Trudy Juriansz shares about GEN Oceania and Asia. Two of GENOA’s key objectives for 2016 were to develop more authentic and trusting exchanges, and organize activities and initiatives from deeper levels of insight. We were able to do this through convergence, community building and through being more mindful of how the budget is utilized. We focused on one sub-regional gathering in partnership with an ecovillage and networks in the region and also on network coordination and strategy … Read more
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GEN North America Accomplishments in 2016
Cynthia Tina - GEN Trustee and GENNA International Coordinator reports. Collaboration continues to deepen among the partner organizations that comprise GENNA, which is currently GEN-US, the Fellowship for Intentional Community, and NextGEN North America. North America is a unique region in the fact that we have several organizations serving different aspects of the communities movement. Last year, these groups and individuals agreed to join forces as the GENNA Council, recognizing the … Read more
Ecovillage Movement in China An update on the Sunshine Ecovillage Network
The partnership and friendship between GEN and the Sunshine Ecovillage Network (SEN), in China has been growing in the past year, since the first Ecovillage Forum organised by SEN took place in October 2015, drawing around 500 interested participants. Ecovillage Design Education courses have previously been run in China, led by Pracha Hatanuwatr and Jane Rasbash, and many young Chinese have participated in ecovillage training elsewhere. Chinese representatives have been reaching out to GENOA – … Read more
Synergies between Degrowth and GEN Synergies between Degrowth and the Global Ecovillage Network
One of the most controversially discussed key tracks during the 5th International Degrowth Conference 2016 in Budapest was “Degrowth and other social movements”. Can degrowth be considered a movement? Does degrowth embrace all kinds of movements struggling for a sustainable future? On one hand, the notion of “degrowth movement(s)” was rigorously criticized for fragmenting the political struggle. It was also critiqued as umbrella concept for creating incongruous hierarchical relations between … Read more
Youth Ecovillage Design Education December 4th 2016 to January 8th 2017 in Auroville, India
The focus of the course: Discover the cultural heritage and richness of the Indian subcontinent. Experience one of the world’s largest & oldest Intentional Communities. Immerse in Pitchandikulam Forest as a host site with over 40 years of experience in Restoration Ecology and Integral Rural Development. Engage in personal self-exploration and worldviews by examining our connection to self and place. Investigate ecological experiments in Water Retention, Agro Forestry, … Read more
IT Solutions to Climate Change
IT Solutions to Climate Change is a project aimed at providing tools, information, and inspiration to empower people to adopt more sustainable living solutions. Project objectives include building a brand new website for www.ecovillage.org, featuring a page about ecovillage responses to climate change, connecting to the largest intentional community database on the planet, and constructing communications tools to serve the network and to inform the public. … Read more
Report – CASA Mexico "The Call of Salvia, 14th Council Held in Mexico Visions," November 21-28, 2015
By Coyote Alberto Ruz, Ecoaldea Huehuecoyotl, Mexico House From November 21-28, 2015 took place the 14th Vision Council, "Call of the Salvia," in Teopantli Kalpulli intentional community in the municipality of San Isidro Mazatepec, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The movement started in the early 1990s, with the Vision Council of Guardians of the Earth and it has bloomed to germinate many projects in communities, ecovillages, permaculture centers, networks and environmental groups, … Read more
ICSA Conference 2016 in Tamera “Community Approaches Towards Inner and Outer Peace”
ICSA Conference 2016 in Tamera Ecovillage (Portugal) July 1st-3rd, 2016 From July 1st-3rd, 2016, the International Communal Studies Association (ICSA) Conference will take place in the peace research community center in the Tamera Healing Biotope Ecovillage in southern Portugal. This year’s theme is “Community approaches towards inner and outer peace.” ICSA was formed in 1985 during an international conference held at Yad Tabenkin, the Research and Documentation Centre of the Kibbutz … Read more
January 2015 Ecovillage Transition Strategies for Whole Systems Change
Dear GEN-Network, dear friends of ecovillages in the world, The Global Ecovillage Network was founded in Findhorn, Scotland in 1995. Gaia Education grew out of GEN and was founded in 2005. This year, GEN and Gaia Education will celebrate our 10th and 20th anniversaries together. From 6-11 July 2015, we will return to Findhorn for a focused time of reflection: where has GEN come from, where do GEN and Gaia Education stand now and how can we serve best into the future? What is the future … Read more
March 2015 Celebrating 20 Years of the Global Ecovillage Network
We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. To move forward we must recognise that, in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms, we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. Established in Findhorn in 1995, the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) today connects more than 10,000 villages, urban neighbourhoods and intentional communities in more than 100 countries worldwide. Spanning all continents, … Read more
