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Interview Summary: Angel Matilla is a member of Arterra Bizimodu Ecovillage and he is also IT Manager of GEN Europe. We gathered in an interview about Arterra last week and he told us very interesting things about this magical place! Arterra was born in 2013, and it hosts 40 members; 26 of them are adults, 6 are children and 8 are in the entering process (adults). 85% of the people are from Spain. They are an association, but next month they are going to become a housing cooperative, because they…

Over 30 representatives from 15 national and regional networks met in ecovillage Torri Superiore to plan new common projects, and exchange information and inspiration. Represented networks were: Baltic Ecovillage Network (BEN), Western Europe Ecovillage Network (WEEN) Southeastern Europe Ecovillage Networks (SEEN), BelgECO, LOES, GEN Poland, ERO, GEN Lithuania, GEN Switzerland, GEN NL, Cooperative Oasis France, GEN Germany, RIE, RIVE, Sunny Hill (GEN Slovenia), Felkelo Nap (GEN Hungary), and European Network for solidarity economy Rippes. Meeting was structured in a way that offered a lot of time for a group work. GEN Europe…

 The Gathering is truly a community effort, created by volunteers offering their workshops, their organising skills, their care and social wisdom. Be part of our big and connected web of co-creators. Read about the different ways that you can get engaged below! Offer a workshop The open call for workshops for the 2023 programme is now open! Workshops topics can be in any area of sustainable, regenerative, and ecovillage living. Our sub-programme categories are shown in the application form. Submit your workshop proposal by March 12th in this form.  The…

Does your community want to host the European Ecovillage Gathering in 2024 or 2025? We are now open for host applications! Dear friends and members! Our beloved ecovillage Gathering travels to a new host community every year. We are now opening applications for communities interested in hosting the Gathering in 2024 and in 2025. We will run the selection process for both years in parallel. If your community would like to host the Gathering in one of the next two years, please send in this application before April 10th.  Before…

CALL FOR PARTNERS Deadline February 23, 2023 For becoming a partner, please sign up your organisation here until the 10th of February.  For all those who have collaborated in trainings before, we are trying a new approach this time. With the pandemic, it hasn’t become easier to work with projects, things change a lot and everything seems to happen very short notice. This time, you simply sign up for the type of training you would like to partner in. Our team will then distribute the partners among the different applications.…