Ecovillage events

We run online and in-person events throughout the year for our members and the general public. Our main events for members are our General Assembly every summer, and National Networks meeting in winter. Our annual festival of ecovillages, the European Ecovillage Gathering, welcomes hundreds of participants from all around the world every year.

Ecovillages around Europe also regularly run gatherings, volunteering weeks, retreats, seminars and more. Find out what’s on in an ecovillage near you!

Ecovillage Events Calendar

*European Ecovillage Gathering 2024. Photo by Annabelle Moghadam*

The European Ecovillage Gathering

Every summer, hundreds of people from all around the world gather in a European ecovillage to learn, connect, dance, network, sing, reflect, and explore ecovillage culture together. The Gathering is a co-created event with inspiring speakers and workshop leaders from around the network offering practices, tools and insights from all aspects of regeneration: community-building, foraging, yoga, governance, alternative economics…

The Gathering is for everyone, from lifelong communitarians to those who are just discovering ecovillages for the first time. It’s a family-friendly event brimming with creativity and fun, and all are welcome. Make sure you sign up to our newsletter to ensure you don’t miss the next event!

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Ecovillage events calendar

Name: Online: Ecovillage Design Education (EDE)
Start: 2026-03-07
End: 2026-07-11
Location: Online

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March 2026

Online: Ecovillage Design Education (EDE)

This LIVE, four-month course is a transformative journey into the heart of community building, collaborative learning, design for sustainability and regeneration, offering the tools, skills, and inspiration needed to co-create thriving, resilient communities and projects.

07 Mar - 11 Jul

All Day

Online

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Clay and Straw as a Key: Traditional Techniques Applied to Contemporary Construction

Call for participants from Spain, Slovenia, Italy, France, Sweden, or Egypt! Ready to get your hands dirty with clay and straw? Join the Erasmus+ training “Clay & Straw as a Key” to learn tons of hands-on, natural building techniques, from traditional plaster to straw bale walls!

16 - 23 Mar

All Day

Asturias, Spain

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“GIGIE”: Green and Inclusive Games for an Innovative Exchange

Open call for participants from Georgia, Greece, Italy, Spain. Youth Exchange: G.I.G.I.E. – Green and Inclusive Games for an Innovative Exchange. The aim of the project is to discover the use of play and creativity as tools to facilitate learning, social inclusion and emotional well-being of young people.

21 - 29 Mar

All Day

Rascafría, Madrid, Spain

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April 2026

LaCasba Training Course: Embracing Conflict

Presenting a project that was born to create a new culture of conflict in activist communities. A culture where one can reclaim their feelings and express them openly. The course is divided into three phases.

12 - 23 Apr

All Day

LaCasba

La Caserne Bascule, Joigny, France

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June 2026

The Tamera & ZEGG Festival – From Crisis to Connection

Join an inspirational gathering where two visionary intentional communities – Tamera (Portugal) and ZEGG (Germany) – come together to explore elements of a new, peaceful culture. In a spirit of co-creation, we will inquire into how love, community and trust in life can guide us towards building a culture of inner and outer peace in...

18 - 21 Jun

All Day

Tamera

Monte Do Cerro, Portugal

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July 2026

Clay and Straw as a Key: Traditional Techniques Applied to Contemporary Construction

01 - 08 Jul

All Day

Zavod Veles, Slovenia

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Lebensgarten Call for Papers

The International Communal Studies Association (ICSA) invites scholars, practitioners, and theorists to participate in our upcoming conference “Intentional Community Resilience in an Age of Uncertainty” . This conference will explore how these communities cultivate resilience in the face of pressing contemporary challenges and offer lessons to the broader society for effective social change.

09 - 11 Jul

All Day

Lebensgarten Ecovillage

Steyerberg, Germany

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To Dare To Trust: European Ecovillage Gathering 2026 in Nature Community

In times of uncertainty, choosing to trust in each other and our collective capacity is the most radical act. Ecovillages are laboratories of trust—proof that another way of living is not only imaginable but already tangible. Registration and program details coming January/February 2026.

13 - 18 Jul

All Day

Nature Community

Germany

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August 2026

Findhorn Permaculture Design Certificate Course (PDC)

Join The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn, one of the biggest and oldest ecovillages in Europe, for a hands-on two-week certificate course on permaculture principles and design practices, with a focus on permaculture in community and methods that will engage the heart, head and hands.

03 - 16 Aug

All Day

Findhorn, Scotland

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September 2026

LaCasba Embracing Conflict: Conflict & Resistance Gathering

Presenting a project that was born to create a new culture of conflict in activist communities. A culture where one can reclaim their feelings and express them openly. This course is divided into three parts.

10 - 15 Sep

All Day

LaCasba

La Caserne Bascule, Joigny, France

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