Ecovillage Resilience +2.5 is in its final phase and we look forward to sharing the data and case studies collected over the past 2 years. In addition to highlighting the resilience, strengths and growing edges of ecovillages, the project team will be evaluating current practices, giving insight into how these can be replaced or adapted. While we prepare the final deliverables, explore what will serve your community and learn more about our partners. Resources from the Ecovillage … Read more
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Keystone Communities sustaining life through polycrisis
We are proud to announce that we have received funding for a new project - “Keystone Communities- Sustaining Life through polycrisis.” We are grateful to the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation for their ongoing willingness to support our work of weaving ways of hope, resilience, and local empowerment during a deepening polycrisis. This project is a continuation, widening, and deepening of our current Ecovillage Resilience project. It will allow us to include more people and communities, provide new … Read more
Kincentric Wisdom from the Auroville Retreat Kincentric Wisdom: Leading from within the wider web of life
The Kincentric Leadership project ended 2023 with an in-person retreat at Auroville in India, "Leading from within the wider web of life." This journey of inquiry welcomed multiple intelligences from our world both within and without, exploring what it means to step into Kincentric leadership. Read on to meet our guest speakers and explore the wisdom they carry. Our amazing guest speakers brought indigenous perspectives, personhood, rights of nature, and kincentric elements to … Read more
Global Earth Guardians Webinar
This unique event unites investors, visionaries, and change makers in a dynamic conversation unveiling the strategies for investment opportunities that can have a substantial impact on the future of our planet. Explore first-hand insights and expert viewpoints, listen to success stories, and delve into strategy, criteria, and a collaborative approach essential for sustainable investment opportunities that focus on healing the Earth and ensuring that we will not only survive but begin to … Read more
Ecovillage Impact – Final ReGEN4All Colloquium Explore Ecovillage Impact with the ReGEN4All project team!
ReGEN4ALL Colloquium 6: Ecovillage Impact Dec 14th at 11am UTC / 12pm CET Registrations: https://tinyurl.com/3a4dse45 Explore Ecovillage Impact with the ReGEN4All project team! The sixth and final colloquium will bring light to the impact of Ecovillages in different fields and scales. Steffen Emrich (gASTWERKe, GEN Europe); Rebeca Roysen (EVIST project - University of Basel) and Margarita Hamatsu (Adventures for Students) will share their experiences and explore questions such … Read more
Regenerative Educators Cross Pollinate Updates from the Community of Practice
This month’s Sprouts project opened the space to the wider Community of Practice and held a Regenerative Educators Cross Pollination session, a kind of reunion with our previous collaborators, with a vision to create more future collaborations. The updates from across the globe were incredibly inspiring. We learned from our partners that: In Colombia, the Minga work for food sovereignty continues. (A Minga is system of reciprocity where people come together to work towards a beneficial … Read more
Resilience Tracker Tool Release! The Resilience Attribute Tracker is getting it’s final polish and will be released into 20 ecovillages!
The Resilience Attribute Tracker is getting it’s final polish and will be released into 20 ecovillages this week! This survey tool for assessing social-ecological resilience and monitoring change over time was co-developed by all participants of this project from each of the five regions. Resilience attributes refer to the features of a system that contribute to its general resilience and capacity to respond to a range of possible disturbances, stresses and shocks. We explored six key … Read more
ReGEN4ALL Upcoming Community Events! ReGEN4ALL Events
November is generating lots of exciting community events and tools for the network! You can join the ReGEN4All team as they embark on their 5th Colloquium: Ecovillage Education & Research on November 15th at 19h UTC or tune in to learn more about the launching of the ReGEN4ALL E-Community Platform a space to promote your community events, share research findings, and more. The fifth colloquium will reflect on Ecovillage education and how academic research can both inform educational … Read more
GEN at COP28
The Global Ecovillage Network is excited to host four events at this year's COP28. Bookmark this page and come back when we get closer to the date to register and get the weblinks for each event. For the first year, UNESCO & the UN are launching a Greening Education Hub. We are delighted to join with two events exploring the ecovillage approach to regenerative education and climate action. Greening Education Pavilion | UNESCO's Greening Education Partnership Creating … Read more
Youth in Action: Navigating Challenges
With last month’s launch of the local projects, this month the Community of Practice held space for navigating any challenges that arose. It was important for the education practitioners to first celebrate the momentum generated from all the planning and weaving in of the school communities. And then, we took a step back to face head on anything that was or could be blocking the biggest impact we dreamed of. This is where the beauty of Community of Practice is revealed: no matter what one of the … Read more