is close to your heart: GEN Small Projects Campaign
You can be part of making sustainable dreams come alive in 2016! All around the world there are communities and people doing amazing work to take care of people and the planet. There are incredible examples of the restoration of degraded ecosystems, rivers and lakes; the rebuilding of community support ‘nets’; the recognition of elders knowledge and ancestral wisdom; the development of economic activities and systems that create solutions and not just problems, to name a few. In … Read more
GEN at COP21, France "These are our friends that are being existentially threatened."
A GEN delegation of more than 15 leaders participated in the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris this December. Through our participation, we explored the questions: what role do ecovillages have in climate change and what do we seek to accomplish? … Read more
The First EDE Course in Palestine Waters of Hope – Nourishing the Heart of Sustainability
In November 2015, the first Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course took place in Palestine: two weeks of learning, sharing, and community empowerment. The village of Farkha has great promise for becoming a model of sustainable ecological development. … Read more
Co-Act: Together Network Dialogue with all Actors
The TOGETHER network has launched the CO-ACT project to counterbalance the power of economic lobbies by using radically different methods. Considering that co-responsibility not only includes local actors but also public policy makers and legal frameworks at other levels, it is not enough to apply pressure with technical reports, by connecting with high-level contacts, etc. There is also a need to develop a bottom-up process dialogue involving the largest amount of citizens at a local level, … Read more
Turkey Can we Try to Become Healers of these Souls?
“Peace at home and peace in the world,” was the motto of Turkey”s founder Ataturk. Turkey is currently riled with violence and aggression. Inci Gokman explores the question: “Can we try to become healers of these souls?” … Read more
Greece: Alternative Economy A Crisis can Turn into a Chance
The SKALA Ecovillage leverages the economic crisis in Greece as a chance to learn about and implement alternative economic systems. SKALA co-founder Anna Filliopu reports. … Read more
Tamera y su visión de la paz global,
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Chile
El proyecto de Tamera (http://tamera.org) ha trabajado desde hace 37 años en un modelo replicable de sustentabilidad social y ecológica. Algunas de los áreas centrales de Tamera incluyen la creación de comunidades que funcionen, nuevos caminos para amor, sexualidad y pareja, la restauración de la naturaleza, la investigación e implementación de tecnologías para auto-suficiencia en água, alimento y energía y cooperación no violenta con animales y los seres de la naturaleza. La presentación se … Read more
Incubadora
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- DanishDutchEnglishEstonianGermanItalianSlovenianSpanish
- Location: Undefined
21 representantes de nueve Redes Nacionales europeas de Ecoaldeas, entre ellas la Red Ibérica de Ecoaldeas RIE, se reunieron en Torri Superiore, Italia, del 31 de octubre al 4 de noviembre para comenzar a diseñar un programa de incubadora de iniciativas comunitarias sostenibles. El proyecto de dos años, "Programa Sostenible Comunidad Incubadora Partnership" (SCIPP), financiado por el Erasmus + diseñará un marco de apoyo para las fases más sensibles del desarrollo de proyectos e iniciativas … Read more
