The writer and lecturer will join over 50 workshop leaders at 26th edition of annual festival of sustainable lifestyles Christian Felber. Photo: Allard Willemse We are thrilled to announce the participation of renowned economist Christian Felber as a keynote speaker and workshop presenter at this year’s European Ecovillage Gathering. Felber is an award-winning author and the initiator of the Economy for the Common Good, a sustainable and holistic economic model and practice that aims to reorient economic activities towards the common good. Felber's workshop, "Economy for the Common Good –…

The ReGEN4All project team in Lisbon ReGEN4All Launches in Portugal 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. The purpose of the ReGEN4All project is to serve researchers, practitioners, and adult educators from ecovillages and academia as well as policy makers on all levels in order to make the knowledge gained within and through ecovillages more accessible both for research and policy decisions on sustainable lifestyles and living environments. …

Are you part of a new ecovillage or an upcoming ecovillage group? Be resourced by the European Ecovillage Gathering to bring your community-dream into reality! This year, the European Ecovillage Gathering, will support the rise of new and upcoming ecovillages through a Community Resourcing Circle!  Through this facilitated journey, the participants of the Gathering get the opportunity to support new or upcoming communities with their skills, materials, knowledge, hands - or anything else that they feel called to offer! The Community Resourcing Circle will be facilitated by Jay Tompt, who…

The importance of sharing knowledge in the journey to a regenerative living system. The Living Library is a collection of inspiring people with diverse backgrounds and expertise, covering various topics related to ecovillage life. It provides a platform for people to connect with individuals who can provide insight, knowledge, and advice on a range of topics related to ecovillage life. The project is built on the belief that there is a lot of knowledge and experience within the network that can be shared and leveraged for the benefit of all.…

Toni Mallach & Aleksandra Jaszczyk from the Baltic Ecovillage Network share their experiences exchanging with GEN EU and the Iberian Ecovillage Network Aleksandra and Toni from BEN with Angel from GEN Europe and Alejandra from RIE As part of the ERASMUS+ funded project Launch & Thrive, the involved partners are carrying out an exchange program. The main purpose is to acknowledge the skills and experiences of network building from two project partners: the Baltic Ecovillage Network (BEN) and GEN Europe in Spain.  Aleksandra and Toni, the representatives from the Northern…

CLIPS trainees - and their canine companions - in Torri Superiore Lucilla Borio, Torri Superiore/RIVE 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. The large study group, made up of 26 participants, was conducted by the trainers of the CLIPS Italia team, Lucilla Borio, Giorgia Lattuca , Giulio Ferretto and Riccardo Clemente, under the supervision of Genny Carraro. This is the first module of a six-stage itinerary, which will be…