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Giving Tuesday 2019: donate to GEN now We invite you to join this global campaing of generosity

December 3, 2019

The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is thrilled to announce that we’re one of the thousands of organisations taking part in this year’s #GivingTuesday campaign, to be held on the 3rd of December. And you can help GEN to catalyze the power of community for a regenerative world. GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and every day. Support the Global Ecovillage Network, … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: economy, gift economy, sustainability

Re-imagining the World through Ecovillages Insights from the Youth - Part of a series of curated blog posts and articles written for, by, or shared with the NextGEN Europe team on this years GEN Europe Conference.

August 15, 2018

Thoughts and Words by: Grace McGrade     -     Photo Credits: Ciska van Stuijvenberg Imagine an alternate universe, where people are self-governing, sovereign, and focused on nurturing environmental and social change. Imagine alternative currencies, gift economy and a “we” focus. Relationships with substance and joint purpose.  Imagine quitting your nine to five and having the leisure to focus on delving into the subconscious, on growing what you love and building a system that serves … Read more

Filed Under: GEN Conference Tagged With: Conference, economy, Europe, gift economy, NextGEN, Youth

What is an Ecovillage? Reflections from the Network

April 27, 2017

An ecovillage is an intentional, traditional or urban community that is consciously designed through locally owned, participatory processes in all four dimensions of sustainability  (social, culture, ecology and economy) to regenerate their social and natural environments. GEN’s definition of ‘ecovillage’ is broad, allowing for many different kinds of communities and projects to be recognised. Because each ecovillage is designed by the people who live there, according to their vision, … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Dimensions of Sustainability, economy, Findhorn, gift economy, intentional communities, Permaculture, traditional communities, urban ecovillages

The Tsunamika Doll: Auroville’s Symbol of Hope for Tsunami Survivors

September 14, 2015

Auroville, a community in South India aspiring towards human unity, was among the many communities hit by the December 26th, 2004, Indian Ocean Tsunami that was caused by an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra. From out of the disaster and devastation emerged many projects, bringing community spirit back within Auroville and connecting Auroville to its neighbouring Tamil villages. One of the beautiful stories is one of a little doll named Tsunamika, shared by Kavitha Urvasie Selvaraj. The … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: economy, gift economy

the Great Unification Inspiration for the End: "Free Your Choice" - the Great Unification

March 21, 2015

Yan Golding, a yoga instructor, permaculture teacher, dancer, and community builder, co-founded a pioneering eco-community called Khula Dhamma in South Africa, organised and co-facilitated the first Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) in Brazil, and is now living in Southern Portugal where he intends to co-create another ecovillage. He is also part of the steering group that is spear-heading a bio-regional Transition Initiative of the Western Algarve. He unfolds his plan through this poem. Let … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, economy, gift economy, indigenous peoples, intentional communities

Japan Japan: New collaborations Have Emerged

March 21, 2015

Spring has come. Under the soft and warm sunlight, Mom’s Lunch-Box Shop, of As-One Community, becomes very busy with orders for local people’s spring events in Suzuka city, Japan. But there is also another reason to be busy this year. Hiroko Katayama / As-One Community Suzuka, representative of GEN-Japan, reports. The members of the As-One-Community are getting busy being guides for the participants of a study-trip. There is a new stream in Japan of people that are facing the real conditions … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: economy, gift economy, Report

Slovenia Slovenia: The Time when Ecovillages were Places Faraway in the Woods is Over

March 21, 2015

The following article about ECOLISE and GEN, written by longterm ecovillage activist Nara Petrovič from Slovenia, was published in the Delo Newspaper, one of the biggest mainstream media of the country. It can be likened to GEN as it is today: a modern and open movement for global change. What connects us, brings us joy and is good for everyone: for ourselves, for our communities and for the Earth? Can civil society think and plan further into the future than that which currently directs … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: economy, Europe, gift economy, Report, urban ecovillages

GEN History The History of the Global Ecovillage Network: 1991-2015

March 21, 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

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Consultancy, Damanhur, economy, Europe, Findhorn, gift economy, Kibbutz, Latin America, NextGEN, North America, Oceania & Asia, Report, traditional communities, Youth

Ecolise. Nara Petrovic The time when ecovillages were places faraway in the woods is over

February 28, 2015

What connects us, brings us joy and is good for all: for ourselves, for our communities and for the Earth? Can civil society think and plan further into the future than those that currently direct global development – primarily politicians and economists? Can an umbrella alliance represent community-lead local development and thereby long-term interests of people and nature, thus radically changing global development goals in Europe or even in the world? These are the questions raised by … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: economy, Europe, gift economy, Report, urban ecovillages

Big Changes in Communities magazine! Now All-Color + 100% Recycled Paper! - Plus Spring Issue "Community for Baby Boomers"

December 30, 2014

Big Changes in Communities! We’re excited to announce two major changes in Communities magazine, starting with our Spring 2015 issue. Fulfilling a long-held dream of better aligning our production process with our ecological values, Communities is now printed on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. Not a single tree fell to produce our new issue of Communities. We are thrilled to be using this beautiful matte-finish recycled paper from our new printer, Ovid Bell Press, and to be … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ashram, economy, gift economy, intentional communities

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