In Thailand, another exciting cooperative initiative between government - or stakeholders - of the South with the Global Ecovillage Network has commenced. GEN representatives join hands with ETA (Ecovillage Transition Asia), to support ecovillage strategies for sustainable development in South East Asia. Jane Rasbash and Kosha Joubert report. Bicycle water pumps, meals served in banana leaves, and beautiful hand woven cloth were just some of the attractions at a recent Ecovillage Festival at … Read more
Oceania & Asia
Ousmane Pame, President GEN-Africa Dr. Ousmane Aly Pame, President of GEN Africa: Simplicity and Sharing are the Roots of Happiness
New Series: Who are the People in the Ecovillage Movement? I saw him for the first time in the middle of the night, on the way to the GEN Africa conference in Sekem, Egypt. In a Cairo traffic jam, another van stopped next to ours, full of African men. In contrast to the tired mood in our car, they celebrated and laughed. With a funny hat on his head, one man seemed to entertain the rest of the group. Only later I learned that he is a political leader, an innovative visionary and one of the … Read more
A la vuelta de Can Cases Encuentro Ibérico de Ecoaldeas (Barcelona. 29 de Agosto-2 de Septiembre)
El otoño nos atrapará sin haber digerido todas las enseñanzas de este intenso verano. El hayedo de los mil y un ocres y amarillos nos volverá a sorprender sin haber podido aún procesar tanto aprendizaje. En realidad cada una de las personas del Encuentro Ibérico de Ecoaldeas era un aprendizaje, un testimonio de creatividad, de voluntad, de compromiso y honestidad. Cuando se juntan más de 300 participantes con todos sus testimonios, sus sueños, sus mimbres, sus barros a cuestas…, puede ocurrir … Read more
Oportunidad para jóvenes emprendedores
From: [email protected] Subject: Invitacion a Foro International de Emprendedorismo Innovador Juvenil en FInlandia Date: 17 August 2013 01:09:20 GMT+01:00 To: [email protected], [email protected] Reciba en nombre de ?La Red Mundial de Jóvenes Lideres Emprendedores? (WNYLE) nuestro cálido saludo. La presente es para invitar cordialmente a jóvenes talentosos de su organización a participar en el Taller Internacional sobre Desarrollo de Emprendimiento Innovador y … Read more
GEN Conference, 7-12 July, 2013: Celebrating a Worldwide Movement
Three hundred participants from fifty-one countries came together for five days at Schweibenalp Centre of Unity, Switzerland, to celebrate and share, present projects and ideas, and explore new strategies of collaboration. It was a remarkable meeting of minds and hearts that revealed, in many ways, the new level that the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) has reached in its eighteenth year of existence. Never have the international connections, mutual support, and love between the ecovillages of … Read more
Conferencia del GEN Europa Comunidad de Schweibenalp, Suiza. 2013
GEN Europe Conference. Schweibenalp, Suiza. Julio 2013. Son muchas y muy variadas las emociones con las que uno regresa a casa tras la Conferencia del GEN Europe ( la Red Europea de Ecoaldeas) que este año se ha desarrollado del 7 al 13 de Julio en Suiza. Esperanza, inspiración, alegría, motivación, agradecimiento, cansancio pero sobre todo pasión, mucha pasión por una red que ha sido capaz de reunir a unas 350 personas venidas de todas las direcciones del espacio representado 51 … Read more
NextGEN: Encuentro subvencionado para Jóvenes Ecoaldeanos y seguidoras.
Queridos amigos, y los representantes de NextGen, Junto con NextGEN, la GEN (Red Global de Ecoaldeas y comunidades)ha sido ver que un paso importante para NextGEN es que los representantes de todas las regiones diferentes para satisfacer de modo que una conciencia global y la conectividad en torno a actividades futuras puedan crecer. Actualmente contamos con sólidas redes NextGen emergentes específicamente en África, Asia y Europa, y la esperanza de obtener más información sobre las … Read more
Center for Transition Shall Help GEN in Australia
The Centre for Transition (CT) is based in Australia and was created out of a strategy planning session of Transition Towns Tasmania in late 2011. The vision for the CT was reinforced at Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland. Founder and CEO, Andrew Olivier, is also an Ambassador for GEN Australasia. CT will play a key role in helping GEN to get up and going in Australia. The CT plans to operate across Australia and will be a reference point to find out about workshops and intentional communities … Read more
Community Convergence The Fast Growing Ecovillage Movement in Romania
The last two years have shown a real trend of growth in new initiatives in Romania, and all over Central and Eastern Europe. There is an accelerating pace in the starting of new projects, and in the connections being made to the existing global and European networks. In June,2013, the new community Aurora, in Romania, will be the venue for Community Convergence. By Andrei Iuroaia Many new communities are being founded in Romania, and a growing number of people are intending to make the … Read more
Spirit of Asia NextGEN in GENOA gaining momentum
Half of the world´s population is under 20 years old. It is the young people of the planet - their resilience and positive power for a change - who are the vital future decision makers and responsibility holders. NextGen, the youth movement of GEN, has created educational and action tools to empower the youth of the villages - and to make them aware of alternatives to the current destructive power of globalization. In Thailand, Japan, Ladakh, Bangladesh and Australia, NextGEN has … Read more
