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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

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

Foro Políticas Agricultura Familiar

Date: 20 August 2014
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Location: Colombia

Foro nacional de construcción de políticas públicas para la agricultura familiar, comité AIAF Colombia 2014 Ano internacional de la cultura familiar. VIII Encuentro de productores ecológicos y sabidurías populares ECOVIDA. En el marco del ECOVIDA, el CIN para el Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar conmemorará dos años de su conformación con una serie de encuentros para promover la discusión de las políticas públicas para la Agricultura Familiar. Año Internacional de la … Read more

What is an Ecovillage? – by EarthDeeds Models of Living Well Together in a Post-Oil World

August 11, 2014

Ecovillages, by definition, are communities striving towards high quality lifestyles that have low ecological impacts. As such, they are modeling how we can live well and lightly together in a post-oil future. But even with their focus on renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and voluntary simplicity, ecovillages will never be able to reduce their impact to zero. In addition to reducing their ecological and carbon footprints, ecovillages also need to consider how to account for … Read more

ECOVIDA Manizalez 2014

Date: 20 – 23 August 2014
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Location: Colombia

ECOVIDA es el Encuentro de productores Ecológicos y sabidurías populares que nace desde hace más de 14 años en la ciudad de Manizales-Caldas, impulsado por el Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Caldas en la búsqueda de generar espacios de encuentro para el rescate del saber ancestral, campesino y étnico en torno a la agroecología y las agriculturas alternativas al modelo imperante. Desde el año 2000, nos hemos planteado la necesidad de compartir en comunidad las experiencias para trabajar en … Read more

Next Culture Initiatory Processes What is your next adulthood initiation?

July 14, 2014

Watch this silent video (7:08). Read every word. See how many of the initiations you have heard of before. How many have you never heard of before? Just because you do not know a thing does not mean that thing is not seriously undermining your life. What is your next initiation? How can you get it for yourself? Think of how many people in positions of power (government, special forces, secret agencies, advertising and news media, church, military, corporations, medicine, university) are … Read more

Sustainable is Possible: Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig at TEDxCarletonCollege

July 12, 2014

Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig is the Executive Director of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, the pioneering sustainability educator who heads up Ecovillage Education US, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Fellowship for Intentional Community. She believes strongly that sustainability is possible, assuming we can learn to cooperate, share and assess what really makes us happy, rather than staying bought in to the material excess culture we've been raised in. In addition to more common sustainability … Read more

NextGEN conference – DAY 2 Leadership & Appreciative Inquiries

July 9, 2014

Sessions of Leadership and Appreciative Inquiries with the NextGEN group was held by Ethan and Laura of the NextGEN Core Team. Laura opened the "Leadership-session" by presenting differences of the Hierarchy-organization structure symbolized by the Pyramid, and a Sociocracy-like organizational structure symbolized by the Circle. Ethan filled in with teachings from the Tao of Leadership. The group split in groups of three to discuss the topic, and to present their conclusions to the NextGEN group … Read more

Taller La Semilla de la Permacultura

Date: 28 – 31 August 2014
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Location: Colombia

Este es un taller diseñado con el propósito de empoderar a los participantes para que se conviertan en agentes del cambio hacia sociedades más conscientes de sí mismas y de su relación con la Naturaleza. Para esto se expondrá una metodología de diseño basada en la Permacultura y se entregaran herramientas prácticas para materializar sus proyectos de una vida en armonía con su entorno. Si asiste a este Taller podrá: Aprender, la metodología de diseño que ofrece la Pemacultura Conocer, … Read more

The Hero’s Journey

Date: 27 December 2014 – 12 January 2015
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Location: Italy

The intensive Residential Course “The Hero’s Journey” is the core of “La Città della Luce” School for Holistic Counsellors, which has been officially recognized by S.I.A.F. (Italian Family Counselor Society) a national accreditation body and professional trade organization officially registered and recognized in 9 UE countries (www.siafitalia.it). The objective of the course is to train and prepare the student to practice a supportive relationship between Counsellor and patient, starting from … Read more

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