Moon News

We want to capture some of the year’s main activities at the secretariat, while we recognise that all we do is in service to the wider network of ecovillages that provide light and inspiration in challenging times.

Written by: Lina Cirvinskiene We all know that we face a crisis -  unstable times where there is a high level of uncertainty for the future and still a lack of solutions for transformation towards life within planetary boundaries. Though transformation towards sustainability is needed as much as urgent actions for that. The ecovillages have an experience of a low impact lifestyle for many years and are pioneers in creation of sustainable innovative solutions. Now they could become a driver for this transition towards sustainability by creating and sharing the…

Written by Dario Ferraro This year the Yes to Sustainability network has run several new youth exchanges and training courses, organised by young people who are part of the network. The subjects of these projects range from exploration of the dimensions of sustainability as outlined by GEN and the Gaia Education, and Permaculture, to Digital Detoxes, and Nature Connection. Participants, some already living in ecovillages, others only beginning to explore sustainability, have come from counties across Europe, and even non-EU countries, to join these projects and to learn and create…

In this report, board member and ecovillager Steffen Emrich brings an update from the ground in Ukraine.

But have we really wondered what happens with our data when we upload it using our phone or computer? Where is it stored? How can it be that these amazing services are for free?

Hi, I ́m Natalia from No Name Kitchen. We are an organisation that is working with people on the move providing food, clothes and health care. We also co-founded the Border Violence Monitoring Network. We are based in Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Greece and Ceuta. And now we are starting a project to make it easier for people without papers to live in ecovillages. We are creating a team to support the people without papers, ecovillages, rural communities and villages that want to participate through this life transforming experience. This team…