Hola compañer@s, siento comunicar que Loris, Jara y Estrella de Los Guindales no podremos ir al encuentro de verano de RIE. El verano pasado no iba a poder ir y al final sí he podido, este año me ha occurido lo contrario. He tomado esta decisión en último momento por tres razones principales: - Estoy realizando una obra cerca de mi casa, estamos en un momento muy delicado como grupo y en cuanto a su realización. Se precisa mi presencia aquí ya que las lluvias se acercan y hay temas … Read more
Latin America
Thoughts from Chile Weaving invisible territorial structures
Jaime H. March Fernández, representing Ecochile Network and CASA, reflects on bringing together the ancient wisdom of the land, the cultures, and the new movements for sustainability. … Read more
GEN Celebrating 20 Years in Findhorn Ecovillages Gain More Positive Impact
A silent revolution is presently occurring on our planet. Outside the major conurbations – in villages, slums, and town neighbourhoods – citizens are joining together to assume responsibility for their surroundings, for the nature around them, for social themes, and for their ecological and economic behaviour. In living rooms, in bars and around kitchen tables, ideas are discussed and initiatives are born which directly reduce CO2 emissions, revive communities and create job perspectives. … Read more
Open Forum o Foro Abierto del GEN
Aquí está el previo para el Foro Abierto de abril. Vamos a tener un tema apasionante: ¿Cómo podemos cuidar de nosotros mismos? Como personas y como organizaciones? ¿Usted como activista sienten que usted necesita para aprender a cuidar mejor de ti mismo? ¿Cómo usted va sobre eso? ¿Cómo podemos crear organizaciones que sean sostenibles, en las que la gente que trabaja no se siente quemado con demasiadas cosas que hacer? Aproveche esta oportunidad para aprender y compartir con la gente de todas … Read more
9th Call of the Mountain Latin America: The 9th Call of the Mountain - Setting a Pace for our Social Movement
In January, at the South of Colombia, at the very heart of the country’s conflict zone, ecovillagers, indigenous, afrodescendants, peasants and citizens were all together dancing, communicating, sharing and envisioning under the fiery sun crowning the mountains of Guambia, territory of the Misak indigenous people. They were there to celebrate the ninth gathering of the Call of the Mountain - Llamado de la Montaña 2015 - the most relevant annual gathering of CASA Colombia. Jennifer Trujillo … Read more
The Story of NextGEN The Story of NextGEN: Youth Perspectives Impacting the Ecovillage Movement
For the past several years, a group of empowered young people have been creating an inspiring movement within the existing ecovillage network. NextGEN is a youth-focused and youth-directed part of the Global Ecovillage Network. NextGEN is building youth-oriented projects in every region of GEN and its members represent a wide diversity of youth from around the world. This article by Ethan Hirsch-Tauber will share some of the different voices, in order to give a window into what NextGEN is, and … Read more
GEN History The History of the Global Ecovillage Network: 1991-2015
Ross and Hildur Jackson from Denmark were the driving forces in creating the GEN network twenty years ago. For the first time they share the full story from their perspective. All there experience and information is a great gift especially to the young people who now take over the responsibility for the network. The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) has now existed for 20 years and Gaia Education, which began as a GEN project, is celebrating its 10th year in teaching the principles of living … Read more
Editorial Newsletter March 2015 Editorial Newsletter March 2015: Celebrating 20 Years of the Global Ecovillage Network
We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. To move forward we must recognise that, in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms, we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. Established in Findhorn in 1995, the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) today connects more than 10,000 villages, urban neighbourhoods and intentional communities in more than 100 countries worldwide. Spanning all continents, GEN … Read more
Upcoming Events:
Some of the many meeting points of the movement: River of Life - Back to the Source. By Women for Women. Retreat for Community Leaders. March 27 - April 6, Umphakatsi Ecovillage, South Africa The River of Life Project was born within GEN to weave webs of kindness and trust for women’s empowerment, bringing sweet hope to places of harshness. More: http://ecovillage.org/de/node/5217 National Ecovillage Gathering in Chile April 2-5, Tierra de Domos (Land of Domes), Cajón del Maipo, RM, … Read more
Editorial Newsletter March 2015: Celebrating 20 Years of the Global Ecovillage Network
We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. To move forward we must recognise that, in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms, we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. Established in Findhorn in 1995, the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) today connects more than 10,000 villages, urban neighbourhoods and intentional communities in more than 100 countries worldwide. Spanning all continents, GEN … Read more
