When I joined the European Ecovillage Network as their new IT Manager back in 2017, I suspected it was not going to be a regular IT job, but I had no idea how radically different it would be. In some Ecovillages, such as Sieben Linden in Germany, residents consciously prohibit mobile phone signals within the village boundaries and they deliberately choose slow internet connections. Lakabe in Spain has agreed to remain an electromagnetic-free zone except…

The core mission of the Ecovillage movement is to strive towards a more regenerative lifestyle. We live in communities where we pay attention to the materials we use to build our homes, the food we grow and consume, the clothes we wear, the way we make decisions together, the traditions we uphold, etc. However there is at least one aspect that is often neglected. Maybe it is because the topic is too abstract, or maybe it…