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Abbie Caldas

GEN Staff

Education and Communications Assistant

GEN Staff

Originally from a tiny island (Bermuda) and currently based in the Netherlands, Abbie considers herself a world citizen as she has lived in many places, including a range of ecovillages and intentional communities. After completing her Masters in Sustainable Development and working with NGOs, she pursued her passion for education, returning home to launch and run the international environmental education programme, Eco-Schools.

This sparked a further desire to learn hands-on skills which lead her to complete a Permaculture Design Certificate and then onward to adventures in ecovillages. She participated in workshops and conferences and volunteered on natural building, gardening, and community engagement projects, some of which she remains involved.

Starting as a volunteer with GEN, Abbie now contributes to both the communications team, harvesting stories from the network and supporting ecovillage collaboration projects, as well as the education team, where she primarily supports the Greening Schools project and the development of the online learning platform.

Primary interests: Social (Lifelong Education, Diversity & Cohesion, Trust & Communication, Health & Healing); Culture (Nature Connection); Integral Design (Contextualised Design); Ecology (Seeds, Food & Soil, Green Building, Water Cycles); Economy (Sharing & Collaboration, Planetary Boundaries)

Events & Trainings held by Abbie Caldas

Power of Community Summit – Informal get-together and discussion

  • Date: 9 February 2019
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: The Hague - Please contact the host for exact location, Netherlands

For any participants of the summit interested in sharing the experience with others in the area. This will be a very informal gathering to discuss the topics from the summit in a locally relevant context and brainstorm any potential applications. … Read more

Site content by Abbie Caldas

Blog posts

Tu B’Shvat Celebration on Kibbutz Gezer: The Jewish Holiday of the Trees

Blog
February 23, 2021

The 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, or Tu B’ishvat,  is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees.  This is the time when the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel, perhaps most famously the beautiful almond tree, emerge from their winter sleep. Tree planting has always been a Jewish tradition.  The bible states that "And you shall come to the Land, and you shall plant all kinds of edible trees..." (Leviticus, 19:23).  Almost all the forests in modern Israel … Read more

Filed Under: Funded Project Tagged With: Twinning

Ecovillages and New Normalities – Insights from Dr. Rebeca Roysen BNN: Building the New Normal series - powered by Friends of GEN

Blog
February 22, 2021

Building the New Normal is really a matter of day-to-day actions of people living together differently. This emerges naturally wherever there is the persistent will (or coercion) to do so. It sounds simple and it is, but it is at the same time a complex undertaking. Dr. Rebeca Roysen has studied these transitional dynamics for years and has written an insightful academic article1 on ecovillages building new normalities, which she is happy to render here in a less scholarly fashion. She … Read more

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Building the New Normal

Empowering the Next Generation Children in Permaculture Consortium grows in Europe

Blog
September 25, 2018

"How would your life be now if you were introduced to Permaculture as a child?" The question posed to participants at the Children in Permaculture (CiP) conference in May invited emotional responses: “I’d be farther along at implementing my work [in ecological and social restoration];” “I’d be less anxious as an adult;” “I would be more connected to nature and have a clearer framework for my life.” The undeniable social and ecological challenges of the present and future … Read more

Filed Under: Resources Tagged With: Dimensions of Sustainability, Europe, Permaculture

Events

Power of Community Summit – Informal get-together and discussion

Event
  • Date: 9 February 2019
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: The Hague - Please contact the host for exact location, Netherlands

For any participants of the summit interested in sharing the experience with others in the area. This will be a very informal gathering to discuss the topics from the summit in a locally relevant context and brainstorm any potential applications. … Read more

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More about Abbie

  • Country

    : Netherlands
  • GEN Region

    :
    • GEN Europe
  • Languages spoken

    :
    • English
    • German
    • Portuguese
  • Associated projects

    :
    • Cloughjordan Ecovillage
    • Terra Alta Permaculture Education Centre
    • Vlierhof
  • Projects visited

    :
    • Boekel Ecovillage
    • Christiania
    • Findhorn Foundation Community and Ecovillage
    • La Comune di Bagnaia
    • Munksøgårds
    • Rancho Mastatal
    • Schloss Tempelhof
    • Schloss Tonndorf
    • Suderbyn Permaculture Eco-village
    • Svanholm
    • Unadilla Community Farm
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