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Hildur Jackson Award 2021 winner: Global Permayouth Project

October 7, 2021

The Global Permayouth Project is the winner of the 2021 Hildur Jackson Award for Extraordinary Project! The Hildur Jackson Award is a €3,000 annual prize that supports and honours projects around the world that demonstrate regenerative best-practices in all dimensions of sustainability. The prize is awarded to projects bringing the most impactful inspiration about ecovillages/ecovillage lifestyles to a broad audience. In the 2021 edition we have received outstanding 25 applications from 18 … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Europe, Hildur Jackson Award, Latin America, Oceania & Asia, Video

Requesting nominations for a core team to support Pan African Ecovillage Development Programme (PAEDP)

November 19, 2020

Way Forward: PAEDP Development and MoUs with African Governments Proposal for Creating a Core Team and Implementation Plan  GEN & GEN Africa AdHoc Working Group Background/Introduction In the Light of the implementation of the Pan-African Ecovillage Development Programme (PAEDP) in Africa, GEN and GEN Africa have worked closely in bringing this concept to the UN Climate Summit Conferences (COPs) and many African countries. So far, 9 African governments have signed MoUs with GEN … Read more

Filed Under: Case Study Tagged With: Africa, Green Economy, rural development, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), traditional communities, Video

Green Economy and Social Enterprise for Climate Resilient Communities A pilot project in Zambia

November 11, 2020

Rural communities in Zambia have been strongly affected by climate change and other issues such as deforestation, poverty and malnutrition. To tackle all of these issues, the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) developed a pioneer project adopting a systemic approach, integrating strong social and ecological aspects, but also the economic dimension. Green Economy and Social Enterprise for Climate Resilient Communities pilot project was implemented 2018-2020 in several rural communities in the … Read more

Filed Under: Case Study Tagged With: Africa, Green Economy, greening schools, Permaculture, rural development, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), traditional communities, Video, Webinar, Youth, Zambia

Hildur Jackson Award 2020 finalist: TI Ecovillage, India A unique enclave originally on the outskirts of Bangalore

October 15, 2020

The TI Ecovillage in India is the finalist of the 2020 Hildur Jackson Award for Extraordinary Project. The Hildur Jackson Award is a €3,000 annual prize that supports and honours projects around the world that demonstrate regenerative best-practices in all dimensions of sustainability. The prize is awarded to projects bringing the most impactful inspiration about ecovillages/ecovillage lifestyles to a broad audience. In the 2020 edition, we received a record number of 70 applications of … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Hildur Jackson Award, Oceania & Asia, Permaculture, Personal stories, sustainability, urban ecovillages, Video

2019 Hildur Jackson Award winner: ReScope Programme, Africa African educational programme wins annual prize from the Global Ecovillage Network and Gaia Trust

October 7, 2019

The ReScope Programme in Africa is the winner of the 2019 Hildur Jackson Award for Extraordinary Project. The Hildur Jackson Award is a €3,000 annual prize that supports and honours projects around the world that demonstrate regenerative best-practices in all dimensions of sustainability. In the 2019 edition, 32 ecovillages and sustainable projects from all over the world applied to the Hildur Jackson Award. The prize is awarded to projects bringing the most impactful inspiration about … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Dimensions of Sustainability, economy, education, Hildur Jackson Award, rural development, sustainability, traditional communities, Video

Webinar: GEN’s Core Values Be a part of the change you want to see!

June 21, 2019

With Daniel Greenberg, June 28 2019, free webinar via zoom. We would like to invite you all to review and reconnect with the proposed values so we can explore how we can best live these values (or actually living them) within the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and how it can guide our actions and work. Daniel Greenberg will guide us through this process in the webinar. Clarifying GEN's Core Values will help us unify our identity and purpose, tell the world what makes us unique and … Read more

Filed Under: Resources Tagged With: Dimensions of Sustainability, Video, Webinar

Free Webinar: GEN & Climate Change How can Ecovillages best respond to the crisis of climate change?

April 23, 2019

GEN & Climate Change This webinar was facilitated by Daniel Greenberg, GEN President, along with Kosha Joubert, GEN Executive Director. Here is a brief overview of what we looked at together.... GEN's mission is 'To innovate, catalyze, educate and advocate in global partnership with ecovillages and all those dedicated to the shift to a regenerative world.' Ecovillages really are local solutions to global problems. So, how can GEN best respond to the crisis of climate change, which … Read more

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Findhorn, Video, Webinar

GEN +20 Summit Developing the New Story of Community

July 31, 2015

This year's Global Ecovillage Network Summit at Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland, marked the organisation's tremendous growth and development since its emergence 20 years ago. Returning to the place where GEN was launched into the world in 1995, the founders Ross and Hildur Jackson were joined by other GEN legends, Declan Kennedy, Robert Gilman, Jan-Martin Bang and Helena Norberg-Hodge, in bearing witness to how their offspring has now developed contacts with communities on every inhabited … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Europe, Findhorn, North America, Report, Summit, sustainability, Talk, Video, Webinar

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