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The project ECOPRISE in which GEN Europe is a partner has been approved, yeahhh! It's main objective is the development of a multi-disciplinary course on Ecopreneurship, i.e. future-oriented social entrepreneurship through ecovillage design, inspired by the 4 dimensions of sustainability, and recognised through micro-credentials and through a European certification. To learn more about the project you can read the abstract below: Current challenges at international level, such as climate change, environmental degradation, rising unemployment rates, have shown the urgent need to adopt more sustainable approaches in our lifestyles and productive systems.…

As many of you may  remember, Iryna Kazakova from GEN-Ukraine decided to leave the room during the last GA in Nature Community, when Olga from GEN-Russia - who was already online for a while (but just listening) - started to actively participate in the voting process. At that moment of the meeting there was no possibility to create the safe space it deserved, but we promised in the GA that we will come back to this. Unfortunately, this could not be realized during the GA itself, or during the other…

We are a fledgling ecovillage in the Alps of NW Italy, Comunità rigenerative. Why the plural in our name? In the longer term, we dream of several interconnected communities, semi-autonomous in various mountain hamlets in this valley. We are in an emergency! The house we have rented so far in Drocala, the main house of the community, with its common spaces and its land where we grow our food and fibres, is now for sale! In order to be able to continue using it and survive, we need to buy…

The Green Phoenix was initiated at Centre for Unity Schweibenalp and researches questions of the four quadrants of Ecology, Economy, Community and Consciousness/Spirituality. It is also often referred to as the meeting of the community of communities, and I personally take away that it is really a gathering to ground the depth and spiritual foundations of our movement which many communities of our network embody. Since 2015, representatives of European and some non-European communities and networks meet annually in an intimate setting to share deeply and explore their most important questions…

This coming spring four participants between18- 30 years of age with do the European Solidarity Corp volunteering here at Charlottendal, Järna.Sweden.The place is a 35 ha farm with ca 15 persons living and some sheep and chickens.The main activity on the farm Is a Waldorf kindergarten (Lilla Bullerbyn) with 30 children.  Our volunteers are participating with animal care, permaculture gardening, repair and doing some building work. With the support of volunteers, we´ve also started a forest garden projectwith lots of fruit trees and berry bushes.  The farm is not self-sufficient, but…

Project Update Autumn 2023 The Resilience 2,5º project continues its fruitful path towards its completion. This past week, all participating ecovillages, including our members Ecodorp Bökel, Findhorn, Keuruu, Damanhur and Sieben Linden have dived deep into the so-called "Resilience attributes". These refer to the features of a system that contribute to its general resilience and capacity to respond to a range of possible disturbances, stresses and shocks. Resilience attributes include concepts such as diversity (e.g., habitat diversity, cultural diversity, livelihood diversity) as well as inclusivity & equity, which can be…