Communications Director
GEN Staff, GEN Ambassador
Gabriel Siqueira is the Communications Director of GEN International, and Brazil’s National Representative on CASA Latina. He works mostly with the social dimension of ecovillages to support their resilience.
Gabriel co-founded and resided, with his wife and two children, in Aldeia: Coletivo de Famílias, an intentional sustainable community in the rainforest of the south of Bahia, Brazil. His Masters thesis on Administration was a research on how Brazilian ecovillages manage conflicts. He teaches courses, facilitate groups and mediate conflicts in intentional and traditional communities, as well as NGOs and businesses.
Primary interests: Social (Diversity & Cohesion, Trust & Communication, Leadership & Governance, Lifelong Education); Culture (Vision & Purpose); Integral Design (Whole Systems Thinking, Leading from the Future); Economy (Planetary Boundaries, Social Entrepreneurship)
Events & Trainings held by Gabriel Siqueira
Family at home in Bahia Summit Hub
- Date: 9 – 15 April 2021
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Location: Uruçuca, Bahia, Brazil
We’re a family of 4 living in a small traditional village in the south of Bahia, Brazil. Pandemic is crazy, so we will just stay home and participate in the summit together with our kids. … Read more
Ecovillage Summit
- Date: 9 – 15 April 2021
- Language:
- English
- Location: Findhorn Foundation Community and Ecovillage, The Park, Findhorn, Forres, Moray IV36 3TZ, IV36 3TZ, United Kingdom
The GEN Ecovillage Summit – Living Solutions for a Regenerative World is an entirely free, online experiences hosted by the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and can be access from anywhere. The Ecovillage Summit invites you into a larger movement that is living solutions for a regenerative world. Join us now! … Read more
Family Hub in the South of Bahia
- Date: 2 – 10 February 2020
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Location: Serra Grande, Sul da Bahia, Brazil, Brazil
This is Just a family of 4 watching the summit together at home in the South of Bahia, Brazil … Read more
Family Hub in Florianopolis, SC
- Date: 1 – 2 February 2020
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Location: Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Brazil
This is Just 3 generations of a family of 6 watching the summit together at home, in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil … Read more
Site content by Gabriel Siqueira
Blog posts
Our Annual Report 2021 is here! How the Global Ecovillage Network is catalysing communities for a regenerative world
The Global Ecovillage Network is a growing and evolving international network of regenerative communities and initiatives. This year’s Annual Report presents the activities, impact, vision and mission of GEN and the organisations that make up the key parts of our network - the GEN regions and GEN International. We first provide an overview of GEN and our core frameworks, key performance indicators, and highlights of the year. We then share the accomplishments from GEN’s five Regions and … Read more
Ecovillage Transition in Action!
We are celebrating the first successful launch of the prototype of our freshly developed Ecovillage Transition in Action Training of Trainers in St. Andrews University and our first multiplier event of this 3-year long partnership project which took place in the Findhorn Ecovillage ! Ecovillage Transition in Action is an ERASMUS+ partnership between GEN international, ECOLISE, GEN Germany & the University of St. Andrews aiming to increase collaboration between community-led initiatives … Read more
GEN Elders & NextGEN Firechats
The spirit of our ecovillage network comes alive through collective learning and community building. In 2021, the members of NextGEN, the youth branch of the ecovillage network, set out to host virtual fireside chats together with the GEN Elders to celebrate this spirit. These calls were a space to nurture and expand our intergenerational connections at the heart of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network), and to bridge the past, present and future of the ecovillage network. The youth … Read more
Hildur Jackson Award 2021 winner: Global Permayouth Project
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
Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) is a success! Celebrating with you the first EDE live Online Programme!
Celebrating with you the first Ecovillage Design Education LIVE Online Programme - according to the Gaia Education curriculum - which turned out to be a great success. The next offering will start on 12 March 2022, running on Saturdays for 4.5 months. Coordinated and facilitated by two experienced EDE trainers: Taisa Mattos and Macaco Tamerice, with well-known guest trainers from the Ecovillage Movement, from 14 different countries, including some of the GEESE, such as: Kosha Joubert, May … Read more
Eco-community in Vietnam Building the New Normal!
Today we unite for a celebration of generosity, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform the world. Xóm Bắc Cầu, Vietnam This is the story of Émilie, who, together with architect Franscesco and teacher Hieu and many other volunteers, has given life to Xóm Bắc Cầu to spread sustainable community living in Vietnam. It is a powerful story, especially when realizing that Émilie at the same time is confronting a genetic disease that weakens her veins. Before going back to … Read more
Aldeafeliz Building the New Normal! BNN: Building the New Normal series - powered by Friends of GEN
Every day ecovillages and communities around the world are building a more authentic, connected and regenerating way of life. They want this to be their normal, and rather than wait for the world to catch up, ecovillagers go ahead and build it themselves. They know in their hearts that it is not only possible - it is also destined to be. With the story below, we are launching a campaign to celebrate the many people seeded around the planet who are building their own “new normal” through the very … Read more
Hildur Jackson Award 2020 finalist: TI Ecovillage, India A unique enclave originally on the outskirts of Bangalore
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
Launch of Communities for Future, Free Online Webinar Tuesday 22nd September, 14:00-16:00 CEST
With the goal to strengthen collaboration between community-led initiatives and local authorities for regional sustainability, GEN has been leading the Ecovillage Transition in Action project in collaboration with partner organizations. This project will showcase lessons learned to scale up many of the strategies developed by communities. In support of this, ECOLISE is launching the Communities for Future programme which values and puts communities and citizens at the centre of the … Read more
Our Annual Report 2019 is here! How the Global Ecovillage Network is catalysing communities for a regenerative world
What matters the most is that the lands are healthy, the water is pure, the wind is free from viruses, and the human beings are at peace with themselves. - Calixto Suarez, Chief Elders of Arhuaco People, Colombia It is with great satisfaction that we release the Global Ecovillage Network Annual Report 2019. Our staff, partners, and members are diverse, creative, and driven by passion and commitment. We strive to ensure our projects and programmes are engaging, impactful, and contextually … Read more
