ERO – Ekobyarnas Riksorganisation
ERO - Ekobyarnas Riksorganisation
Vision and Mission
ERO strives: - to promote ecological living and sustainable lifestyles in community, with others, in the city and the countryside; - to strengthen people's opportunities to carry out an ecological adaptation of their construction and living; to create interest for ecological living and sustainable ways of life in community with others in both contact with societies various bodies, businesses and networks as well as mass media and membership fees; to connect existing ecovillages, and to share info and possibilities of project applications, education and courses. to connect with other networks, such as cooperative housing, the transition movement, and the transnational GEN networks.
About
Founded in 1987, ERO is Europe’s oldest national ecovillage network. It was called “Njord” until 2001. After being dormant for some year, the network’s name was changed to “ERO - Ekobyarnas Riksorganisation” in 2010 as part of a process of revival of the network. ERO then also initiated the creation of the transnational network BEN (Baltic Ecovillage Network) in order to foster cross-border cooperation.
