INVITACIÓN Queridos Ecoaldeas y Redes Nacionales de Europa ! NextGEN - la organización juvenil de la Red Global de Ecoaldeas está llamando a los participantes de la conferencia ! Queremos saber acerca de sus actividades y fortalecer la conexión entre Ecoaldeas y la red. Por favor, transmita esta invitación a los jóvenes (edad 15-35 años ) en su comunidad. Muchas gracias - es tan bueno saber que hay gente como usted que hace el trabajo de transformación que está haciendo! NextGEN … Read more
Europe
Becas, proyectos europeos.
Hola compas. Contaros que hemos terminado con éxito la presentación de 2 proyectos para erasmus+. Uno de la RIE, con todas las organizaciones que presentasteis a tiempo la info. Que por cierto he firmado por todas y cada una de las organizaciones ya que nadie entregó el "mandato" firmado. ESte primer erasmus+ es una solicitud de unas 40 plazas para ir a "formarnos" en diferentes propuestas europeas. 10 plazas para el encuentro del GEN de julio en el Zegg, y a partir de ahí diversas propuestas. … Read more
asuntos europeos. comunicacion
Contaros como ha ido todo. Participamos en dos proyectos: 1-Erasmus+ mobilidad adultos Para viajar a otros lugares concretos para formaciones diversas. hemos pedido como 40 becas en dos años. Lugares: a los asequibles por el precio de las becas (que son poco dinero) 10 plazas para el GEN meeting en el Zeeg Tamera con el tema del agua Siben Lindes para un EDE Italia. apicultura Holanda: tecnologia low etc... hasta 8 paises. De momento esta en periodo de evaluacion. Esta es la que yo … Read more
Energía, agricultura y sociedad Culturas regenerativas pre-industriales - Hacia la regeneración de la tierra y las comunidades
(...)Pero así como tenemos muchos ejemplos de grandes civilizaciones que desaparecieron súbitamente por el mal manejo de sus suelos y otros recursos claves, también existen ejemplos en todos los continentes, donde las comunidades humanas establecieron éticas, prácticas y comportamientos, que lograron no solo mantener, sino aumentar la riqueza biológica y mineral de los ecosistemas.(...) Estas culturas pre-industriales sostenibles, muchas veces son ignoradas por nuestros historiadores, pues … Read more
Torn Between Russia and the West Is There a Third Way for Ukraine?
"Imagine a revolutionary group would spread a message around Maidan Square and over the Internet calling out to the youth and students, workers and activists, "Let's continue fighting on the streets, comrades! But above all, let's move to the countryside and start building the new culture." -- by Martin Winiecki As the standoff over Crimea threatens to escalate into an open military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, more and more evidence shows how the popular Maidan … Read more
GEN Europe Conference July 9 - 13, 2014, in ZEGG, Germany
The annual GEN Europe Conference is more than a meeting place for GEN Europe members. As the ecovillage movement is merging with other movements for decentralized solutions and applied sustainability - such as Permaculture or Transition Towns - it is a place where the most interesting developments are shared, discussed, further developed, and presented to an interested public, to community seekers, founders, and change makers of all kinds. You are warmly invited to join us and get an updated … Read more
Legislation for Regional Abundance Tamera Applies for Land Use Change
The region Alentejo, Portugal, is in an economical and ecological crisis. Alternatives are needed to create a way for people to return to the countryside, heal the landscape and create abundance in cooperation with nature. However, the legislation does not support alternatives - yet. In close cooperation with its county municipality, Tamera has started the official process for a land use change. It could be a pioneer process for many other ecological initiatives - in particular for growing … Read more
Namibia Visolela "Rosa" Namises´ Path from a Freedom Fighter to a Wise Woman: I love the world!
Visolela is a participant of the River of Life project, that was started in the first women's EDE course in South Africa in 2012. Women support each other to realize their strongest dreams. The story of an impressive woman, by Leila Dregger. Visolela Namises’ most eye-catching feature is her hairdo: Black and grey dreadlocks curl down to her hip. A style quite provocative in Namibia and other African societies, where in public life one would rather appear spick and span. That Visolela has not … Read more
Africa, Togo Women´s Projects against Rural Exodus - The Example of Tiyeda Abalah, Togo
"Africa will become independent when the intellectuals of the continent connect to their roots. When academics, instead of taking a white collar job, share and improve the lives of the people in their home villages." Following the completion of her studies in Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, 30 years ago, Tiyeda Abalah, (56, from Togo), moved with her husband Séda into his home village Baga. During the last GEN Africa conference, CIDAP in Baga was elected Ecovillage of the … Read more
For Margit Frederica Miller, remembers her
Margrit Kennedy, German architect and ecovillage pioneer, ecologist, writer, financial expert, and a visionary of an interest free economy system, died on December 28th at the age of 74. Her Norwegian student, Frederica Miller, remembers her. As a young architecture student, I first met Margrit when she came as an invited guest lecturer to a seminar we gave at the Oslo School of Architecture, called: 'Women, Ecology and Architecture in the early 80's'. She gave a brilliant lecture called "Gyn … Read more
