Many hands make light work in Small Footprint community, Estonia "How can I volunteer in an ecovillage?" is easily the most common question we receive at GEN Europe. Whether you're simply looking for a holiday with purpose, want to meet like-minded people and learn new skills, or are seeking to dip your toe in community living for the first time, volunteering in community can be a life-changing experience. So if you're thinking of changing your life in 2022, here we give you the rundown of the most common ways of…

Tired of the big tech monopolies? Want to find ways to connect and collaborate without handing over data and control? Get ethically organised online! Join a talk on open source IT alternatives, with our IT manager Angel Matilla and organised by the Dutch ecovillage network Ecodorpen Netwerk on Thursday 25th November. More details at http://ecodorpennetwerk.nl/events/2021-11-25-break-away-from-big-tech/Donations: The event is on donation base. (suggested amount € 5,-). Thursday 25th November - 19:30 - 21:30

We are happy to announce that GEN Europe is looking for a Gathering Coordinator to join our small and friendly team. We are seeking someone who is full of ideas about how to coordinate and hold the European Ecovillage Gathering 2022 while working with transparency, excellent organisation skills, and enthusiasm for the event and the movement. The European Ecovillage Gathering is the annual convergence of the European Ecovillage Network and the dynamic expression of a movement: of the thousands of people across Europe and the globe engaging in local, community-led…

Photo: Alexis Cruz CLIPS - the Community Learning Incubator Programme - is GEN Europe's flagship training programme, developed by ecovillage founders and expert over several years of collaboration. It aims to support early stage communities overcome common challenges, and to train community members to support themselves and others with a set of tools, methods, resources and games that support group-building and conflict resolution. Thanks to Erasmus+ funding from the European Union, we are able to train ever more people in CLIPS methods and spread good practice in group development -…

The Ecovillage Design Education course - EDE - at Schloss Glarisegg in Switzerland has gained a reputation over the years as one of the most exiting and enriching programmes out there. Cohort after cohort of graduates of this intensive, five-week co-living and co-learning adventure, certified by Gaia Education, go out into the world inspired and prepared to do the work of supporting the transition to a new culture. Recently, a graduate reached out to us to share how the EDE had been "the most transformative experience" of his life -…

What are the conditions that will facilitate and strengthen energy citizenship for the much-needed transition to a low-carbon society? That’s one of the key questions that the EC² project - Energy Citizenship and Energy Communities for a Clean Energy Transition - will address through three years of in-depth research and co-creation with a diverse range of stakeholders, including ecovillages. The project, funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation grant, is made up of a consortium of 14 partners from 6 countries, coordinated by the Centre for Social Innovation ZSI…