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…

We're thrilled to hear that Ecodorp Boekel, the newest full member of GEN Europe, was recently recognised as "The Most Sustainable Organisation in the Netherlands" - a truly well deserved title. According to Boekel, On July 1st 2021, the jury chose Boekel Ecovillage as the most sustainable organisation in the Netherlands, because this project combines an enormously wide range of aspects of sustainability: nature-inclusive, climate-adaptive, climate-positive, circular, biodiversity and social sustainability. The majority of the 36 social housing units in the strikingly circular project were built using natural materials and…

For community-seekers and communities new and old; for those curious about exploring regeneration of ourselves and our world; for dreamers and visionaries and hands-on creators and crafters... We're excited to present a brand new offering to support community creation and inner and outer transformation. While changing travel regulations and public health guidelines still make it difficult for us to gather, 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... We invite you…

By Steffi Goerisch and Dario Ferraro GEN Europe is a member of the Yes to Sustainability partnership, a project designed to share best practice on peer learning among youth in the area of sustainability. The team in Jandala Finally, after months of online meetings, a colourful bunch of young people and youth workers from ecovillages and sustainable projects in Italy, Germany, Serbia, Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia, all members of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership “Yes To Sustainability”, met between the 7th and the 15th of June at the beautiful retreat and…