New Projects update: ECOPRISE

Ecoprise project is underway since February 1st and is currently in the research phase. Over the past couple of months, partners in Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Lithuania, Cyprus, and Greece have been conducting interviews and focus groups with various ecovillages, ecoprojects, social entrepreneurship, HEIs and VEIs to learn from their experiences, practices, tools, and wisdom with the aim of understanding what regeneration-driven social enterprise should look like as well as what challenges are common, and what gaps need filling in. The end goal of the project is a multi-disciplinary course on Ecopreneurship, which will be based on Ecoprise designer – its entrepreneurial model and skillset, so that entrepreneurs across Europe could become Ecoprise designers. The second in-person meeting will coincide with the European Ecovillage Gathering to take place at Ängsbacka from the 19th to the 26th of August. At these meetings, 19 project partners will be present to immerse in the culture of ecovillages, share research insights, and the results of their work so far. This coming together will also provide fertile ground for a series of co-design sessions to begin to shape some of the project deliverables. We look forward to sharing outcomes and memorable moments from this day with you after the summer and Gatherings have done their magic!