A Keystone Community is one that plays a powerfully positive role in safeguarding life-affirming conditions in its local social-ecological system, is based on values that encourage long-term thinking and solidarity, leverages culture to craft meaning, resistance, recovery and regeneration in the face of crisis, and is able to do so while absorbing shocks, avoiding tipping points, and retaining capacity for system transformation … Read more
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Ecovillage Impact – Final ReGEN4All Colloquium Explore Ecovillage Impact with the ReGEN4All project team!
ReGEN4ALL Colloquium 6: Ecovillage Impact Dec 14th at 11am UTC / 12pm CET Registrations: https://tinyurl.com/3a4dse45 Explore Ecovillage Impact with the ReGEN4All project team! The sixth and final colloquium will bring light to the impact of Ecovillages in different fields and scales. Steffen Emrich (gASTWERKe, GEN Europe); Rebeca Roysen (EVIST project - University of Basel) and Margarita Hamatsu (Adventures for Students) will share their experiences and explore questions such … Read more
ReGEN4ALL Upcoming Community Events! ReGEN4ALL Events
November is generating lots of exciting community events and tools for the network! You can join the ReGEN4All team as they embark on their 5th Colloquium: Ecovillage Education & Research on November 15th at 19h UTC or tune in to learn more about the launching of the ReGEN4ALL E-Community Platform a space to promote your community events, share research findings, and more. The fifth colloquium will reflect on Ecovillage education and how academic research can both inform educational … Read more
Community Resilience Tools What can ecovillages nurture today to be more resilient tomorrow?
This month the Ecovillage Resilience community of practice is starting to develop a new tool for all kinds of local communities to understand, track, and nurture their resilience. The tool will be a mix of what we're learning about resilience from our network and the latest research into attributes of resilience in all kinds of systems. To take a look at some of the background research, explore the resources below. The tool will be ready and available for everyone to use at the start of … Read more
CoFSA Presents a Collection of Conscious Case Studies
The Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA) is a movement of food, agriculture, and consciousness practitioners, convened by UNDP, and united around a common goal: to support people from across food and agriculture systems to cultivate the inner capacities that activate systemic change and regeneration. CoFSA has created a collection of case studies showcasing the application of consciousness practices and approaches that have the potential to unlock food systems’ transformation. Giving fuel … Read more
Sociocracy in Intentional Communities Conference
We are so excited to announce that registration is now open for Sociocracy for All's second annual Sociocracy in Intentional Communities conference! This year's conference is on November 19th. We'd love to see you there! This year's conference will have presentations from several communitarians and sociocrats immersed in intentional community including Crystal Byrd Farmer, Diana Leafe Christian, John Schinnerer, and SoFA co-founders Jerry Koch-Gonzalez and … Read more
Inspiring Futures: How Ecovillage Design Education Changes Lives
GEN Online Ecovillage Design Course Testimonial by Karen Wyeth Without the knowledge I gained through the Ecovillage Design Education course, I would have never had the confidence to speak to people about something as complicated as forming an ecovillage. I receive GEN newsletters on occasion, and when I learned they were offering an online Ecovillage Design Course, I thought right away that I’d sign up. I’ve been dabbling in community living for over 20 years, having … Read more
The 2022 European Ecovillage Gathering Stories from the movement
After three years, four days didn't feel like nearly enough for this homecoming European Ecovillage Gathering which was hosted by Ananda Gaorii, LØS (the Danish network),GEN Europe and GEN Ukraine in Denmark this past July. Hundreds of ecovillagers and explorers from across the world joined this exploration and celebration of ecovillage life, many for the first time. This year’s Gathering was characterised by a special weaving of the Ukrainian and Danish ecovillage experience showcasing in … Read more
Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) is a success! Celebrating with you the first EDE live Online Programme!
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
Starting an Ecovillage with Few Resources The story of a successful experience. Written by Simon Leclerc.
From the outside, the development of the Terre de la Reunion, located in the Laurentians, Quebec, Canada, seem magical. In 2010, my friend Serge Bolduc and I managed, with only $15,000 in our pockets, to create an ecovillage comprising 60 acres of shared mountain forest, 12 housing lots (with 8 houses built or under construction), and a common pavilion to be built. It took a lot of magic, because all this has raised its share of questions, reassessments and repositioning throughout the journey. … Read more
