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Viviane Straub

Having just completed an MA (Hons) in International Relations and Spanish, I am now working with the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) through the European Voluntary Service (EVS) to enhance my understanding of, and interest in, areas of sustainability.

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Impressions from COP24 European Voluntary Service (EVS) member from GEN delegation shares her experience of climate change conference

Blog
January 14, 2019

On the last day of a two-week long summit characterised by many encounters and an awareness that pressure to  move towards a 1.5 degree planet must increase, I was overcome by an uncertainty about what COP24 had really achieved. Tired faces and hurried bodies, as well as extended negotiations, would suggest not much. Indeed, the changes so desperately needed were not clearly agreed upon and so it seems the regenerative world we have the potential to create remains a distant utopia. I left with a … Read more

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Africa, indigenous peoples

Deep Democracy in Communities Processwork and Worldwork workshop at Findhorn and beyond

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September 11, 2018

Inspired by a recent workshop on Worldwork and Process Orientated Psychology led by Ana Rhodes Castro at the Findhorn Foundation, it seemed appropriate to look further into the relevancy and applicability of these processes to communities- including those in GEN. Worldwork was developed by Arnold Mitchell in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It has since been applied to groups, organisations and international events as a way of ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard in the creation of deeply … Read more

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Europe, Findhorn, Social

Why I came to volunteer with GEN A reflection from our European Voluntary Service volunteer Viviane Straub

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July 27, 2018

I came to university to study International Relations, hoping, along with many others, that this would provide me with an insight into how to make the world a better place. I had envisioned belonging to a global community in which the majority believed in the good intentions of others and hope prevailed. However, the worldview I was presented with after most lectures seemed to contradict this. The world discussed was often one of power struggles and wars, terrorism and violence, of dominant … Read more

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Permaculture, urban ecovillages

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