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Ecological Economics thesis: “Livelihood options in ecological communities” "The Findhorn Ecovillage case, Scotland"

Regions: GEN Europe, GEN International
Impact: Community

Areas of Regeneration:
- Culture
  - Vision & Purpose
- Economy
  - Banking & Exchange
  - Social Entrepreneurship

Results indicate that, while basic needs are successfully met and there is high job satisfaction, the feeling of members about their economic situation, especially regarding secondary needs, is ambiguous. Also, the youngest interviewees have uncertainties about their financial future. On the other hand, the worldview of the members shows a lack of financial ambition and monetary goals. Theirs is a philosophy of voluntary simplicity. In this way, the presence of social capital seems to counteract … Read more

SAFECO Synergie des Associations Feminines du Congo

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Health & Healing
- Ecology
  - Water Cycles

The vision of SAFECO is to contribute to a Congolese society where women and adolescent girls in general, and in particular indigenous peoples and women living with disabilities, live in peace, have access to quality health care, to clean water, to an improved livelihood, to quality education, equal rights, and where the rights of nature are respected. SAFECO's mission aims to improve the conditions in which women, adolescent girls, women with disabilities and indigenous women in our society … Read more

Holigent Transition Town Live/Work pedestrian eco-village with a variable economy

Impact: Community

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design
- Ecology
  - Green Building
  - Renewable Energy & Transport
  - Seeds, Food & Soil
- Economy
  - Planetary Boundaries
  - Sharing & Collaboration
  - Social Entrepreneurship
Stage:
- Daring to Act

Build, test and demonstrate all-green self-organized live/work cellular pedestrian communities with hybrid economies and social contracts that will secure quality of life and true systemic sustainability for their residents. To counteract fragmented, Cartesian thinking, social philosopher Nicholas Frank has coined the term Holigent to describe the new qualities that emerge from holistic thinking (holistic-emergent). The blueprint for achieving this is featured in Frank's latest book (April … Read more