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Gaia Ashram Internship

Date: 5 January – 6 February 2015
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Location: Nong Khai, Thailand, Thailand

The Pioneers of Gaia Ashram , 5th of July– 2nd of August 2015 The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep Ecology. The internship will be a holistic participatory learning experience & process. Interns will experience being part of the Gaia Ashram Community and we will live together for one month at– Gaia Ashram-. At Gaia Ashram we belief in holistic learning that balances the head, hands & heart. Gaia Ashram encourages participatory … Read more

National Cohousing Conference 2015

Date: 28 – 30 May 2015
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Location: Durham Convention Center - Durham, NC, United States

This Year's Conference promises an amazing lineup of offerings, from innovative approaches to developing new and affordable communities, to potent ways to enhance our vibrant communities. We will cover cohousing basics as well as hot topics in sustainability, community building, and the evolving definition of cohousing. Our “next generation theme” will explore the new wave of urban, senior and agricultural communities, check-in with our now-adult children of cohousing, and celebrate … Read more

Ashevillage Eco-Urban Program

Date: 23 March – 23 October 2015
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Location: Asheville, NC, United States

Work Site: Ashevillage Sanctuary, Asheville, NC Dates: March 23 – October 23, 2015 (with roughly 40 hours of preliminary online permaculture homework) Schedule: Monday-Thursday (full days) + special workshops two weeks in the season — details below. Room & board: Apprentices will live off site and make their own living arrangements. Leads on affordable housing will be provided. Fee: Includes Permaculture certification, water retention landscape & natural building workshops, primitive skills … Read more

Tagung “Modelle gelebter Nachhaltigk

Date: 30 – 31 October 2014
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Location: Germany

Auf der Tagung treffen Expert_innen aus den Bereichen Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Bildung und Zivilgesellschaft zusammen, um gemeinsam Fragen und Antworten auf die drängenden Herausforderungen im urbanen Raum vor dem Hintergrund des Ecovillages-Konzept zu finden. Informationen und Anmeldung: http://www.gelebte-nachhaltigkeit.de/tagung Leben in der Stadt - nachhaltig, sinnerfüllt, vernetzt – Ecovillage Lösungsansätze im urbanen Raum Im Rahmen des vom Global Ecovillage Network … Read more

3. Symposium

Date: 30 October – 2 November 2014
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Location: Germany

Wohlstand neu denken - Glück durch Zeit und soziales Miteinander der Generationen. Was können wir von anderen Ländern wie Bhutan u. Südafrika lernen, und in unserer eigenen Kultur neu entdecken und belegen? Wie wollen gemeinsam und generationenübergreifend Wege finden und erforschen, wie wir uns selbstbestimmt und solidarisch in den unterschiedlichen Lebensphasen von der Geburt bis zu Tod kompetent und vertrauensvoll begleiten können. Der Verein Schloss Tempelhof lädt in Zusammenarbeit … Read more

Communities Conference in VA

Date: 3 – 6 September 2015
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Location: Twin Oaks Community - Louisa, VA, United States

If you live or want to live according to the values of cooperation, sustainability, and equality this conference is for you. You’ll get something out of this event whether you’re brand new to communities and cooperatives, or have been living and working in them for decades. The conference focuses on Intentional Communities, including models such as Ecovillages, Cohousing, and Housing Cooperatives, and the larger cooperative movement, including all kinds of cooperative and collective … Read more

EDE – South Africa

Date: 14 April – 11 May 2012
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Location: South Africa

The Global Eco-village network (GEN) and GEN Africa initiated the first Eco-village Design Education (EDE) course in South Africa at Lynedoch Eco-village in Stellenbosch, approximately 50km outside Cape Town. 25 Participants coming from varying African countries and abroad gathered at Lynedoch Eco-village in Stellenbosch to witness and take part in the first Eco-village Design Education course held in South Africa. A mixed group of people passionately seeking to (re) connect to other people … Read more

Local Spotlight But Don’t We Need Economic Growth to Lift the Poor Out of Poverty?

September 23, 2014

As a group challenging the growth paradigm, one of the most common questions that we hear is, ‘But don’t we need economic growth to lift the poor out of poverty?’. While growth has been successful to this end in certain ways, there are also some unwelcome consequences of growth. We prefer to ask other questions, like ‘Do we need to target economic growth to help those in need?’ and even better, ‘How are people currently breaking the poverty cycle in sustainable and inspiring ways?’. … Read more

La Casa dels Llacs Vivir En Comunidad

September 15, 2014

¿Te apetece colaborar con nosotros? Somos La Casa dels Llacs, una comunidad basada en la sostenibilidad y el crecimiento personal y espiritual situada en Breda, un pueblecito del Montseny que queda a medio camino entre Barcelona y Girona. Tenemos un huerto y estamos habilitando otro más grande para poder estar auto-abastecidos en este sentido. Además tenemos animales (gallinas, perdices, patos, ocas, dos cabras y dos ponys) y espacios preparados para los niños, ya que uno de nuestros … Read more

XVII Encuentro de Ecoaldeas

Date: 3 September 2014
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Location: Spain

• XVII Encuentro de Ecoaldeas del 4 al 7 de septiembre • Jornadas de Incubadora (inscripción aparte) 7, 8 y 9 de septiembre PRECIOS, DATOS E INSCRIPCIÓN EN EL ENCUENTRO SIGUIENDO EL LINK http://bit.ly/1oQ03f8 DATOS DE LA CUENTA (Bantierra) IBAN: ES04 3191 0320 88 5113637218 BIC: BCOEESMM191 INSCRIPCIÓN EN EL MERCADILLO http://bit.ly/1odMtx8 VOLUNTARIADO (información e inscripción como voluntario en la RIE) http://bit.ly/UNvjzc SOBRE EL LUGAR DONDE SE LLEVA A CABO … Read more

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