November 24-27, 2025 at Sunny Hill, Slovenia The GEN Europe team, staff, and council met during the last week of November at Sunny Hill in Slovenia for our bi-annual staff & council meeting! We gathered to reflect and strategize on GEN Europe as an organisation and welcomed new people into our circle and strengthened bond to keep collaborating effectively together. We onboarded three new council members elected at the last General Assembly: Neus Valls, Ronja Tammenpää, and Anne Bretschneider. We also welcomed two new staff members: Bernarda DeOliveira, last year’s…

November 27-30, 2025 at Sunny Hill, Slovenia Each winter, representatives of National and Transnational Networks within GEN Europe come together to take stock of what is alive in the network, share needs and challenges and collaboratively strengthen GEN Europe’s lively network. These meetings create a space to refine how we work together and to co-develop projects and initiatives that support the wider ecovillage movement. National Networks are a vital pillar of GEN Europe, bridging the lived realities of communities on the ground with a broader, european & international perspective. This…

Bernarda (she/her) has spent the past decade traveling and learning through volunteering, study, and community life. Her interest in human connection first led her to study Organizational Psychology in her home state of New York. Dissatisfied with the work-centered form of community of her studies, she spent some time traveling to explore ecoprojects and alternative lifestyles that value sustainability and nature connection. She returned to continue her studies in Europe, where through seeking out ecstatic dance and contact improvisation she was connected to her first intentional community in Portugal, Servivo.…

The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) brings nearly three decades of proven climate solutions to COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

New year, new volunteers! Meet and learn about them in this introduction!

From the 21st to the 25th of April 2025, the GEN Europe team gathered at Arterra Bizimodu (Basque Country) for the annual Staff and Council Meeting. This five-day event brought together staff members, Council Members, and our new ESC volunteers to brainstorm, work, move forward, and dream into the near and far future of GEN Europe. Beyond strategic planning and decision-making, the meeting served as a deeply nourishing space to reconnect, align our vision, and celebrate our shared purpose. The meeting was highly successful in tackling a wide range of…