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New Oasis for Life An Ecovillage in China
While the regime in China controls the lives and ways of thinking of its inhabitants, there are still people who feel the call to take action, walk their dream and be the change; creating a sustainable lifestyle which they believe will not only benefit themselves but also Nature. 'The Second Home of Lifechanyuan' is the first ecovillage in China. Our author, Conglong, sees in it the beautiful and promising future of humanity. In the last decades, China has been through unprecedented economic … Read more
Thailand towards sustainable living Ecovillage Festival Chiang Mai as a Venue for New Co-operative Initiatives towards Sustainable Living in South East Asia
In Thailand, another exciting cooperative initiative between government - or stakeholders - of the South with the Global Ecovillage Network has commenced. GEN representatives join hands with ETA (Ecovillage Transition Asia), to support ecovillage strategies for sustainable development in South East Asia. Jane Rasbash and Kosha Joubert report. Bicycle water pumps, meals served in banana leaves, and beautiful hand woven cloth were just some of the attractions at a recent Ecovillage Festival at … Read more
Ousmane Pame, President GEN-Africa Dr. Ousmane Aly Pame, President of GEN Africa: Simplicity and Sharing are the Roots of Happiness
New Series: Who are the People in the Ecovillage Movement? I saw him for the first time in the middle of the night, on the way to the GEN Africa conference in Sekem, Egypt. In a Cairo traffic jam, another van stopped next to ours, full of African men. In contrast to the tired mood in our car, they celebrated and laughed. With a funny hat on his head, one man seemed to entertain the rest of the group. Only later I learned that he is a political leader, an innovative visionary and one of the … Read more
Egypt: Basata Ecovillage Sustainable Tourism in Times of Crisis
The situation of sustained violence in Egypt concerns all compassionate people who want to see peace and unity in this beautiful country. After the coup d´Etat in August, most of the tourists cancelled their travels to Egypt. The example of Basata Ecovillage shows that there can be a way to be a tourist in Egypt that supports peace and sustainability with an underlying philosophy of trust, community, and cultural understanding, reports Soraya el Hag. Although there are a lot of current events … Read more
Invitados especiales Encuentro 2013
Abro este hilo donde Alf tambien podria colgar la petición por participacion de representantes de redes amigos. Con apoyo plenamente esta propuesta. Ademas quiero añadir petición para que subvencionamos la participación de otra persona. Trata de Matthew Slater, un programador quien ha hecho el modulo mas usado para trueque no monetario. Despues de terminar el desarollo de toda la infraestructura cibernetica ha realizado que hace falta trabajar en el mundo real para facilitar la … Read more
GEN Conference, 7-12 July, 2013: Celebrating a Worldwide Movement
Three hundred participants from fifty-one countries came together for five days at Schweibenalp Centre of Unity, Switzerland, to celebrate and share, present projects and ideas, and explore new strategies of collaboration. It was a remarkable meeting of minds and hearts that revealed, in many ways, the new level that the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) has reached in its eighteenth year of existence. Never have the international connections, mutual support, and love between the ecovillages of … Read more
The Solution Library is online!
A new GEN Open Source IT Tool has just gone online: the Solution Library. With the help of 6 brilliant young women from the Islamic world (from Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Turkey and Palestine), support from our partners in Egypt (CultNat and the Bibliotheca Alexandria) and financial support from the Anne Lindh Foundation, GEN has developed this online access portal to sustainable solutions that now stands proudly with a first collection of 80 beautiful examples. We expect the Solution Library to … Read more
Founder of Damanhur passed away Founder of Damanhur passed away
Shortly before sending the newsletter, we received the sad news that Falco, Oberto Airaudi, (founder of and inspiration behind of one of the most fascinating ecovillages on earth - Damanhur in Northern Italy) passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2013, in the nucleo community of Aval where he lived together with other Damanhurian citizens since 1980. Falco was 63 years old, and for some months had been suffering from a liver cancer, which he faced without any aggressive treatment, in accordance with … Read more
GEN International Newsletter Summer 2013 – Editorial
"It takes a whole village to raise a child." Sobonfu Somé, Burkina Faso Dear Friends of the Global Ecovillage Network On the verge of two major conferences about ecovillages and sustainable communities, the GEN Conference in Schweibenalp, Switzerland, (7-12 July), and the ICSA Conference (International Communal Studies Association) in Findhorn, Scotland (26-28 June), we send you the GEN International newsletter with current information, stories, insights, and experiences from ecovillages … Read more
Women for Women Ecovillage Design Education (EDE), Umphakatsi Peace Ecovillage, Mpumalanga, South Africa
The first 'by Women for Women' EDE took place at Umphakatsi Peace Ecovillage, situated in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The EDE training for sustainability course was the second such course to be held in South Africa. The course began on the 30th April - two days after its initial starting date due to the challenges of the remoteness of the - until the 25th May 2013. Lua Bashala-Kekana and Kosha Joubert report. This course had the aim of bringing together women in a region of our world … Read more
