Senegal is the first country to utilize ecovillage strategies for sustainable development with a Government Agency for Ecovillages, dedicated to transitioning 14.000 traditional villages to ecovillages! The government was inspired by the work done within the grassroots network of GEN-Senegal, a network of 45 ecovillages. In February, 2013, Jane Rasbash of the Gaia Education Board, Kosha Joubert, President of GEN-International and Advisory Board GEN-Africa, and Ousmane Pame, President of … Read more
urban ecovillages
Center for Transition Shall Help GEN in Australia
The Centre for Transition (CT) is based in Australia and was created out of a strategy planning session of Transition Towns Tasmania in late 2011. The vision for the CT was reinforced at Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland. Founder and CEO, Andrew Olivier, is also an Ambassador for GEN Australasia. CT will play a key role in helping GEN to get up and going in Australia. The CT plans to operate across Australia and will be a reference point to find out about workshops and intentional communities … Read more
Los Angeles Eco-Village (LAEV) An urban eco-village in Los Angeles
Every second person on this planet lives in a city or town. We definitely need vision and solutions for a sustainable and humane urban lifestyle. We need in other words - eco-villages in cities. Los Angeles is the second biggest city of the United States and in its urban heart, the Los Angeles Eco-Village of forty inhabitants works to strengthen communities, and bring neighbors, art, and environmental action together. It intends to ‘reinvent how we live in the city’. This update is about three … Read more
Orissa, India Ecovillage Design Education for Indigenous People
Orissa is the poorest state of India with a population of 23% Indigenous peoples and Dalits. Though the state is gifted with abundant minerals and is generally prosperous, the tribal and Dalits peoples are poor as their lands are often misappropriated for mining, and other purposes. The rich culture of Adivasi - like much of the local community living, rituals and customs - is being eroded as modern ‘development’ creeps in. Siddharthvillage has been instrumental in renewing culture and … Read more
Ankara Turkish Capital hosts one of the first Urban Community Garden Initiatives in the Country
The capital of Turkey, Ankara has become home to one of the first urban community gardens in the country. In March 2012, 2 hectares of unused land in front of the neighborhood association building was transformed using Permaculture design principles, and prepared for seed planting. The interest from people in the neighborhood was enormous, especially from children, who were actively engaged in the process. “Cigdemim Community Garden” now expands their dreams for the future. In early 2012, a … Read more
El movimiento global de ecoaldeas
por el Dr. J.T. Ross Jackson Respuesta a la crisis global … Read more
