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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

Vidalia Ecovillage, Spain, Building the new normal!

September 24, 2021

This is the story of Ben. His journey took him to Vidalia Ecovillage in Spain, where he explored community and human relations through the flow of dance. Building the new normal! The climate crisis has emerged because the growing human community has taken more than was sustainable. With our natural resources depleting and more and more ecosystems collapsing – the change begins within. When we feel loved, whole and at peace in ourselves, we can stop taking so much, and begin to love – to … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Europe

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

“Peace Ark” Collaboration: Peace Valley (Australia) and Korogonas Ark (Greece) Success stories of the Twinning Project

March 15, 2021

As these two partners combined live in-person and online participation events they were realising that they have been creating an arc of peace around the world. Both projects focus on bringing inner/outer peace and regeneration and therefore were deeply motivated by the shared vision of building cross cultural understanding, mutual support and honouring each other’s contributions. This has extended the field of their work, contributing to more harmony and the manifestation of the Story of … Read more

Filed Under: Case Study Tagged With: Australia, Europe, Greece, Oceania & Asia, Twinning

A “New Story” Collaboration: Centre des Hommes (Togo) & La Bolina (Spain) Success stories of the Twinning Project

February 22, 2021

With the goals of promoting dialogue about local development and migration while supporting ecologically balanced social entrepreneurship, the twins Centre des Hommes (Togo) & La Bolina (Spain) turned their ideas of a New Story into reality. Together with the additional support from a GEN Ambassador, the two communities produced an educational video series and launched a website for Centre des Hommes. The Community members shared their experiences, exchanged resources, and reflected on … Read more

Filed Under: Case Study Tagged With: Africa, Europe, Twinning

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

London Climate Action Week’s Emerging from Emergency Urgency as a catalyst for action and regeneration

July 4, 2019

The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is one of the key solutions at the London Climate Action Week roundtable “Emerging from Emergency: Urgency as a catalyst for action & regeneration”. On Thursday 4th July from 12:30 PM to 5:00 PM (BST), the Club of Rome will host this high-level Roundtable at Chatham House, “Emerging from Emergency“, on harnessing the momentum generated by the growing climate emergency narrative, to shift from mere declarations to action. The meeting will convene the … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Advocacy, Europe, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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

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