20 years ago, more than 1000 displaced farmers and smallholders in Colombia´s North founded the peace community San José de Apartadó, a neutral village committed to non-violence and forgiveness in the armed conflict that had being going on for decades. They are still there. Sabine Lichtenfels, co-founder of Tamera/Portugal, attended the 20 anniversary of Tamera´s sister community. I am writing this from Colombia, where we – a small group from the Global Campus from Tamera/Portugal, Bolivia, … Read more
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Nature is Our Neighbour Sacred Activism at Govardhan Ecovillage, India
There are spiritual seekers and there are socio-environmental activists. Andrew Harvey, founder of the Institute of Sacred Activism explains that while spiritual seekers tend to disassociate from the material world of social, economic, environmental and political engagement, and are thereby not there for the world in its hour of need, activists fighting against the worldly socio-environmental injustices are prone to exhaustion and rage without spiritual development and practice. The need is for … Read more
Among Humans and Nature Peace is Respect for the Rights of Mother Earth
We humans are the only species living on the surface, under and above the skin of Mother Earth that have had the ignorance, arrogance, senselessness to pretend that Her nurturing elements: soil, water, wind, fire, mountains, rivers, oceans, insects, animals of all sorts, can be subjected to appropriation, abuse, domination, exploitation, and turned into resources, merchandised, destroyed, extinguished for our own benefit, greed and foolishness. Once upon a time we were grateful for Her power, … Read more
Invitation to Summer Festival The First Ecovillage in Palestine
Please join forces with the community of Farkha in occupied Palestine. Farkha became the first Ecovillage in Palestine and joined the GEN movement last year. From July 23 - 30 the community is holding the 23rd international Summer Festival. Locals and internationals will come together for one week of voluntary working on the solutions needed to create a sustainable regenerative village under the conditions of occupation. The week is dedicated to improve the livelihood of the village that has … Read more
Boletim Sustentável Especial Economia
presentamos o Boletim Sustentável do CASA Latina, desta vez com um especial sobre economia. Boa leitura! Boletim CASAlat Junho2017 PO … Read more
Boletín Sustentable CASA latina / Junio 2017 Especial Economía
Presentamos el Boletín de Noticias sustentables de CASA latina, esta vez con un especial sobre economía. Disfruten la lectura! Boletín CASAlat Junio2017 ESP … Read more
GEN Webinar: Catalysing Community Power for a Regenerative Future – with Kosha Joubert Wednesday May 3, 6 PM BST (British Summer Time)
GEN: Catalysing Community Power for a Regenerative Future - with Kosha Joubert Wednesday May 3, 6 PM BST (British Summer Time) - see you local time here Get your link to join! - https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4f48ca0b832855ddc5b9141539e44ee6 What is an ecovillage, and what kind of networks exist to represent and amplify their voices? Join the Global Ecovillage Network’s Executive Director Kosha Joubert to discuss what GEN is, what kind of work ecovillages are doing around the world, and … Read more
A Twin Journey between the Ecovillages Guedé Chantier and Damanhur A mutual learning and support experiment between two large ecovillages - one from Africa and one from Europe - show how North-South collaboration can look.
Brief introductions to Guedé Chantier and Damanhur communities Guedé Chantier is located in the north of Senegal, 480 km from Dakar, on the bank of Doué river and about 12 km close to the Senegalese border with Mauritania. It is an oasis in a semi-arid region with a short rainy season between August and October with less than 400 millimeters. The dry season is the rest of the year. Peak heat is May, and June can reach 45-47° C during the day. Guedé has a population of around 7,000 … Read more
Los Portales in Spain A Community in Service Of Human Sustainability and Global Transformation
Los Portales is a group of people and a community that was founded in 1984 with the intention of developing innovative ways of life in different areas (organic agriculture, holistic education in healthy and co-creative relationship to nature, soft and alternative medicines, arts, clean energies, an economy based on sharing and generosity, and above all, the empowerment of each individual) progressing in this way towards greater sustainability and self-sufficiency. In close relationship to nature … Read more
Ecovillage – 1001 Ways to Heal the Planet The Book on Ecovillages
"What a beautifully, lovingly constructed book! It conveys not only the variety and ideals of the ecovillage movement, but the heart of it as well. Kosha and Leila's book affirms the importance of ecovillages not just as an inconsequential alternative in the margins, but as an invitation to transform every place into an ecological collaboration between humans and the rest of nature." Charles Eisenstein The Ecovillage book by Kosha Joubert and Leila Dregger introduces a selection of ecovillage … Read more
