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ReGENerative Education Practitioners Training Interest Form

December 5, 2022

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: education

BLAST – New Resources for Transformative Learning Blended Adult Learning for the Socio-Ecological Transition

March 18, 2022

Completing a 2 year collaboration, we are proud to launch a series of resources aiming to build capacity for blended and transformative learning for socio-ecological transition. These include: Guides to Blended Learning and Communities of PracticeA competency framework for trainers and community catalystsA Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion methodology All of which you can find below! Collaboration Partners BLAST was a strategic collaboration of transformative educators … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: education, learning, resources, tools, transformation

Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) is a success! Celebrating with you the first EDE live Online Programme!

August 27, 2021

Celebrating with you the first Ecovillage Design Education LIVE Online Programme - according to the Gaia Education curriculum - which turned out to be a great success. The next offering will start on 12 March 2022, running on Saturdays for 4.5 months. Coordinated and facilitated by two experienced EDE trainers: Taisa Mattos and Macaco Tamerice, with well-known guest trainers from the Ecovillage Movement, from 14 different countries, including some of the GEESE, such as: Kosha Joubert, May … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Dimensions of Sustainability, education, intentional communities, sustainability

Launch of Communities for Future, Free Online Webinar Tuesday 22nd September, 14:00-16:00 CEST

September 17, 2020

With the goal to strengthen collaboration between community-led initiatives and local authorities for regional sustainability, GEN has been leading the Ecovillage Transition in Action project in collaboration with partner organizations. This project will showcase lessons learned to scale up many of the strategies developed by communities. In support of this, ECOLISE is launching the Communities for Future programme which values and puts communities and citizens at the centre of the … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: education, Europe, Webinar

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

2019 Hildur Jackson Award winner: ReScope Programme, Africa African educational programme wins annual prize from the Global Ecovillage Network and Gaia Trust

October 7, 2019

The ReScope Programme in Africa is the winner of the 2019 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. In the 2019 edition, 32 ecovillages and sustainable projects from all over the world applied to the Hildur Jackson Award. The prize is awarded to projects bringing the most impactful inspiration about … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Dimensions of Sustainability, economy, education, Hildur Jackson Award, rural development, sustainability, traditional communities, Video

Democratic Republic of Congo delivers its annual Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course

July 22, 2019

The GEN Democratic Republic of Congo network (GEN DRC) just delivered its annual Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course in Mingadi, approximately 1 hour outside Kinshasa. With the support of Vodacom, this two-week course provided training for 44 participants from 4 villages and was one of the first steps towards developing an ecovillage demonstration centre for the DRC. This event was the culmination of a very busy six months for GEN DRC and their lead organisation, Luc Lutala and his … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Consultancy, Democratic Republic of Congo, education, Permaculture, sustainability

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

Living the 4 dimensions of sustainability at La Cité Écologique in Québec Canadian Ecovillage shares best practices learned over several decades with the next generation

September 18, 2018

At La Cité Écologique, we believe it takes an ecovillage to raise eco-conscious children. For more than 34 years, we are consciously cultivating an environment where we can all explore our full potential, day by day. Here are some of our best practices among the 4 aspects of our community life: Social: To strengthen our social sustainability, the ecovillage is continually adapting its programme, services and projects according to the flow of life, the evolving needs of its members and new … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Dimensions of Sustainability, education, school, Showcase Ecovillage, Social, solar power

Ecovillage Design Education at Schloss Glarisegg Last chance to join!

January 7, 2018

The team of the Glarisegg EDE invites you to join their amazing 34 day exploration of how to be the change you want to see in the world - taking place from January 22 to February 25 2018 in the beautiful Schloss Glarisegg ecovillage in Switzerland. Sign up now to grab one of the last free spaces! This Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course, certified by both Gaia Education and GEN, is named "Creating a Transformative Culture" highlighting a new way of being and acting that organically … Read more

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Dimensions of Sustainability, education

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