Events - Global Ecovillage Network

Permaculture Design Certificate

Date: 4 March – 14 May 2017
Languages:
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Canada

P3's part-time Permaculture Design Certification is offered on 7 weekends in Montréal, from March 4th to May 14th, 2017. Classes are held at the Bitcoin Embassy office in the heart of the city, from 10am to 6pm with rest and lunch breaks throughout the day. During this course we will learn to read the landscape, analyse problems and design ecological solutions for the home, garden, farm and city. EARLYBIRD PROMO CODES! Use the codes below to save some money on your tuition when you register … Read more

Enoughness Finding Contentment in Life without Excess

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Leadership & Governance
- Culture
  - Wisdom & Innovation
- Economy
  - Planetary Boundaries

Writing for the Context Institute, Vicky Robin developed a pledge to guide people in finding peace with what they have and what they truly need I pledge to discover how much is enough for me to be truly fulfilled, and to consume only that. I also pledge to be part of the discovery of how much would be enough for everyone not only to survive but to thrive, and to find ways for them to have access to that. Through this commitment to restraint and justice, I am healing my life and am part of the … Read more

Graphene Miracle material?

Region: GENNA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Ecology
  - Renewable Energy & Transport
  - Water Cycles
- Economy
  - Planetary Boundaries

Graphene are extremely thin sheets of pure carbon first produced in 2004. It is the strongest known material with the highest electrical conductivity and has numerous other qualities, some of which promise significant advances in sustainable technologies and ecological restoration. Far smaller lighter batteries will benefit renewable energy systems, nano-porous sheets of Graphene can be produced to filter and desalinate water, it can extract radio-active elements from waste water and there are a … Read more

The Natural Step Framework For Sustainable Development A science based, holistic approach to defining and understanding sustainability

Regions: GEN Europe, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Lifelong Education
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design
  - Leading from the Future
- Economy
  - Planetary Boundaries

The Natural Step framework is * Based on a scientific consensus of the 4 basic principle ways in which humanity is destroying the biosphere. *Uses these principles as a lens to gain a clear understanding of how a project (business, product,community) is contributing to unsustainability. * Generates a future vision of how the project would look if it was complying with these 4 principles and was 'sustainable' * Allows for cross disciplinary communication using a common language that brings the … Read more

Online Food Hubs Farmer and buyer connected directly

Regions: GEN Europe, GENNA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Economy
  - Planetary Boundaries

Several online initiatives are popping up that connect buyers with local farmers and CSAs (community-supported agriculture plans) that offer a type of subscription for fresh produce. What that means is that you can't search on the website for broccoli and have it delivered alongside a box of diapers and a new flat-screen TV. Instead, through the initiated websites you can find local farmers in your area and see what types of products they offer. The farmers themselves — not the websites— handle … Read more

Open source appropriate technology (OSAT) Speeding up sustainable transitions by working together

Regions: GEN Africa, GENNA, GENOA

Areas of Regeneration:
- Economy
  - Planetary Boundaries

Open source appropriate technology (OSAT) refers to technologies that are designed in the same fashion as free and open-source software. These technologies must be 'appropriate technology' (AT) - meaning technology that is designed with special consideration to the environmental, ethical, cultural, social, political, and economical aspects of the community it is intended for. The OSAT principles ensures that people can freely use and build upon one another's ideas without paying big royalties to … Read more

Online marketing of Moroccan Argan products and handicrafts Selling Argan products and handicrafts through a womens co-operative online for fair trade

Region: GEN Africa

Areas of Regeneration:
- Economy
  - Planetary Boundaries

For women who produce Argan oil or make carpets, co-operatives can have an online website for them where they can sell their product nationally and internationally, enabling them to become more financially independent, as well as receiving the true commercial value of their products. … Read more

“Permaculture Design Certificate”

Date: 3 – 15 November 2016
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Location: Kin Kin, Queensland, Australia., Australia

The Noosa Forest Retreat Permaculture course on Australia’s beautiful Sunshine Coast will include the standard “Permaculture Design Certificate” (PDC) curriculum as created by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren This is a globally recognised education course on sustainable living design. This includes valuable hands on practical exercises plus experience with permaculture principles and systems including - animal systems, super compost making, swale design and implementation for water … Read more

Twin Oaks Communities Conference

Date: 2 – 5 September 2016
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Location: Twin Oaks Community , 134 W Old Mountain Road, Louia, VA 23093, United States

You can visit the Communities Conference Website at communitiesconference.org, and register for the conference at communitiesconference2016.eventbrite.com. 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 … Read more

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