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  Announcing the inaugural Eco Village Film Festival – celebrating the rise of sustainable communities around the world. Please share.   Eco Village Film Festival Sunday 3 Nov 2019 - 10am to 9pm at The Verandah Room, Maleny Community Centre 23 Maple Street, Maleny, Queensland, QLD 4552 Enquiries: [email protected]   Website has full program of speakers and films... https://ecovillagefilmfestival.com   ALL DAY pass and single sessions … Read more

  GEN Australia is undergoing some changes internally with new members joining the leadership circle, with fresh energy and input.  We are now involved in developing our network within Australia and also developing our external work through projects and seeking funding.  Here are some specifics:   Collaboration with GENOA to support the Fiji ecovillage network to emerge, with the launch of the Fiji Ecovillage Transition Project in August.  Please support this new network on … Read more

WHAT:  3rd Permaculture Convergence 2019 THEME:  “Permaculture: A NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL  APPROACH.” Let’s face the new climate together. WHEN:  November 22-24, 2019 WHERE:  Tagbilaran, Bohol   Permaculture or “permanent culture” takes its cue from the lessons that teach us how everything in nature works perfectly. However, to enable us to see this, we may have to drop our traditionally boxed-in thinking that has led us astray for so many generations. The concept of the overly … Read more

Ground Up Initiative (GUI) may cease to exist if we are unable to sustain our finances. We seek your help and support at this crucial point in time. Once again, GUI faces an uncertain future as our land lease ends in less than 11 months. We need YOUR support to make sure that this Kampung can continue to exist. Ground-Up Initiative has existed for 11 years in Singapore, and for a good reason. We want to connect urban dwellers to nature through direct participation on the land, especially in … Read more

It-neun Janchi (It is Janchi), an annual gathering that is organised by NextGEN Korea, is taking place for the 4th time in Yeong-deok, Gyeon-sang province of Korea.    The gathering is a space of experimentation where we establish an ecovillage which we envision altogether for a certain period of time in the midst of unique geographical context of Korea and East Asia.  Through the last few gatherings where we formed a village along with the friends of East Asia such as Japan and … Read more

  Can you hear this humming sound in the distance, moving closer in your direction ? As the native bees of Australia flying in groups, about twenty passionate change makers came together during GEN's Training of Trainers in order to learn how to voice and expand their message about the benefits of ecovillages. This is the sound of our stories.   We were all coming from diverse backgrounds such as ecovillage members, humanitarians, students, teachers, healers, events … Read more

Fiji project: GENOA is heading an exciting project in collaboration with GEN Australia, to support a pilot village in Fiji to transition to ecovillage. Shane (GEN Australia) and Trudy (GENOA) will be facilitating the first introductory workshop in August for key stakeholders, to help build the ecovillage network in Fiji as well as to begin working with the pilot village. Andrew (GENOA Trustee to GEN Board) recently attended the 5th UN Pacific Urban Forum in Nadi, where he met with several key … Read more