Community: the ecovillage podcast
Community is the GEN Europe podcast! It’s an exploration of the biggest questions and most inspiring stories of ecovillages and their inhabitants. It’s about what makes us stronger, more resilient, more hopeful, together. It’s about the people and places that are regenerating our planet, and the tools and strategies you can use to do the same, wherever your are.
From love and money to identity and the life-changing journeys some people have made to live in harmony with the earth, you’ll find it all on Community.
Explore all our past episodes
“The Political Aspects of Community Building”: A’ida Al-Shibli in a conversation with Teodora Radulescu at the European Ecovillage Gathering 2024
In this powerful episode, we explore how to confront systemic injustices and work toward a more just and peaceful world, examining the essential role of love and compassion in addressing global challenges. Our featured guest is A’ida Al-Shibli, a peace activist, Tamera community member, and Indigenous Palestinian Bedouin woman, who delivers a compelling keynote interview…
The Power of Going Local: A Conversation with Anja Lyngbaek at the European Ecovillage Gathering 2024
In this compelling episode, we sit down with Anja Lyngbaek, Programmes Director of Local Futures and a passionate advocate for localization. Drawing from her extensive work with communities worldwide, Lyngbaek presents a powerful case for slowing down our current economic trajectory and reimagining our relationship with growth. At the heart of her talk at the…
Episode 12: Coming back to the power of life – the politics and spirituality of peacework with Sabine Lichtenfels
On today’s episode, we speak to Sabine Lichtenfels: activist, peaceworker, theologian, and co-founder of Tamera Ecovillage. We discuss Sabine’s journey into community, the politics and spirituality of peacework, the meaning of Tamera’s stone circle, and how to maintain hopeful in times of war: by “coming back to the power of life”. To learn more and…
Episode 11: Building Community That Lasts with Les Pas-Sages
How do you build a community that lasts 100 years? Les Pas-Sages wants to help community groups do just that, by demystifying complex concepts and providing clear and simple explanations of the legal, financial, and most importantly human mechanisms involved in setting up and maintaining housing cooperatives and other communities. In this episode, we talk…
Voices of the Ecovillage Gathering: Camilla Nielsen-Englyst, Danish Ecovillage Network
Why are there so many ecovillages in Denmark? How has the country ‘mainstreamed’ ecovillages? And what made hosting this summer’s ecovillage gathering there so special? Ecovillage veteran Steffen Emrich introduces a special series of interviews from the European Ecovillage Gathering. In this episode he’s in conversation with Camilla Neilsen-Englyst, powerhouse of the Danish Ecovillage Network,…
Finding meaning in a time of endings: Dougald Hine at the European Ecovillage Gathering
in this episode we explore some of the main themes of this summer’s European Ecovillage Gathering, and share writer and storyteller Dougald Hine’s moving keynote speech on the work worth doing when it feels like all is lost.
