Ecovillage Resilience +2.5 is in its final phase and we look forward to sharing the data and case studies collected over the past 2 years. In addition to highlighting the resilience, strengths and growing edges of ecovillages, the project team will be evaluating current practices, giving insight into how these can be replaced or adapted. While we prepare the final deliverables, explore what will serve your community and learn more about our partners. Resources from the Ecovillage … Read more
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Resilience Tracker Tool Release! The Resilience Attribute Tracker is getting it’s final polish and will be released into 20 ecovillages!
The Resilience Attribute Tracker is getting it’s final polish and will be released into 20 ecovillages this week! This survey tool for assessing social-ecological resilience and monitoring change over time was co-developed by all participants of this project from each of the five regions. Resilience attributes refer to the features of a system that contribute to its general resilience and capacity to respond to a range of possible disturbances, stresses and shocks. We explored six key … 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
Thinking about Tipping Points This month, the theme we are exploring in the Ecovillage Resilience Project is tipping points – places where a changing climate could push parts of the Earth system into abrupt or irreversible change.
Thinking about Tipping Points: Reflections from the Resilience Project Are ecovillages ready for navigating crisis? I think some are, because they are already doing it. GEN Ukraine is doing heart-achingly beautiful work extending community and new hope to people in their war-torn country. Many members of GEN Africa are working hard to teach thousands of people how to adapt their livelihoods to rapid changes in climate – even while living through civil war. In GENOA, learning about … Read more
Ecovillage Resilience Project Dives Deep Our Resilience Project just had its first Deep Dive session. In the Deep Dive, we shift our focus from the resilience of social-ecological systems to exploring personal and interpersonal resilience, or the ability of each one of us (as well as our social relationships) to cope with shock, challenging feelings, and social dynamics that arise when we face climate change and polycrisis.
Our Resilience Project just had its first Deep Dive session In the Deep Dive, we shift our focus from the resilience of social-ecological systems to exploring personal and interpersonal resilience, or the ability of each one of us (as well as our social relationships) to cope with shock, challenging feelings, and social dynamics that arise when we face climate change and polycrisis. What is a Deep Dive? It's not easy to face radical climate change and polycrisis. To live through, … Read more