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Autumn Permaculture Design Course

Date: 23 September – 4 October 2016
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Location: Tinos island, Potamia, Akeratos, Greece, Greece

23 September – 4 October (11 days, 72 hours certificate) Led by Dr. Rod Everett and Mill Millichap We are excited to announce the first FULL PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (PDC) that will be hosted in Tinos Eco-lodge with two knowledgeable teachers and lifelong farmers from England, Dr. Rod Everett and his colleague Mill Millichap who are teaching permaculture since 1990 in various parts of the world and are coming to Greece and spreading the permaculture philosophy and way of life for the … Read more

Rejuvenating the essence of communty Sustainable Community Incubator Partnership Programme meeting in Park Istra, Slovenia.

February 1, 2016

19 representatives from nine European National Ecovillage Networks met in Park Istra in Slovenia, from January 18 to 22, to continue their work on the two-year Erasmus+ funded project “Sustainable Community Incubator Partnership Programme” (SCIPP). In October, the partners of SCIPP met in Torri Superiore in Italy for the first time to work on the outline of the programme. For the second meeting in Park Istra, Slovenia we started giving the framework shape and content.We carried out an … Read more

Retiro Yoga Naturaleza – Semana Sant

Date: 23 – 27 March 2016
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Location: Los Molinos del Río Aguas - Almeria, Spain

Yoga Integral, meditaciones en la naturaleza, conexión con los elementos, senderismo consciente, cantos devocionales “mantras” y más... Estaremos en plena naturaleza en el Paraje Natural de Karsts en Yesos de Sorbas, un Oasis en el Desierto. Todos los días de 8.00 a 10.00 realizaremos una sesión de yoga integral. Despues desayuno y un poquito de tiempo para descansar. Y hasta la hora de la comida diversas actividades como: meditaciones guiadas, actividades de contacto con los … Read more

Editorial Newsletter January 2016 Dear friends of ecovillages, dear ambassadors, members, allies throughout the world,

January 21, 2016

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

Diseño Informático en Permacultura

Date: 3 – 5 March 2016
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Location: Barcelona, Spain

El objetivo del curso es dar una buena base tanto a los diseñadores de permacultura como a los que se inician por primera vez creando diseños tipo de fincas de permacultura mediterránea partiendo de cero, en la que aprenderemos a diseñar a la misma vez que manejaremos los programas informáticos que nos darán buen un aspecto visual de nuestro diseño. Son los primeros cursos monográficos que se imparten en el estado español para aprender a utilizar las herramientas software para proyectos de … Read more

With RefuGEN on Lesvos Nothing prepares you for Moria

January 17, 2016

RefuGEN was created by GEN Europe to help support refugees arriving in Lesbos, Greece – more than 1,000 arrive to the island daily. GEN has established a volunteering hub on the island, committing volunteers through June 2016. Leila Dregger of the Tamera Ecovillage shares her experience as one of RefuGEN’s first volunteers. Want to help? Click here to volunteer. Donate (all RefuGEN efforts are volunteer). … Read more

Virtual Meet up

Date: 24 January 2016
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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

January 17, 2016

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

Charla Presentación Dragon Dreaming

Date: 5 – 6 February 2016
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Location: La Casa de los Sueños en Accion - Benimaurell (Alicante) y Centre UMA - Oliva (Valencia), Spain

¿ Tienes un sueño que quieres hacer realidad? ¿Estas involucrado/a en un proyecto y sientes que necesitas ayuda? ¿Formas parte de un grupo y queréis mejorar vuestro funcionamiento? Te invitamos a conocer esta técnica, su filosofía y aplicaciones CUANDO Y DONDE El viernes día 5 de Febrero 2016 a las 18:30 En La Casa de los Sueños en Acción, Benimaurell – Alicante El Sábado, día 6 de Febrero 2016 a las 12:00 En el Centro UMA, Oliva - Valencia INFORMACIÓN Y RESERVAS Charla … Read more

Carbon Farming The Best Way to Sequester Carbon and Reverse Global Warming

January 12, 2016

Many ecovillage communities have been experimenting with different means of carbon farming and have gone well beyond carbon neutral to become net-negative carbon communities. These villages provide best practices models for sequestering billions of tons of carbon and reversing global warming. Essential Reading: GEN Representative to the United Nations, Rob Wheeler, brings you stories of success from ecovillages around the world. We think it’s a must-read! … Read more

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