The People’s Coast Ecovillage Network was founded as a result of two ecovillage and permaculture design courses in 2014 and 2015 that brought together villages in Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau, inspiring them to create a bio-regional approach to eco-development. … Read more
Permaculture
Gambia: Our Ecovillage Network Founding The People’s Coast Ecovillage Network in The Gambia
The creation of this new ecovillage network enables us to speak with a single voice as eco-champions. Throughout all of our activities, we are engaged in the mitigation of climate change and globalization. We are green warriors for Earth and the environment. … Read more
GEN Africa Cover Letter Summer Newsletter 2016
GEN Africa is sowing the seeds of hope and abundance on the African continent Dear Readers, It is a privilege and honour to have a special GEN International Newsletter entirely focused on GEN Africa and the fantastic community dynamics our network is implementing and supporting throughout Africa. Since its birth in December 2012 on the fertile banks of the River Nile, GEN Africa has been spreading its roots across the African continent, inspiring grassroots communities and their … 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
Report – CASA Brazil Third National Gathering of CASA Brazil By Henny Freitas, Councilor from CASA Brazil
Through a round of introductions among participants and potential collaborators in the network, we started the activities planned for the Third National Meeting of CASA Brazil. For everyone starting to weave this network together, we introduced Sociocracy as a tool of governance for the Brazilian Council to facilitate a more dynamic and effective decision-making process by group consent. We used the handbooks and materials from the ECCO 2015 - the second meeting of CASA Latina - as … Read more
CASA – Upcoming Event "El Llamado de la Montaña/ The Call of the Mountain," Colombia, June 30-July 7, 2016
If you want to be a co-creator of a better world ¨EL LLAMADO DE LA MONTAÑA” / “THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN¨ is the gathering you have been waiting for! Join us from June 30th to July 7th, 2016 for our 10th Anniversary Annual Eco-awareness and Social Gathering at the ¨Anaconda del sur¨ ecovillage in the exotic Amazonian region of Putumayo, Colombia called the “eyebrow of the Amazon,” where the Amazon meets the Andes Mountains. The focus of this gathering is to share knowledge and experiences … Read more
Gaia Ashram Internship Come together to learn about Ecovillage Living
Gaia Ashram is an alternative education center on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture & Deep Ecology. We are based on 2 1/2 hectares of land in the North-East of Thailand. We are actively tranforming this land into a beautiful productive forest. At Gaia Ashram we offer programs, internship, courses & volunteer oppurtunities for all those who are interested in taking care of beautiful planet earth, Gaia. The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep … Read more
Regenerative strategies for climate
Rice has been cultivated in the East Indian state of Odisha since ancient times, its fertile land and running rivers supporting paddy cultivation as the mainstay of its people. Odisha is similar to the Latin word for rice (Oryza) and some believe the name of the State derives from the crop known as Oryza Sativa, also known as Asian rice. Koraput is a district of Odisha known for its abundance of paddy fields as well as many varieties of millets, yam, and tuber crops, which are gradually … Read more
With RefuGEN on Lesvos Nothing prepares you for Moria
RefuGEN was created by GEN Europe to help support refugees arriving in Lesbos, Greece – more than 1,000 arrive to the island daily. GEN has established a volunteering hub on the island, committing volunteers through June 2016. Leila Dregger of the Tamera Ecovillage shares her experience as one of RefuGEN’s first volunteers. Want to help? Click here to volunteer. Donate (all RefuGEN efforts are volunteer). … Read more
GEN-Africa Strategy Meeting Resilient communities as a seed of hope and abundance for Africa
Representatives from the GEN Africa Council, Advisory Board and from the national networks from different countries came together in Sekem, Egypt, from the 15th – 20th December 2015. … Read more
