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We are welcoming 2023 with the intention of
deep community and connection.
Relationships are the heart of this network and we greatly look forward to reconnecting this year on a deeper level. It is no secret that the past years have been a challenge - each individual, ecovillage, and network that make up the Global Ecovillage Network have faced their own unique hurdles. We invite you while reading this, to release any tension that that fact invokes. We invite you to put your hand on your heart and feel the swell of hope that a collective network working towards positive change holds. We look forward to facing the dawn of the new year together, in community, in compassion, and in co-creation.
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With the spirit of hope, we are excited to announce
our opening projects for 2023! 🎉
Follow us on social media to receive project updates throughout the year.
🕸️ Weaving humanity back into the web of life: Kincentric leadership through the polycrisis
This two-year pilot project will lay the foundation for a new paradigm of leadership, and polycrisis mitigation, grounded in kincentric ecology - an awareness that life in any environment is only viable when humans view the life surrounding them as kin.
In partnership with St. Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, and BIPOC Youth Justice & Healing Fellowship, we look forward to;
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Supporting leaders, organisations and communities responding to the polycrisis to integrate a kincentric view of life into their activities
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Creating tools and frameworks for designing and implementing interventions that benefit all forms of life.
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Organising multiple retreats, mentoring, an online community of practice, and a library of stories providing many different ways to engage and learn in the coming two years.
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🌱 Youth in Action: Sprouts for the Future Project
Launching April 2023, students from Ecuador, India, Montenegro, South Africa, and the USA will create hands-on project-based learning for young people in the themes of renewable energy/transport, natural building, water and or waste management, organic agriculture, biodiversity, and ecosystem restoration.
Through this project, we aim to;
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Create transformative learning and ecological skill-building for educators
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Implement the following SDGs 2, 6, 7, 13, 15 & 17
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Enhance educator's networks, providing resources that allow others to replicate the developed hands-on projects
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🔎 Ecovillage Resilience +2.5°
We are excited to continue the Ecovillage Resilience +2.5° project asking the question, "What can ecovillages nurture today to be more resilient tomorrow?" Together with 20 communities from around the world, we will continue exploring resilience, adaptation, and transformation in a > +2.5 degrees global warming scenario through the four-strand pathway;
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A resilience assessment of ecovillages and key ecovillage practices
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A deep-dive into the reality of a 2.5+ degree hothouse Earth
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Visions and pathways for ecovillages in 2040
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Creation of 'Ecovillages 2040' capacity building and dissemination resources
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Join our Global Learning Communty
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Ecovillage Design Course
Sign up now for only *720£!
*The early bird special (20% off)
ends January 25th.
This year's live online offering will run from the 4th of March to the 23rd of July, 2023 on Saturdays at 15:00 UTC.* Check your local time here
*a few course times are subject to change to accommodate Oceania-based guest facilitators.
Are you ready to become a facilitator of transformative learning environments and collaborative action?
Learn from the real experiences of community builders and ecovillage founders.
This online Ecovillage Design Course course equips you with the knowledge and skills to plan and grow your sustainable project.
You will gain hands-on support from world-renowned sustainability educators and a community of passionate and interesting individuals from around the globe.
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Co-Creating Communities of Practice in GEN
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The 1st Global Call for Co-creating Communities of Practice in GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) is coming in January 2023!
This is the space for anyone in the network who wants to get together to discuss or make plans to address a specific topic on regeneration or some project or initiative related to living in ecovillages - exchange, learn and co-create with each other. This could include discussions about Sociocracy, Ecovillage Education, GEN UN Advocacy, Ecosystem Restoration, Economic Resiliency, Natural Building, GEN Consultancies, Fundraising Initiatives, Conflict Resolution, or almost anything.
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As a continuation of our Twinning Regenerative Educators project, we invite educators of children and youth to join our practitioner's training and explore the tools and inspiration we had the pleasure of cultivating over the course of 2022 with 20 schools from all five regions of the Global Ecovillage Network.
 Register now to express your interest in the training and receive further info once the course is open for registration!
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Our newest course, Ecovillage Startup, is a practical, solutions-based, and self-paced experience for rural and urban ecovillage dreamers and new ecovillage creators. Join some of the best ecovillage creators and leaders on the planet as they share their experiences on how to start an ecovillage.
Join the waitlist and be notified when registrations are live!
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The Llamado de la Montaña in Colombia has begun! We are happy to meet again with the tribe of ecovillages, permaculturalists, organizations, networks, and initiatives in transition, regenerative and sustainable!
There is still time to join the Llamado de la Selva (Call of the Jungle) in Argentina. You are invited to inhabit the medicine of the territory, to make its environmental conflicts visible, and to give viable proposals for a coherent and harmonious relationship with Nature.
🌳 7 Days of Community living, Workshops, Talks, and Ceremonies.
🌳 January 30 to February 5th, 2023
🌳 Misiones, Argentina, Abya Yala
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Sonja-Vera, co-founder of Schloss Glarisegg community in Switzerland warmly invites you to join an in-person Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course beginning the 13th of January 2023.
Dates: 13.1.2023 - 18.2.2023
Cost: 1950 - 3600 €
Location: community Schloss Glarisegg, CH-8266 Steckborn
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In case you missed it in our December newsletter, we continue to celebrate the completion of the Eco-Schools for Eco-Communities project, a collaboration between GEN International and SCOPE Malawi, which increased the climate resilience and food security in five schools in Southern Malawi.
📩 Download the Regenerative Schools manual created for Malawi Educators and learn about the project's approach to integrating the ecovillage approach and permaculture principles in schools.
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Join Gaia Education's upcoming webinar, "Regenerative Livelihoods in changing times," a conversation with course creators Silvia Di Blasio & Della Duncan.
January 8th, 5 PM UTC Time
Webinar language: English
Learn more & Register!
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Introducing the brand new course, 'Cultivating Regenerative Livelihoods' starting 16th January!
This course will encourage you to find deeper meaning in your work and explore your passions. You will see new ways in making a living while making a difference.
Find out more!
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