Events - Global Ecovillage Network

Educating for transitions: ecovillages as transdisciplinary sustainability “classrooms”

Region: CASA
Impact: Community

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Lifelong Education
- Integral Design
  - Alliance Building
  - Leading from the Future
  - Stakeholder Engagement

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the pedagogical tools that can enhance transdisciplinarity in higher education and stimulate sustainability transitions, based on the case study of a partnership between the University of Brasilia and an ecovillage in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative study was carried out, based on professors’ experience, students’ reports and registration data. Emergent themes were discussed based on the concepts of sustainability transitions, … Read more

Tesis sociológica: Formas de organización social de la Ecoaldea “X”

Region: CASA
Impact: Community

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
- Culture
  - Vision & Purpose

El uso teórico común que se le da a la comunidad (como una forma de organización represiva) podrían mermar la imagen y el prestigio de las ecoaldeas a los ojos de la comunidad académica. Por lo tanto, clarificar, mediante investigación científica y datos empíricos, que las ecoaldeas no tienden a ser represivas sino todo lo contrario, podría posicionar a las ecoaldeas como una buena manera de organización, no solo desde la obvia y ya provada perspectiva ecológica, sino que también desde una … Read more

Sociological thesis: Organizational forms of the “X ecovillage”

Region: GEN International
Impact: Community

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
- Culture
  - Vision & Purpose

The common theoretical use of community (a repressive way of organization) could erode ecovillages’ image and prestige in the eyes of the academic community. Therefore, clarifying, through scientific research and empirical data, that ecovillages tend not to be repressive but all the contrary, might position ecovillages as a good way of organization, not only from the obvious and already proven ecological perspective but also from a social view. … Read more

‘Communities for Future’ Gathering

Date: 1 March 2020
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Location: 34 Glading Terrace, N16 7NR, London, United Kingdom

Beyond the summit! All welcome! Let’s gather again for an informal afternoon at my home to bring the amazing Communities for Future Online Summit 2020 into our local context. As per Kosha Joubert's encouraging words, when I set up the event hub: 'life knows where it wants to flow', a participant of our first meeting two weeks ago has kindly suggested to bring a 'watermark meditation' - for more info see instagram @sonderflow. We can also screen interviews, talk, connect with each other …. … Read more

Angkorhub: Communities for the Future

Date: 9 February 2020
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Location: 896 Angkor Night Market Street, Siem Reap Town, Siem Reap Province, 17252, Cambodia

Angkorhub is hosting the screening of presentations from the Communities for the Future Online Summit. We will stream the scheduled/available presentations, then follow on with discussions about the videos as well as exploring ways in which we can further develop our own activities and reach out wider into the Global Ecovillage Network. If we get positive feedback and enthusiasm to explore more activities we will seek to establish a more formal group. To register and join us please email … Read more

Communities for Future Get Together

Date: 9 February 2020
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Location: 34 Glading Terrace, Stoke Newington, N16 7NR, United Kingdom

Connecting with each other over the Spirit of the Communities for Future Online Summit 2020 to start a local hub that works with/for our local context … Read more

Climate Witnessing Community Presencing Event

Date: 9 February 2020
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Location: On Zoom at this link: https://zoom.us/j/4375266395, United Kingdom

Virtual practice space to collectively presence experiences of the Summit and what has arisen in us in relation to climate emergency, through meditation/contemplation, triads and group dialogue. Two meetings – Thursday, February 6th and Sunday, February 9th at 8pm UK time, held on Zoom at this link: https://zoom.us/j/4375266395. … Read more

Lisbon XR Communities for Future Hub

Date: 3 – 6 February 2020
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Location: CEM - Centro em Movimento, Rua dos Fanqueiros, 150 - 2º, , 1100-232 Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal

The XR Lisbon Regenerative Culture Group is delighted to invite all people of this city to attend the “Communities For Future” Online Conference organized by GEN (Global Ecovillage Network), for free and with us. … Read more