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Permaculture Design Course in Tinos, Greece

  • Date: 22 September – 4 October 2018
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: Tinos Ecolodge, Greece

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, are coming to Greece and spreading the permaculture philosophy and way of life for the last 6 years. This PDC is fully certified by the Permaculture Association (Britain) and it includes 80 hours classes in 12 days in the unique Aegean setting of Tinos Ecolodge. … Read more

Día Internacional de la Permacultura

  • Date: 6 May 2018
  • Language:
      Spanish
  • Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica

Un día en cual los proyectos como huertas, jardines, fincas, granjas entre otros abren sus puertas para ofrecer la oportunidad de experimentar la Permacultura y aprender, se organizan charlas, talleres educativos, películas, entre otros eventos. … Read more

Self-built “Piggott” Wind Turbine

  • Regions: GEN Europe, GEN International
  • Areas of Regeneration:
    • Social
      • Diversity & Cohesion
      • Leadership & Governance
    • Integral Design
      • Contextualised Design
    • Ecology
      • Renewable Energy & Transport
    • Economy
      • Planetary Boundaries
      • Sharing & Collaboration

The Piggott Small Wind Turbine (SWT) is an open-source technology developed by Hugh Piggott, international expert in small wind energy with worldwide experience in building wind turbines and sharing his skills for 20 years. It is a solid, simple and efficient technology that has the advantage of being self-built, self-installed and self-maintained. It is therefore a reliable off-grid solution for electrification of rural areas that has been successfully used and replicated around the world. It … Read more

Achieving the Paris Agreement

  • Date: 11 November 2017
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: Conference Room at the Haus der evangelischen Kirche (House of the Evangelical Church) Adenauerallee 37, 53113 Bonn, Germany, Germany

This symposium on regenerative practices is being organized by a partnership of organizations including the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), Open Team, the International National Trusts Organisation (INTO), the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy and Zero Carbon Britain. This event will feature keynote presentations by Bronson Griscom, Director of Forest Carbon Science for The Nature Conservancy and Joachim Schemel, Deputy Head of Division, Climate and Environmental Policy Sustainable … Read more

Ecosystem Restoration Communities A People Powered Movement to Restore the Earth

  • Region: GEN Europe
  • Impact: Global
  • Areas of Regeneration:
    • Social
      • Diversity & Cohesion
      • Lifelong Education
      • Trust & Communication
    • Culture
      • Nature Connection
      • Vision & Purpose
    • Integral Design
      • Contextualised Design
      • Leading from the Future
    • Ecology
      • Ecosystem Restoration
      • Green Building
      • Renewable Energy & Transport
      • Seeds, Food & Soil
      • Water Cycles
    • Economy
      • Planetary Boundaries
      • Sharing & Collaboration
      • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Stage:
    • Facing the Dark Night

Ecosystem Restoration Communities offers a profound solution to land degradation, ecosystem destruction and the disconnect between humankind and nature. We do this by building naturally constructed communities on land that is highly degraded, and welcoming people to stay at the camp and learn how to restore land back to fertility. The communities also focus on teaching people skills in how to be radically sustainable, such as how to grow their own food, how to live zero waste, and how to … Read more

The Money Game What does money really represent?

    • Areas of Regeneration:
      • Social
        • Trust & Communication
      • Economy
        • Planetary Boundaries
    • Stage:
      • Opening to the Unexpected

    Play the money game! Rules as follows: 1. Each participant is asked to bring a sum of money that it would be an ‘edge’ for them to lose 2. Each participant reflects on what money means to them 3. Sitting in a circle, each person puts their money in front of them on, visible for all to see There are then three rounds (7­15 minutes each, usually around 10 minutes / round) 4. First round – in silence. Each person takes money as they need. There is no order of play ­ people simply take as … Read more

    Social Franchising Social franchising is a method for scaling up social enterprises by replicating existing well­functioning good examples.

      • Areas of Regeneration:
        • Economy
          • Planetary Boundaries
          • Sharing & Collaboration
          • Social Entrepreneurship
      • Stage:
        • Opening to the Unexpected

      The European Social Franchising Network (ESFN) has found some 65 social franchises in Europe. The largest of these, the Kringwinkel second­hand shops in Flanders, employs nearly 5,000 people, of whom 80% are disabled. Social franchising comprises three phases: 1. Pilot: identification of a business model which works well in at least one instance, and is transferable to other contexts 2. Development: codification of business processes to create tools such as a franchise agreement, … Read more

      Cooperation Dynamics Promoting cooperation instead of competition between individuals, groups and organisations, and across sectors.

        • Areas of Regeneration:
          • Social
            • Diversity & Cohesion
          • Economy
            • Planetary Boundaries
            • Sharing & Collaboration
        • Stage:
          • Building the Circles

        However, the idea of a Solidarity Economy and the cooperative movement generally challenges this logic and proposes an alternative. Instead, the idea and logic is that cooperation can help us to strengthen the organizations and projects although it is important and necessary to design appropriate structures and dynamics to help this unfold. Design of structures for intercooperation at different levels: ­ Reproductive Cooperation: are the dynamics of support that require us to share … Read more

        Social/Solidarity Finance Beyond Banks...

          • Areas of Regeneration:
            • Economy
              • Banking & Exchange
              • Planetary Boundaries
          • Stage:
            • Crossing the Threshold

          If traditional methods do not fit well with entrepreneurs who are in need of funding, what can we do? There are several ways to solve this need. We can use our network to request solidarity private loans at an interest rate of CPI or 0%. Or private loans at a market interest rate that is negotiated and which is sometimes organized as micro credits. Or we could become partners with a credit union that works with similar criteria to those of our organisation. This is a easier and faster … Read more

          Social and Solidarity Economy When economy is at the service of the people and not vice versa

            • Areas of Regeneration:
              • Economy
                • Planetary Boundaries
                • Sharing & Collaboration
            • Stage:
              • Crossing the Threshold

            We can also experience the economy at smaller scales ­ national, regional or local. And if we actually look at the etymological meaning of economy, from its ancient Greek origin “oikos” and “nomos”, we find it means “house” and “law or custom”. This leads us to an idea which roughly translates as "rules of the house”. We need an alternative vision of the economy based on people, whose wellbeing is the main purpose. At the same time, such an economy must be respectful of nature, … Read more

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