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Sociocracy in Intentional Communities Conference

November 14, 2022

We are so excited to announce that registration is now open for Sociocracy for All's second annual Sociocracy in Intentional Communities conference! This year's conference is on November 19th. We'd love to see you there! This year's conference will have presentations from several communitarians and sociocrats immersed in intentional community including Crystal Byrd Farmer, Diana Leafe Christian, John Schinnerer, and SoFA co-founders Jerry Koch-Gonzalez and … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Europe, intentional communities, Latin America, NextGEN, North America, Oceania & Asia, traditional communities, urban ecovillages

Our Annual Report 2021 is here! How the Global Ecovillage Network is catalysing communities for a regenerative world

July 6, 2022

The Global Ecovillage Network is a growing and evolving international network of regenerative communities and initiatives. This year’s Annual Report presents the activities, impact, vision and mission of GEN and the organisations that make up the key parts of our network - the GEN regions and GEN International. We first provide an overview of GEN and our core frameworks, key performance indicators, and highlights of the year. We then share the accomplishments from GEN’s five Regions and … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Europe, Latin America, NextGEN, North America, Oceania & Asia, Report

Hildur Jackson Award 2021 winner: Global Permayouth Project

October 7, 2021

The Global Permayouth Project is the winner of the 2021 Hildur Jackson Award for Extraordinary Project! The Hildur Jackson Award is a €3,000 annual prize that supports and honours projects around the world that demonstrate regenerative best-practices in all dimensions of sustainability. The prize is awarded to projects bringing the most impactful inspiration about ecovillages/ecovillage lifestyles to a broad audience. In the 2021 edition we have received outstanding 25 applications from 18 … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Europe, Hildur Jackson Award, Latin America, Oceania & Asia, Video

Help us choose the Hildur Jackson Award 2021 winner! Inspiration From This Year's Most Impactful Ecovillage Projects and Solutions

August 20, 2021

We are absolutely thrilled to share with you the 10 finalists of the Hildur Jackson Award! The jury has had a challenging time deliberating, as we have received outstanding 25 applications from 18 countries and across all of the 5 regions. Together with Gaia Trust, GEN developed the Hildur Jackson Award, a €3,000 annual prize that supports and honors projects around the world that demonstrate regenerative best-practices in all dimensions of sustainability. Meet our 10 finalists for the 2021 … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: Africa, Europe, Hildur Jackson Award, Latin America, Oceania & Asia

“Green River” Collaboration: Jacutinga do Caparaó (Brazil) and Catfarm Community (France) Success stories of the Twinning Project

May 4, 2021

Water resiliency held a central theme in the youth-focused educational collaboration between these two communities, a partnership called Green Rivers. Members from Jacutinga applied their learning from an online course with Plant’agua association in Brazil, collaborating with 10 learners. They visited a local water planting school for inspiration and observed the terrains to develop locally relevant solutions that will guide them for the next 15 years. The results are already felt today, based … Read more

Filed Under: Case Study Tagged With: Brazil, Europe, France, Latin America, Twinning

Aldeafeliz Building the New Normal! BNN: Building the New Normal series - powered by Friends of GEN

October 15, 2020

Every day ecovillages and communities around the world are building a more authentic, connected and regenerating way of life. They want this to be their normal, and rather than wait for the world to catch up, ecovillagers go ahead and build it themselves. They know in their hearts that it is not only possible - it is also destined to be. With the story below, we are launching a campaign to celebrate the many people seeded around the planet who are building their own “new normal” through the very … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Latin America, Personal stories

Our Annual Report 2019 is here! How the Global Ecovillage Network is catalysing communities for a regenerative world

June 8, 2020

What matters the most is that the lands are healthy, the water is pure, the wind is free from viruses, and the human beings are at peace with themselves. - Calixto Suarez, Chief Elders of Arhuaco People, Colombia It is with great satisfaction that we release the Global Ecovillage Network Annual Report 2019. Our staff, partners, and members are diverse, creative, and driven by passion and commitment. We strive to ensure our projects and programmes are engaging, impactful, and contextually … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Advocacy, Africa, Annual Report, Board, Consultancy, Dimensions of Sustainability, education, Europe, Latin America, NextGEN, North America, Oceania & Asia, Report, sustainability, traditional communities, urban ecovillages

Our Annual Report 2018 is here! How the Global Ecovillage Network is responding to the state of Climate Emergency

July 1, 2019

We are proud to release the Global Ecovillage Network Annual Report 2018. Our staff, partners, and members are diverse, creative, and driven by passion and commitment. We strive to ensure our projects and programmes are engaging, impactful, and contextually relevant. When we reflect back on our accomplishments of 2018, we hope to ignite these qualities in our readers as well. Our annual report provides metrics, as we measure and track our progress and set new targets for the coming year. It … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Advocacy, Africa, Annual Report, Board, Consultancy, Dimensions of Sustainability, education, Europe, Latin America, NextGEN, North America, Oceania & Asia, Report, sustainability, traditional communities

Webinar: Privilege and Inequality in Ecovillages A Global Perspective Towards a New Story

May 24, 2019

May 2019 Global Ecovillage Network monthly webinar was hosted by NextGEN. Privilege and Inequality in Ecovillages: A Global Perspective Towards a New Story Ecovillages are integral to creating the beautiful world we know is possible. However, some of the same social patterns of inequality also appear within ecovillages. A global array of speakers will share how the inequality has impacted their communities, and we also invite you, the participants, to share your experience and insight. … Read more

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Africa, Dimensions of Sustainability, Europe, Findhorn, indigenous peoples, intentional communities, Latin America, NextGEN, North America, Report, Social, Webinar, Youth

Welcome GEN’s new President and Vice President

May 17, 2019

Welcome GEN's new President Jennifer Trujillo, and Vice President Cynthia Tina.  Jennifer Trujillo, from Colombia, is GEN’s new President. Jennifer is a consultant in organisational planning and networking, skilled in hosting the transformation of social movements towards participatory leadership and comes from Colombia. She brings to her new role a high level of enthusiasm, intelligence and skill - and we can already taste the breeze of change she will be bringing to GEN. Cynthia … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Board, Latin America, NextGEN, North America

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