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Kosha Anja Joubert

GEN Consultant

GEN Consultant

Kosha Joubert, MSc served as Executive Director of the Global Ecovillage Network. She has many years of experience as an international facilitator, trainer, and consultant and has worked extensively in the fields of community empowerment, intercultural collaboration and sustainable development. Kosha grew up in South Africa under Apartheid and has been dedicated to building bridges across divides ever since. She has lived in ecovillages for the past 25 years. Kosha is also a co-founder of Gaia Education, which develops trainings at the cutting-edge of sustainability, and co-author of the internationally applied curriculum of the Ecovillage Design Education.
In 2016, Kosha received the Dadi Janki Award - 100 Women of Spirit - For engaging spirituality in life and work and for making a difference in the world.

Primary interests: Social (Diversity & Cohesion); Integral Design (Contextualised Design)

Events & Trainings held by Kosha Anja Joubert

Inspirational Ecovillages around the World and the Work of GEN

  • Date: 21 June 2019
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: Riverside Community Cultural Centre, 289 Main Rd Lower Moutere, Upper Moutere 7175, MOTUEKA AREA, New Zealand

Evening Presentation in Motueka Area, New Zealand, with Kosha Joubert, 21st June 7-9.30pm … Read more

Inspirational Ecovillages around the World and the Work of GEN

  • Date: 19 June 2019
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: The Sandcastle Guesthouse Centre, Haile Lane, Pohara, Golden Bay, New Zealand

A presentation by Kosha Joubert in Golden Bay, New Zealand – 19th June 7-9.30pm … Read more

Te Kaha O Nga Tāngata – The Power of Community

  • Date: 15 – 16 June 2019
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: Tahawai Marae, Pakuranga, AUCKLAND, New Zealand

A 2 Day Workshop with Kosha Joubert, Thalea Tane and Robina McCurdy on Ecovillage Living and Design, June 15 – 16, Pakuranga, New Zealand … Read more

Inspirational Ecovillages Around the World & the Work of GEN

  • Date: 13 June 2019
  • Language:
      English
  • Location: Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood, 457 Swanson Rd, Ranui, Auckland, 0612, New Zealand

An evening presentation with Kosha Joubert. June 13, 7.30 – 9.30 PM, Earthsong Eco Neighbourhood, Auckland, New Zealand … Read more

Site content by Kosha Anja Joubert

Blog posts

Ecovillage Movement in China An update on the Sunshine Ecovillage Network

Blog
December 14, 2016

The partnership and friendship between GEN and the Sunshine Ecovillage Network (SEN), in China has been growing in the past year, since the first Ecovillage Forum organised by SEN took place in October 2015, drawing around 500 interested participants. Ecovillage Design Education courses have previously been run in China, led by Pracha Hatanuwatr and Jane Rasbash, and many young Chinese have participated in ecovillage training elsewhere. Chinese representatives have been reaching out to GENOA – … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Consultancy, Europe, intentional communities, Oceania & Asia, Report, Social, traditional communities, urban ecovillages

GEN-Africa Strategy Meeting Resilient communities as a seed of hope and abundance for Africa

Blog
January 15, 2016

Representatives from the GEN Africa Council, Advisory Board and from the national networks from different countries came together in Sekem, Egypt, from the 15th – 20th December 2015. … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Permaculture, Report

Ecovillage Transition Scaling Up Community Led Change Processes

Blog
December 29, 2014

In order to support societal transition, and the scaling up of 'grassroots' solutions to climate change, we need to couple 'bottom-up' with 'top-down' processes, says Kosha Joubert, President of GEN International. In April 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published the third part of a trilogy of reports, compiled by thousands of the world’s most eminent scientists, giving the most accurate and up to date account of climate change. The first report, released in … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Africa, Dimensions of Sustainability, Europe, intentional communities, Latin America, North America, Oceania & Asia, Report, traditional communities, urban ecovillages

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    : United Kingdom
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    • CASA
    • GEN Africa
    • GEN Europe
    • GEN Fertile Crescent
    • GENNA
    • GENOA
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    :
    • English
    • German
  • Website

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    • A short video: From Apartheid to Ecovillages- TEDx
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