Wars, climate change, economic and social injustices, have made millions of people refugees, with thousands dying, stranded on the borders of Europe, or the United States. At the recent GEN Summit in Dakar, Africa it was re-iterated that ecovillages are an effective alternative to migration, especially for young people. However, ecovillages of the Global North can also assist directly, by providing new opportunities for refugees. This is the story of Fayez Karimeh, from Syria - however, similar … Read more
Ecovillages and Climate: COP20, Climate Injustice and the GEN World Summit
By Robert Hall, Managing Director of Global Ecovillage Network – Europe During the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP20) in Lima, Peru, the governments of the world gathered in December, 2014 to discuss their contributions to the reduction of carbon emissions. The aim of the meeting in Lima was to prepare a much-need, far-reaching agreement in Paris in 2015. But the negotiations were stuck in the old paradigm, unable to think outside our present system to find solutions to the … Read more
CASA Latin America: Good News from Mexico
“Why spend time chopping down a tree that is rotting from the inside out when instead you could be focusing on making sure the young trees grow safely?” These wise words seem quite pertinent to the current sustainability movement across Mexico—and the globe. Fernando Ausin Gomes reports from Mexico. Mexico is facing turbulent, systemic collapse. During the last few months, struggles have arisen throughout the country to protest the disappearance of hundreds of people, and of government … Read more
The Evolution of Money: GEN ́s Role and the Proposed Ecovillage Exchange System
GEN could become the place to conceive a new paradigm of money. Jamie Brown (agent of Biomimicry in Switzerland), and Matthew Slater (an economy specialist), share about the background and proposal to create an exchange system of Ecovillages, and launch it at the July 2015 Ecovillage Summit at Findhorn, Scotland. Background: Why GEN Feels Poor Our money system is at the point of an evolutionary phase-change resembling the natural completion of a youthful growth period. Our global system … Read more
A Leap Forward From nettle production to handcrafting
Rural Women and economic well being is often regarded as an unrelated topic especially in a patriarchal society like Nepal. In this context, when village women gather together to empower themselves through their individual effort, it is worth a story to tell. Women of Sankhuwasabha, one of the rural mountainous areas of Nepal, are becoming empowered and economically stable through their own effort. The source of their empowerment is “Nettle Production”, also known as Allo in Nepali. These … Read more
Design Ecovillages & LB Communities
- Date: 23 – 28 March 2014
- Language:
- English
- Location: New Zealand
Tues, 24 March – Sun, 29 March 2015 This course teaches a sequential approach to designing an ecovillage/land-based community using permaculture design principles and methodology, culminating in small group designs which encompass each broad step. The course is designed as an advanced module for PDC holders as well as those well familiar with the concepts of Permaculture. In order to design harmonious human settlements which marry the needs of people with the needs of the land, we … Read more
Ecovillage Design Education Latvia,
- Date: 15 September 2015
- Language:
- English
- Location: Jejas Variceni, Latvia
The Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course is a programme of GEN partner, Gaia Education. The curriculum was developed over a number of years by a group of Ecovillage educators from around the world calling themselves GEESE (Global Ecovillage Educators for Sustainable Earth). Launched in Findhorn in 2005, the Ecovillage Design Curriculum is an official contribution to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development http://ede-smiltene.blogspot.com/p/contact.html … Read more
¿Necesitáis voluntarios?
- Languages:
- EnglishSpanish
- Location: Spain
¿Necesitáis voluntarios para impulsar vuestros proyectos? Nos gustaría apoyaros!! La organización Servicio Civil Internacional estamos buscando proyectos, iniciativas y asociaciones locales que necesiten del apoyo humano de voluntarios durante un corto periodo de tiempo (entre 10 y 15 días). Los proyectos pueden ser medioambientales, sociales, culturales, de dinamización rural, bioconstrucción, ecoaldeas, y todos los proyectos sin ánimo de lucro que sean en beneficio de la comunidad que … Read more
100 Million Nanonations the emerging cultural evolution
A superstition is an easy-to-understand concept that has no basis in reality. Believing a superstition blocks the perception of more useful possibilities. But superstitions are not called superstitions until they are recognized as superstitions. Before then they are regarded as the truth. A superstition that participants in modern culture have not yet identified as a superstition is “the nation-state.” This superstition became popular in the 1800s as a win-lose game (“If you get the resources … Read more
La RIE en Biocultura Madrid
- Date: 12 – 15 November 2014
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Spain
Un año más la Red Ibérica de Ecoaldeas estará presente en Biocultura Madrid del 13 al 16 de noviembre en IFEMA. La RIE participará dentro de Construyendo en RED, un espacio que reúne varias entidades, organizaciones y grupos para proponer alternativas para el cambio social. Puede encontrar todas las charlas aquí: http://www.ecohabitar.org/construyendo-en-red-biocultura-madrid-2014/ … Read more
