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Leading through Action A River of Life Story

March 16, 2021

Visolela Rosa Namises, a national leader, representative of GEN Africa and advocate for women’s rights has been initiating incredible work in Namibia. With the support of River of Life funds in 2020, Visolela was able to work with women from different communities to develop gardens for food security, nutrition and as a way to improve their livelihoods. She conducted 6 workshops and events in the past year, working in 6 villages and 3 schools, reaching over 850 people, including women, youth, … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: Africa, River of Life, traditional communities, Women, Youth

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

Webinar: Privilege and Inequality in Ecovillages A Global Perspective Towards a New Story

May 24, 2019

May 2019 Global Ecovillage Network monthly webinar was hosted by NextGEN. Privilege and Inequality in Ecovillages: A Global Perspective Towards a New Story Ecovillages are integral to creating the beautiful world we know is possible. However, some of the same social patterns of inequality also appear within ecovillages. A global array of speakers will share how the inequality has impacted their communities, and we also invite you, the participants, to share your experience and insight. … Read more

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Africa, Dimensions of Sustainability, Europe, Findhorn, indigenous peoples, intentional communities, Latin America, NextGEN, North America, Report, Social, Webinar, Youth

Training for Youth Leaders in Ecovillages An update from the NextGEN Europe project - Yes to Sustainability

November 30, 2018

Thoughts and Words by: Ciska van Stuijvenberg, Pascal Gelling, Stalla Mavr, and Fanni Sall In the middle of October on a forested mountainside in Euskal Herria, in the Spanish state, a group of young people met. They came together in the ecovillage Lakabe to follow a training to become Youth Leaders for EU funded Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges. This training was part of the Yes to Sustainability project, which is an international programme that aims to share knowledge amongst and bring together … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: Europe, intentional communities, NextGEN, Youth

When NextGEN Europe plays the game of the Talanoa Dialogue Initiated and edited by Marc Domingos

October 5, 2018

Photo credit: Ciska van Stuijvenberg For the article at its original source, please visit Marc's blog @ https://eco-villages.eu/en/2018/10/03/when-the-next-generation-of-the-ecovillages-play-the-game-of-the-talanoa-dialogue/ Intro: Jake, Clara, Lara, Lars, and Riccardo are members of the core group of NextGEN Europe, the youth arm of the Global Ecovillage Network in Europe (GEN Europe). They recently took the time to experiment a Talanoa Dialogue, a method based on the Pacific concept of … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Europe, NextGEN, Permaculture, Youth

Re-imagining the World through Ecovillages Insights from the Youth - Part of a series of curated blog posts and articles written for, by, or shared with the NextGEN Europe team on this years GEN Europe Conference.

August 15, 2018

Thoughts and Words by: Grace McGrade     -     Photo Credits: Ciska van Stuijvenberg Imagine an alternate universe, where people are self-governing, sovereign, and focused on nurturing environmental and social change. Imagine alternative currencies, gift economy and a “we” focus. Relationships with substance and joint purpose.  Imagine quitting your nine to five and having the leisure to focus on delving into the subconscious, on growing what you love and building a system that serves … Read more

Filed Under: GEN Conference Tagged With: Conference, economy, Europe, gift economy, NextGEN, Youth

Reports from the CASA Conference 2017 Sharing reports from the 2017 ECCO Conference

July 2, 2018

Below are reports of the ECCO Conference held in 2017 in Brazil. Here you can download the various presentations and other relevant information on the conference.You can also read more about CASA’s activities in the 2017 Annual Report. ECCO2017 brought valuable and profound learnings to everyone involved and successfully accomplished its main objectives, particularly, supporting and strengthening the network of sustainable settlements in Brazil and connecting it with the global … Read more

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Europe, Latin America, NextGEN, Oceania & Asia, Report, Youth

The NextGENOA EDE and Networking Conference A training and gathering for young change-makers from Asia and Oceania

December 14, 2017

You are warmly invited to join and support this intensive training and gathering of young Asian and Oceanian change-makers on the topic of holistic approaches to sustainability! Both training and conference take place at the Gaia Ashram in Thailand, one of the operational homes of NextGENOA, GEN Oceania and Asia's youth branch. You can read more about the location and programme here. To make it easier and accessible for young people to attend the programs, NextGENOA are woking to keep … Read more

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Ashram, NextGEN, Oceania & Asia, Youth

Youth Social Innovation for Resilient Communities

December 12, 2017

Youth SIRCle, or Youth Social Innovation for Resilient Communities,is an EU-funded training and capacity building project for young social entrepreneurs in Scotland, Cameroon, Denmark and Ghana. It is a project largely run by young people for young people. Together we increase our skills in green social innovation and entrepreneurship, finding creative ways to follow our passion, make a living and care for our communities and planet at the same time. Our curriculum is based on work done in a … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: Africa, education, Europe, Findhorn, NextGEN, Social Enterprise, Social Innovation, Youth

GENOA – From Deeper Levels of Insight

January 25, 2017

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

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ashram, Findhorn, intentional communities, NextGEN, Oceania & Asia, Youth

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