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Katrin Hasselwander

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Collaboration: KITA (Ghana) and LOES (Denmark) Success stories of the Twinning Project

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July 30, 2020

The Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture (KITA) in Ghana has partnered with LOES, the Danish Ecovillage Network. From this partnership, GEN Ghana Network was created and started to connect ecovillages and eco projects across the country. 40 young men and women became Ecovillage Ambassadors to promote eco-strategies around Ghana. Both KITA and LOES designed and held an Ecovillage Design Education course for 50 students, as well as an Eco-strategies training, which reached 80 organizations and … Read more

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Collaboration: Comunidad de Paz (Colombia) and Tamera (Portugal) Success stories of the Twinning Project

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July 30, 2020

The Comunidad de Paz (Peace Community) of San José de Apartadó has twinned with Tamera, an intentional ecovillage in Portugal. Their cooperation started over the conflicts in Colombia, where the community's farmers had been resisting war and land grabbing, all the while facing threats and killings. Tamera gave support as an advocate, creating bridges with key international organizations. Comunidad de Paz got more protected and respected thanks to the visibility and the acknowledgment they … Read more

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Collaboration: Intl. Peace Initiatives and Ecologia Youth Trust Success stories of the Twinning Project

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July 30, 2020

International Peace Initiatives (IPI) in Kenya and Ecologia Youth Trust (EYT) from the UK have been collaborating for years. IPI's focus is on empowering women, young girls, and orphaned children who are in some way affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This twinning collaboration has given EYT the chance to expand their scope of charitable action to a new continent and to make good use of the alliance between GEN Europe and GEN Africa. EYT has created more opportunities for IPI, whether by giving … Read more

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Collaboration: RIE (Spain/Portugal) + REDES (Senegal) Past success stories of the Twinning Project

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July 30, 2020

 RIE (Iberian Ecovillage Network) and REDES (Network for Emergence and Development of Ecovillages in the Sahel) were twins. Some of RIE’s members have traveled to different communities in the Sahel and supported mainly with capacity building and digging 12 wells, which is a huge increase in the quality of life for a lot of families. The people of RIE can now point out where the Sahel is and which problems they are facing there. This raises their awareness of countries on other continents facing … Read more

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Collaboration: Guede Chantier (Senegal) + Damanhur (Italy) Success stories of the Twinning Project

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July 30, 2020

Senegal & Italy: Guede Chantier is the Senegalese ecovillage who twinned with the Italian ecovillage Damanhur, and their collaboration brought beautiful results for several communities in Senegal as well for community members of Damanhur. Thanks to the fundraising done in Damanhur and the willingness and cooperation within REDES, 1400 fruit trees were planted, and more than 100 women from 15 villages were trained in food transformation. This has brought a tangible positive change in the … Read more

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GEN’s Ecovillage Design Cards – Launch of the New Edition

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June 21, 2020

The Ecovillage Design Cards are at the heart of the Global Ecovillage Network and allow you to identify and playfully design your unique contribution to a regenerative future in all areas - social, cultural, ecological, and economic, within a Whole System Design framework. They make up a tool for play, reflection, dialogue, learning, research, and design - applicable for individuals, groups, projects, organisations, and communities. The Designing Regenerative Communities workshop (now … Read more

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