Events - Global Ecovillage Network

Achieving the Paris Agreement

Date: 11 November 2017
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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

Forgiveness practices Different approaches for respectful letting go, reconciliation and integration

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Health & Healing
  - Trust & Communication
- Culture
  - Mindfulness & Self Reflection
Stage:
- Maturing on the Path

The ability to achieve forgiveness and let go of past hurts is one of the most critical challenges many of us face on the road to attaining personal peace and inner balance. Forgiveness can be defined as the decision to let go of resentment, anger, and thoughts of revenge as a result of a real, or perceived offense, hurt, or wrongdoing against you. Forgiving someone does not mean denying a person's responsibility for hurting you, nor does it mean minimizing, or justifying the act. It does … Read more

Presenting your Project show your gifts and learn

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Leadership & Governance
  - Trust & Communication
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design
Stage:
- Maturing on the Path

Presenting your project is a great tool for many things: ● It helps you become more clear within yourself because you have to think about what you want to tell ● You can get great feedback from others and learn ● It is an important part in giving birth to your project: by talking the world starts to see it. So do it. This can be done in many ways (and is a fine art) here are some: ● create a poster (with premaid topics) and speak about that in front of one person, a group or an … Read more

Feedback skills Giving or receiving feedback is the Art of keeping our mind and our heart open to always be a student.

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Leadership & Governance
  - Trust & Communication
- Culture
  - Vision & Purpose
- Integral Design
  - Leading from the Future
Stage:
- Opening to the Unexpected

Increase our ability to give and receive feedback as a team will help us grow. Developing this capacity will help us face major conflicts or prevent them escalating. However, we need to be careful with the context in which people are not used to give and receive feedback. It is important to note the target goal, and my intention: am I releasing something and feeling better, or will this feedback serve to the common good? REFERENCES: https://www.cnvc.org/ … 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

Transforming Enemy Images Taking back ones own projections

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Trust & Communication
- Culture
  - Mindfulness & Self Reflection
Stage:
- Building the Circles

There may be a good reason why people have built up their enemy pictures. Honoring these reasons while also investigating this enemy image helps to open oneself to interaction and also to integrate and investigate the positive qualities that hide behind the initial appearance and behaviour of people. references: Mindell, Arnold (1997): Sitting in the Fire: Large Group Transformation Using Conflict and Diversity; Lao Tse Press, Portland Submitted by Pioneers of Change … Read more

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