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The Condition of Happiness Ecovillage Seonaeville on Major TV Channel of Korea
Korea is known as a highly populated and industrialized country with a strong dependence on economical values. However, increasingly, Koreans are looking for a more sustainable lifestyle. Seonaeville is Korean and means: a village of people who love the good. By Kaitlynn Min The Ecovillage Seonaeville was founded in 2010 by people who were ready to leave the convenience of the city life. The founders believe that living in an Ecovillage is the only hope for the wounded Earth. For the … Read more
Young People Active in Ecovillages Two young people share their thoughts and experiences on this question
Two young people share their thoughts and experiences on this question: Nébesna Fortin from La Cité Écologique, Canada; and Kira Taylor-Hoar, USA, who has travelled through different ecovillages in Europe. How La Cité Ecologique challenges the next generation By Nébesna Fortin In many Ecovillages, the question of keeping young members active in the community is a big challenge. Many young adults leave their home ecovillage to experience other lifestyles. In the Canadian ecovillage, La … Read more
What Makes an Ecovillage? A Perspective from the Yarrow Ecovillage
Yarrow is the name of a wild flower found growing in many places and very useful for medicinal healing. Yarrow is also the name of an ecovillage that was created 11 years ago in the British Columbia, Canada and has 65 inhabitants. As such, Yarrow belongs to the 5% of ecovillages which survive the first ten years, according to statistics. Michael Hale from Yarrow Ecovillage writes about the art of sustainability. Thinking back a decade and more in the history of the Yarrow Ecovillage, one may … Read more
Children and Ecovillages Community as Teacher of Sustanability on all Levels
Kadri Allikmäe, from the Estonian ecovillage network, shares thoughts after her visits and research of 3 European ecovillage kindergardens, two Estonian kindergardens and one community, as a space for our future children. In the springtime of 2010, I visited Sieben Linden on a course focusing on the social aspects of community building. In our free time we were looking around the village and discovered this beautiful forest kindergarten. I had just returned to university to study pre-school … Read more
Nomadic Projects in Latin America Carrying the Seeds of Change
A network of Eco-Caravans has emerged in Latin America. They see themselves as nomadic ecovillages, being on pilgrimages throughout the continent to bring knowledge, and seeds of hope and change. In 2012 they became part of the CASA network. Elizabeth Domínguez shares about the feeling to be modern nomads. Some mounted their horses, others adapted or built vehicles or boats, and many more... we walked. To arrive was never a problem. We crossed mountains, rivers, villages and valleys. We were … Read more
Empowering Cambodia Ecovillages for Conservation of Indigenous Traditions and Forests
The original Ecovillages, indigenous communities living in balance with the land and in harmony with their forests, are still alive in many corners of the world. Cambodia’s mountainous north-eastern region of Ratanakiri is one such place, in which local tribes still maintain sustainable land-based livelihoods. Indigenous communities throughout the world are struggling to maintain their traditions amidst the intensifying impacts of globalization. In Ratanakiri, the organization "Ockenden … Read more
TERRA NOVA SCHOOL Launched Worldwide Peace Education Initiative Launched in Tamera on 1st of May, 2013.
Tamera (Portugal) has launched a new education initiative: The Terra Nova School. Since 1st May approximately 50 groups have been forming; mainly young people from more than 30 countries -knowing that we have to change our thinking patterns in order to bring peace into our lives. Towards this, the young team in Tamera has created a curriculum which consists of texts, films, and live broadcasts transmitted via the internet. Since 2006, Tamera has offered an annual peace training and … Read more
Lebensgarten Steyerberg Ecovillage Steps of Progress
Lebensgarten Steyerberg, founded almost 28 years ago, is acknowledged as one of the longest continually existing, spiritually and ecologically oriented communities in Germany and Europe. In the years after the turn of the millennium, the community faced a growing challenge of the increasing age of the approximately one hundred adult community members. Hence they started a campaign for inviting more young families and couples to join and to move there. Martin Madhukar Dittes reports about the … Read more
Ecodorp Bergen Army Land Turns into the First Ecovillage in Holland
Two and a half years ago a group in Holland started the initiative for an Ecovillage. Up until now, no ecovillage has been created because, in densely populated Holland, land is scarce and therefore expensive. The building industry is ruled by commercial builders and limiting building rules are difficult to overcome. In a process that was a real thriller, a new group has succeeded in buying land from the government - and a property that what used to train war will be used to create community and … Read more
Permaculture Works in Chile Together with the Ecovillage Movement
Chile has always been a hotbed of revolution, starting from the Mapuche resisting Spanish occupation for some 400 years. Today we see a young generation with fire in their bellies and dreams of a sustainable future, waking from decades of repression, a generation taking on the powers that be in subversive acts of peace, love and a solutions-based response. Permaculture and ecovillages are two practices that they are taking into the future, says Grifen Hope. The Permaculture community of Chile … Read more
