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After holding the Gathering in Northern Europe in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and in Eastern Europe in 2025, we hope to bring the Gathering back to Southern Europe in 2026 and/or 2027. However, we are open to applications from any European country, as we will also be looking for hosts for the following years 🙂 

Volunteer with Global Ecovillage Network Europe through European Solidarity Corps (ESC)  🌍 Live, Learn, and Grow in a Spanish Ecovillage! 🌍 Don’t miss this funded volunteering opportunity to live and work at the heart of the European ecovillage movement! Use your skills and enthusiasm for ecovillages and sustainable living, develop new competencies, make new friends…

Every year, our Gathering programme emerges as a vibrant co-creation of learning, sharing, and celebration—thanks to the amazing workshops and activities offered by people like you! 🌍✨

In August 2024, representatives of GEN Europe were invited by RIPESS Europe, a global network of continental networks committed to promoting the Social Solidarity Economy, to participate in the YITEG project Learning Seminar in Athens in November 2024. Another valuable opportunity to network, connect, research and… play a board game! That’s what the YITEG project…

In 2024, The Ecovillage Los Portales turned 40! This important celebratory milestone resonates deep within the network, highlighting the resilience, liveliness and longevity of the ecovillages, bringing hope to every member and beyond. Read more about Los Portales’s journey and get inspired by the story written by one of its long-standing members – Kevin LLuch….

During our Staff and Council meeting in the Findhorn Ecovillage, we were delighted to witness many contributions offered by the community during the celebration of Findhorn’s 62nd birthday. We were particularly touched by a heartfelt sharing of Mary Inglis, a prolific writer who has been calling Findhorn her home for many decades now. Mary was…