Events - Global Ecovillage Network

Yo Ecologico – Taller Vivencial

Date: 13 – 15 May 2016
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Location: Mas Franch - La Garrotxa - Gerona, Spain

Herramientas para la transición Interna y Global El objetivo de este Taller es explorar nuestras respuestas internas a la situación de nuestro mundo, tomar energías y prepararnos para tomar parte en su sanación. Para ello ofrecemos un taller activo, con diversas actividades y dinámicas en la Naturaleza, algunas en grupo, en parejas y otras individuales ahondando en nuestro interior. Este Taller está basado en la Ecología Profunda y El Trabajo que Conecta de Nuevo de Joanna Macy, … Read more

Fledermauswochenende

Date: 22 – 23 April 2016
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Location: Hof, Germany

Der in Medewege lebende Fledermausexperte Jan Enderle vom NABU lädt zu einem Fledermauswochenende ein. Nach theoretischer Einführung in die Welt der Fledermäuse geht es am Spätabend mit dem Detektor auf Fledermausjagd und am nächsten Tag werden Fledermausbehausungen gebaut. Leitung: Jan Enderle (Hof Medewege / NABU Schwerin) Referenten: Ralf Koch (Naturpark Nossentiner / Schwinzer Heide) weitere Referenten sind in Vorbereitung Ablauf Freitag: 18:30 - 22:00 Uhr: … Read more

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

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

Holistic Science

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Location: Schumacher College, Dartington Totnes, TQ9 6EA, Undefined

Western science is dominated by ‘reductionism’ – the idea that natural phenomena can be explained in terms of their component parts. Reductionism is incomplete, and can be counter-productive since it suggests that by analysing the ‘mechanical’ workings of nature we can fully predict and manipulate it. Holistic science recognises the limitations of this methodology, focusing instead on nature’s qualities, complexity and intrinsic value, giving a science fit to solve global … Read more

Remembering the future gardens Gardening along the Coromandel Coast

Region: GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
- Culture
  - Nature Connection
- Integral Design
- Ecology
  - Ecosystem Restoration
  - Seeds, Food & Soil

To practise a different sort of gardening ,inwardly planting fields of sincerity ,outwardly being clever enough to catch the smallest of rains.... to gain knowledge through doing acts that involve touching matter of all shapes and sizes and which can lead one to be able to see clearly.... To Create models that speak for themselves, that sing songs self evident in their simple clarity. … Read more

Responsible Tourism Community based tourism: how it benefits local people by creating revenue streams while protecting environments

Regions: GEN Africa, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Culture
  - Nature Connection
- Ecology
- Economy
  - Sharing & Collaboration

The Ecovillage Design Education course (EDE) is a wonderful way to promote eco-tourism. The social, cultural, economic and ecological potential that exists within coastal villages brings new and bigger visions for participants. Sandele Eco-Retreat hosted a second EDE for participants from 10 coastal villages. The participants decided to form PeCEN – “The People’s Coast Ecovillage Network”). It was emphasised that eco-tourism is just one of many possible local businesses and that it could bring … Read more

School yards to fruit forests Productive multi-purpose school grounds/ greening school yards or compounds/ school food forest/ school orchard gardens

Region: GEN Africa

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Leadership & Governance
- Culture
  - Nature Connection
- Ecology
  - Ecosystem Restoration
  - Seeds, Food & Soil

Integrated land use design (ILUD) is an inclusive and participatory process that is used by the SCOPE and ReSCOPE Programmes in east and southern Africa to green the schools and turn the bare school grounds into food forests. In the ILUD process parents, teachers and the students come together and redesign the school environment into a functional landscape that meets the needs of the stakeholders at the school. They plan, implement and monitor together the establishment of a multi-purpose and … Read more

System Blindness Overcoming blind spots in planning for sustainability : spatial and temporal systems blindness

Regions: GEN Africa, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Leadership & Governance
- Culture
  - Nature Connection
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design

The first problem is exacerbated because problems like atmospheric pollution are increasingly cause by millions of small, incremental damaging contributions to the biosphere (eg aerosols, car exhausts) rather than large scale, more obvious ones (like oil spills, factories). It is a death from a million tiny cuts. We see the parts but not the hole: out of sight is out of mind. This is spatial blindness The second issue, temporal systems blindness, is caused because problems are often only … Read more

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