This call will select 50 Pathfinder Communities from across Croatia, Finland, France, Portugal, and Spain.

When bombs fall, trees still grow — and in Ukraine, ecovillagers are planting hope.

Connecting Communities for Affordable, Sustainable and Inclusive Housing Across Europe

Angel Matilla, IT Manager at GEN Europe, recently participated in two thought-provoking webinars.

Once again, people from all around the world gathered to explore, exchange, connect – and to celebrate communities.

Master essential facilitation skills through hands-on practice: group decision-making, conflict resolution, meeting facilitation, and participatory leadership.

Imagine a future where communities flourish, healing both people and the planet.

We explored our internalized systems of oppression, rank and privilege, and the ways we represent and talk about peace and conflict.

The Ecoprise Consortium is thrilled to announce the launch of the Ecoprise Course – a comprehensive, free online training program for aspiring ecopreneurs!

The aftermovie from the 2025 European Ecovillage Gathering offers a vibrant glimpse into this extraordinary annual event!

The implementation of the project “SusTech: Sustainable Technologies for Ecovillages and Communities” began!

The “Caravan of Masters” proved that, even in times of war, Ukrainian communities strive to create, recover and dream together.

Don’t miss this funded volunteering opportunity to live and work at the heart of the European ecovillage movement!

Creating a community and keeping it flourishing is a wonderful and rewarding journey, but it often comes with its own unique set of challenges.

“I shared my dreams, I shared home, I shared my clothes with I don’t know how many folks.” – Riccardo Clemente

Gain hands-on experience in graphic facilitation and recording, including how to visually explain complex concepts, guide group processes, and make abstract ideas tangible.

Are you between 18 and 30 years old? Are you a resident of one of the ESC programme countries? Then consider joining the Dream Team!

If you can’t join in person, Tamera is offering access to selected recorded sessions!

Nestled in the northeast of Scotland, The Park, Ecovillage Findhorn has long stood as a beacon for spiritual inquiry, ecological innovation, and community living.

This call will select 15 Demonstrators from across Croatia, Finland, France, Portugal, and Spain.

Applications for the 2025 Hildur Jackson Award are open until the 1st of August 2025!

At 90, still full of drive, visionary and co-founder of the “Lebensgarten Ecovillage” in Steyerberg: Declan Kennedy receives the Federal Cross of Merit.

The Ecovillage of Pourgues was honored among dozens of inspiring initiatives promoting more sustainable and human-centered tourism.

We are thrilled to announce that GEN was chosen as the winner for the LUSH Spring Prize 2025!

Download the full report of 2024.

With a three-day, 48 km march to Rafah on the Gaza border starting on 12 June, they want to clear the way for humanitarian aid to reach the besieged enclave.

We are happy to announce that we will host a brand new EXPO & MARKET space at the 2025 European Ecovillage Gathering!

In a recent interview with Maksym Zalevski from GEN Ukraine we delved into the inspiring resilience of Ukrainian eco-villages amidst ongoing challenges.

GEN Europe is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Project Developer Volunteer to support the development of Horizon Europe proposals under the upcoming 2025 Work Programme.

The programme of the 2025 Gathering is now live! Come check out what you could enjoy between the 12th and the 17th of August!

How can we root into care, community and ecological thinking in a world of division and noise?

We are looking for one person to coordinare the Dream Team, to support the 2025 Gathering and enjoy the experience at no cost!

In GEN EU we believe in fostering open, ethical and trasparent communication which aligns with our values, and as a result we have decided to discontinue our engagement on X.

At a meeting of all partners in Weimar, Germany, the implementation of the project “Sustain-Ability: Shaping Green COMP for the youth field” began!

We are open to applications from any European country, as we will also be looking for hosts for the following years!

Tickets on sale for the 2025 Gathering!

Youth Impacting Transformative Economies Through Game Design… to connect, network, research, and play a board game!

The ecovillage ‘Los Portales’ is turning 40, highlighting the resilience, liveliness and longevity of the ecovillages!

Mary Inglis, a profilic writer who has been calling Findhorn her home for many decades now, shares her story in written form.

We have been deeply touched by all of your support and your help in spreading the word – every click really counted, and we couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you.

In the midst of November & autumn storms GEN Europe staff and council met for their bi-annual Meeting – this time in Findhorn Community in Scotland!

We’ve launched a new feature that connects with our interactive map to showcase our vibrant network of ecovillages!

Explore all the opportunities to volunteer in European Ecovillages as an ESC (European Solidarity Corps).

We’re once more delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to support us in receiving thousands of euros of funding – at no cost to you.

Mark the date: August 12th to 17th!

700 souls hailing from 41 different countries spent four days exploring and connecting in Sweden!

This August, GEN Europe held its annual General Assembly in Ängsbacka, Sweden, coinciding with the European Ecovillage Gathering.

The summer Iberian Ecovillage Network Gathering seems like a distant memory as I write these lines on a rainy autumn evening in Germany.

You are kindly invited to join our GEN Book Club happening September 30th 2024, 6-8.30 pm CET online!

Download the full report of 2024.

A recognised leader in the field of regenerative agriculture and the author of the widely acclaimed manual Regenerative Agriculture.

Live, Learn, and Grow in a Spanish Ecovillage!

We are celebrating the latest updates from the Ecovillage Map!

You are kindly invited to join our GEN Book Club happening July 23rd 2024, 4 – 5.30pm (CEST) online!

Surprise! The online home for all things ecovillage in Europe has a brand new feature.

Have a glimpse into the project’s purpose, project results and created alliances!

Participants were youth workers from organisations around Europe who shared their occupations and their dreams and hopes for the future.

This addition opens our doors to urban co-housing communities to permaculture farms, learning centers, and eco-tourism destinations.

The training is aimed for youth-workers – people already working with other youth, or willing to start such work.

We invite the ecovillage members to bring your technologies, materials and offer a presentation or demonstration!

The community house in Busha, Ukraine, was a project initiated as a response to the start of the war to serve as a refugee shelter in the short term and as an event space and community centre in the long term.

This partnership between GEN Europe, GEN Ukraine, BEN, RIVE, LØS and APTES bore many fruits and the time has come to celebrate the accomplishments!

We’ve been listening closely to your feedback, and we’re thrilled to introduce exciting updates to our membership structure.

GEN Europe Projects Working Group organizes this Online Welcoming & Networking Event on June 6th at 17:00 CEST.

We are thrilled to announce the call for space-holders for this year’s Ecovillage Gathering Children’s Programme!

Be resourced by the European Ecovillage Gathering to bring your community-dream into reality!

GEN Europe is seeking a part-time event coordinator to join our small and friendly team!

GEN Europe is currently looking for 2 coordinators who will lead our volunteer ‘Dream Team’, at the European Ecovillage Gathering in Sweden!

GEN Europe is seeking a part-time communications manager to join our small and friendly team – role at the heart of the ecovillage movement!

Every year, dozens of people offer workshops and activities of all kinds as part of the huge co-creation that makes our annual event so unique.

A new manifesto launched by civil society organizations claims the right of EU citizens to have the choice to live sustainably.

Volunteer with GEN Europe, fully funded through the European Solidarity Corps!

In a time when there is so much need in the world, when our attention and resources are pulled in so many different directions, we know it can be hard to support all the causes that are dear to our hearts.

Tamera is warmly inviting friends and supporters around the world to support the manifestation of the new Stone Circle Book and Card Deck.

One beautiful temporary community created by every single person who attended biggest Ecovillage Gathering yet.

As the sun set over the green hills and forests surrounding Nature Community, the hundreds of individuals from across the world settling down in front of the main stage for the opening ceremony – we knew it would be worth the wait.

Download the annual report of 2022

Boekel, located in the Netherlands, is a highly ambitious ecovillage project with the SDGs at its heart.

The writer and lecturer will join over 50 workshop leaders at 26th edition of annual festival of sustainable lifestyles.

The Erasmus+ funded REGEN4ALL project was launched in Lisbon last month, where project partners met for the first time to kick off this year-long project based on ecovillage research.

A platform for people to connect with individuals who can provide insight, knowledge, and advice on a range of topics related to ecovillage life.

Toni Mallach & Aleksandra Jaszczyk from the Baltic Ecovillage Network share their experiences exchanging with GEN EU and the Iberian Ecovillage Network.

The first training module on the CLIPS method – Community Learning Incubator for Sustainability – hosted by the Torri Superiore Ecovillage, took place from 16 to 19 March.

Join an online screening and live Q&A with GEN Ukraine to mark the launch of a new documentary following the Green Road of Ecovillages

Join the global online classroom and learn from renowned educators from around the world.

We’re so excited to announce that early bird tickets for this year’s European Ecovillage Gathering are now on sale!

Be part of our web of co-creators by submitting a workshop proposal, offering your facilitation skills.

If you’re under 30 and resident in Europe, this is your chance to spend 8-10 months living and volunteering at the heart of the ecovillage movement!

If you’re under 30 and resident anywhere in the EU, you can apply for this chance to learn about organic agriculture, community-building and loads more in this well-established and lively ecovillage.

If you’re looking for a solid basis to start your journey into ecovillages in 2023 the Ecovillage Design Education Course might be for you.

If you’re under 30 and an EU resident, you’re eligible for the European Solidarity Corps, a funded volunteering programme which many ecovillages take part in

We’ll be meeting in the beautiful surroundings of Nature Community in Bavaria, Germany.

GEN Ukraine is now launching an urgent fundraising campaign as winter approaches, and we’re sharing their requests here.

We’re celebrating the finalising of the WESEEN project, that has supported the creation of two new networks – Western Europe (WE) and South East Europe (SEEN)!

Launch and Thrive project kicks off to activate ecovillage networks!

We’re seeking an organised, motivated project coordinator (10 months) to cover the maternity leave of one of our colleagues.

One of the core functions of an ecovillage network is to act as a bridge between communities, enabling ecovillages to connect with one another, share experiences, build relationships and collaborate for constant learning.

Use your enthusiasm for ecovillages and live in Arterra Bizimodu ecovillage, Spain, at the heart of the European Ecovillage Network!

After three years apart, the European and global ecovillage movement came back together in a joyful celebration of community, tackling themes of crisis while gathering hope, inspiration and important lessons from projects, practitioners and experts from around the world.

We’re offering an opportunity for our members to have a say in shaping EU energy policy – and to win energy infrastructure for their communities.

An ambitious plan is brewing to create in a few short months an eco-constructed common house, well equipped for winter, where new arrivals can spend the winter in warmth and safety.

Nevertheless, they have shared with us this statement, also published on their website, despite the risks. We thank our friends in GEN Russia for their bravery in speaking out and share their desire for peace.

On this page, learn about their initiatives to support refugees, read and listen to voices from Ukrainian ecovillages and give your support to ecovillage initiatives giving hope in the darkest of times.

At last, we come to you with exciting news: the European Ecovillage Gathering is back this summer and we’ll be meeting in Ananda Gaorii, Denmark!

We will be publishing translated updates we receive from Maksym Zalevskyi, president of GEN Ukraine, who is spearheading the mobilisation.

We will be publishing translated updates we receive from Maksym Zalevskyi, president of GEN Ukraine, who is spearheading the mobilisation.

Ecovillages and other eco-settlements are right now hosting large numbers of refugees and need support to create safe, warm, hygienic spaces to house and feed people seeking shelter.

Our hearts go out to our members in the country, and to all those striving for peace and community.

EYE (Ecovillage Youth Exchange) Africa-Europe is a collaborative project between GEN Africa and GEN Europe.

We are happy to announce that GEN Europe is looking for a temporary Projects Coordinator to join our small and friendly team to covering the 10-month maternity leave of one of our employees.

If you’re under 30 and resident in an EU country, we have good news – GEN Europe is opening four funded volunteering positions in 2022!

For the best experience possible and to avoid disappointment, it’s important to do plenty of research before you choose a place to volunteer.

we continue to offer spaces for all those curious about ecovillages to connect across borders, and the Resilience & Regeneration Series is that, and so much more

The participants had an in-depth exchange about project ideas, and teams formed that carry forward several project ideas that were conceived during the training, most of them international with partners they met at the training.