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The NextGENOA EDE and Networking Conference A training and gathering for young change-makers from Asia and Oceania

December 14, 2017

You are warmly invited to join and support this intensive training and gathering of young Asian and Oceanian change-makers on the topic of holistic approaches to sustainability! Both training and conference take place at the Gaia Ashram in Thailand, one of the operational homes of NextGENOA, GEN Oceania and Asia's youth branch. You can read more about the location and programme here. To make it easier and accessible for young people to attend the programs, NextGENOA are woking to keep … Read more

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Ashram, NextGEN, Oceania & Asia, Youth

GENOA – From Deeper Levels of Insight

January 25, 2017

Trudy Juriansz shares about GEN Oceania and Asia.  Two of GENOA’s key objectives for 2016 were to develop more authentic and trusting exchanges, and organize activities and initiatives from deeper levels of insight. We were able to do this through convergence, community building and through being more mindful of how the budget is utilized. We focused on one sub-regional gathering in partnership with an ecovillage and networks in the region and also on network coordination and strategy … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ashram, Findhorn, intentional communities, NextGEN, Oceania & Asia, Youth

Gaia Ashram Internship Come together to learn about Ecovillage Living

May 18, 2016

Gaia Ashram is an alternative education center on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture & Deep Ecology. We are based on 2 1/2 hectares of land in the North-East of Thailand. We are actively tranforming this land into a beautiful productive forest. At Gaia Ashram we offer programs, internship, courses & volunteer oppurtunities for all those who are interested in taking care of beautiful planet earth, Gaia. The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ashram, Permaculture

Mahuá Ashram * Una Ciudad de Luz Un Prototipo de Vida Sustentable , Educación y Consciencia.

April 16, 2016

Video Presentación Proyecto Mahuá * Ciudad de Luz * Ciudad de Luz * Un Prototipo de Vida Sustentable , Educación y Consciencia como inspiración del significado y la magia del vínculo consciente entre el Ser Humano y los Reinos de la Naturaleza. Un espacio de convivencia comunitaria que recupera la importancia de la primera célula de la comunidad: La Familia viviendo la belleza, la armonía, el respeto de la vida del alma… Un laboratorio de proyectos innovadores, creativos y solidarios … Read more

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Mexico: The Power of Grandmothers The Story of Kalpulli and Grandmother Hope

January 7, 2016

The Power of Grandmothers can create and maintain healthy communities - just like this one from Mexico, collected and translated by Tracy Barnett. Esperanza Moran was not a young woman when she decided to pack up her family, leave the big city and stake out a claim in the wilderness with an assorted band of spiritual seekers. The eldest of her five children was already in college; she had co-founded the first School of Love, a program dedicated to exploring the divine feminine within, and had … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ashram, Europe, indigenous peoples, Latin America, Report

Auroville, India Renewable Energy in Auroville

January 7, 2016

Auroville, a growing international township near Puducherry on the Coromandel Coast in India, is an inspiring model for sustainable practices and ecologically-responsible living. Founded in 1968, Auroville is based on the vision of The Mother from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and is endorsed by UNESCO and Government of India as an ongoing experiment in human unity. Over the years, Auroville has won international acclaim for its efforts in social and environmental sustainability. The efforts and … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ashram, indigenous peoples, Oceania & Asia

Ecovillage Summit in Dakar, Senegal Results, Challenges, and Consequences

July 1, 2015

Update - GES Reports The Official Reports from the GES Summit are now available - read them here: GES Report - Supporting Documents Transition 2 Resilience - Participant Reports Fundraising & Program Development GES GEN-Africa General Assembly The Senegalese Ecovillage Network: The Past, Present and Future GEN Ecovillage Transition Strategy 2015 - 2020   From December 10-14, 120 people from 40 countries met for the first International Ecovillage Summit in … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Ashram, Dimensions of Sustainability, Europe, Findhorn, Report, traditional communities

Big Changes in Communities magazine! Now All-Color + 100% Recycled Paper! - Plus Spring Issue "Community for Baby Boomers"

December 30, 2014

Big Changes in Communities! We’re excited to announce two major changes in Communities magazine, starting with our Spring 2015 issue. Fulfilling a long-held dream of better aligning our production process with our ecological values, Communities is now printed on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. Not a single tree fell to produce our new issue of Communities. We are thrilled to be using this beautiful matte-finish recycled paper from our new printer, Ovid Bell Press, and to be … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ashram, economy, gift economy, intentional communities

Thailand I Want to Be a Fertile Seed

March 15, 2014

Om Sunisa Jamwiset, 34, from Thailand speaks about her path in developing her full potential as a woman and an activist. I was born in a small village in Nong Khai Province, by the Thai-Lao border, in Northeastern Thailand. My village was very beautiful. It was like an island, surrounded by water. I used to play a lot in nature with other kids. When I was about 11-12 years old things started to change. Concrete roads were laid on our playground. Big trees along the river where we used to … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ashram, Oceania & Asia

News from the East Spirituality in Shiram

March 15, 2014

Shiram – is a community in Russia, united by the idea of deep self-exploration. 'Shi', which means in Russian “Game Master’s School”, reflects its focus on using Games for transcendence of human beings. 'Ram' comes from 'ashram'. The community has existed since 1990, with places in the urban areas of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. From 2007, they have been building an eco-village in Tverskaya oblast on a piece of land near a river and wild forest. This article is about Shiram´s understanding of … Read more

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