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KITA
KITA is a non-profit premier tropical agricultural college in Ghana networking with local and global institutions to better the lives of rural farmers, unemployed youth, hungry and homeless families, women, aids victims and orphans, needy street children, the aged, and the disabled Through training, seminars and workshops, technology transfer, on-farm research, environmental conservation, volunteer exchange, seeds and food aid, input and clothing distribution and children’s sponsorship.For … Read more
Permacultura Cantabria
La principal temática en la que se desenvuelve la asociación es la Permacultura. Esta palabra hace referencia a CULTURA PERMANENTE. El trabajo por una sociedad sostenible empuja a esta organización a trabajar diferentes áreas. Permacultura y sostenbilidad Atención y cuidados humanos Bioconstrucción y tecnologías adecuadas Gestión medio-ambiental Transformación social Crecimiento personal Actualmente la entidad esta trabajando con colegios, ayuntamientos, comunidades y sobre todo con familias y … Read more
Blog posts
Community Nature’s secret to evolutionary success
By: Jaime Brown-Hansen and Yael Marantz As we reflect on the current ecological, societal, political, economic and spiritual circumstances in the present day, it is clear that the need for reorganization is upon us. A time of creation, of course, is equally a time of destruction. We breathe life into new models by stepping into them, and old model dissolve as we step out of them, though for a time we may have a foot in each as we shift our weight from one to the other. … Read more
Editorial, Newsletter January 2017 GEN Newsletter January 2017, Editorial
Dear friends of ecovillages, The past year has seen global developments that could not have been foreseen even just one year ago. Who would have thought that the majority of people in Great Britain would have voted to leave the European Community, for example; or that Donald Trump would have a chance to become President of the United States? However, despite the depressing news, we are also witnessing strong movements gaining momentum globally. One of those is the ecovillage movement. With … Read more
GEN International the Global aspect of GEN - from caterpillar to butterfly!
Since its 20th birthday party, celebrated at the GEN+20 Summit in Findhorn in July 2015, GEN has gone through a deep process of transformation and seems to have arrived on a next level of its evolution. Kosha Anja Joubert, the Executive Director of GEN, was asked how the year unfolded for her. The spark for GEN´s new direction came from GEN´s core funder, the Danish GAIA Trust, who - through the founders, Hildur and Ross Jackson - decided that GEN had so much promise that it was worth … Read more
GEN in World Goodwill Newsletter
"All who love and serve their fellow humans are agents of a spiritual future – one where the human spirit is evolving towards ever greater cooperation, sharing and unity. In every interaction, these servers ask one simple question of themselves – how can I bring this future closer?" Follow the link to read more. https://www.lucistrust.org/world_goodwill/world_goodwill_homepage/newsletter_2016_2_agents_of_the_future … Read more
GEN in World Goodwill Newsletter GEN featured as 'Agent of Change' in World Goodwill Newsletter
"All who love and serve their fellow humans are agents of a spiritual future – one where the human spirit is evolving towards ever greater cooperation, sharing and unity. In every interaction, these servers ask one simple question of themselves – how can I bring this future closer?" Follow the link to read more. https://www.lucistrust.org/world_goodwill/world_goodwill_homepage/newsletter_2016_2_agents_of_the_future … Read more
Resilience and Self-Reliance An Update on Regenerative Solutions for Active EmerGENcies Projects
As the call for global climate action strengthens following the COP22 in Marrakech, GEN’s work in climate change adaptation and mitigation through ecovillage development programs is guided by a design based on both prevention and response. One of the pillars of this framework is EmerGENcies, GEN’s emerging humanitarian program. The purpose is to respond to and try to prevent further deleterious effects of climate change (among other forms of crises), in vulnerable communities around the … Read more
Changes in Cameroon Transitioning the Kingdom of Bafut to an Eco-Fondom*
In the Northwest of Cameroon, a whole kingdom is transitioning into an eco-region. In consultation with King Fon Ambumbi II and combining the vision of Mayor Langsi and GEN ambassador, Konkankoh Joshua, a great deal of effort is being invested in creating a transition from rural subsistence farming into a thriving, sustainable, eco-friendly region. Sonita Mbah, Executive Secretary of GEN Africa, reports. Watch the trailer for Bafut Ecovillage: … Read more
Bringing new Solutions to the Table Conversations with the Commonwealth
Albert Bates, founding member of The Farm, Tennessee, was part of the GEN delegation at the Climate Summit in Marrakech, this November. He is also part of a group of sustainability experts brought together by the Secretary General of the British Commonwealth, Baroness Patricia Scotland. At the final day of the 22nd Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change, Baroness Patricia Scotland rose to address the Joint High-level Segment gathered in plenary session: "Mr. … Read more
