Our dear Charles Katere once told me that purely the existence of a Global Ecovillage Network is enough to inspire great transformation. This notion has remained a steadfast inspiration throughout the year as we navigate uncertainty and changing times. This movement shares the great honour of continuing the work of our collective inspirational ancestors, young and old, who have helped move millions towards the transition to living in balance with our great home and all life.
These newsletters attempt to hold onto just a spark of that momentous energy, bringing you news from our international projects, each of our five regions and partners in transitioning to a regenerative world. So take a moment to tune into this great energy we create together. Place a hand on your heart and envision this web of regeneration, this network of networks - stopping for a moment in the memories of the ecovillages that have impacted your life.
Read on to learn more about Charles's legacy, find tools, inspiration, and a sense of belonging and connection to this impactful global network.
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We ask that you leave a small donation in support of the continuation of our work to link and support ecovillages, educate the world about them, and grow the regenerative movement.
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Envisioning an alternative future scenario requires a clear understanding of the past and present from both a data-driven perspective as well as within our social and emotional capacities.
Join our journey to resilience with tools from the Ecovillage Resilience 2.5° project by clicking here!
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Join us for an online or in-person event to learn with leading practitioners, facilitators, thinkers, and peers in Kincentric leadership and deepen your kincentric practice.
Learn more about our upcoming events and how to participate here.
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Youth in Action – Sprouts for the Future local project implementation has launched with the support of a mentor to help navigate each school through the participatory process, bringing expertise and support.
We previously shared about 2 mentors and are excited to share 3 more!
Read the full story here!
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The ReGEN4ALL Colloquium Series continues with Ecovillages & Climate Action.
We are honoured to have as guest speakers Albert Bates (the Farm), and Christoph Strünke (Sieben Linden), and Chelsea Schelly ( Professor of Sociology at Michigan Technological University) joining us and hope you can too!
Learn more & Register
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We continue to celebrate the short and impactful life of our dear Charles Katere from the Ecovillage, Permaculture and wider sustainability networks.
Join us in sharing stories of how you were impacted by Charles, offering a token of words to our global altar.
Read more & support Charles's family here.
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Qifengshan Natural Farming Ecovillage in Wuchang City, Heilongjiang, China, partnered with Qiandao Lake Natural Agro-Ecovillage to jointly organize the inaugural China Ecovillage Construction Workshop from August 1st to August 7th, 2023.
Read the full story here!
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Follow Topsi's journey to the Global Ecovillage Network as a GENOA delegate through this inspiring personal reflection.
Read the full story at genoaecovillage.org.
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Look back at this summer's European Ecovillage Gathering with their beautiful after-film, capturing the essence of a magical four days, 800 participants from 41 countries, and countless precious moments of connection and inspiration.
If you missed out this year, be sure to sign up to GEN Europe's newsletter to receive information about the 2024 Gathering and other ecovillage news from Europe.
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Network conversations are an open space to continue sharing wisdom and weaving trust in this new dawn. We will have news, invitations, experiences and exchange of knowledge from different corners of Latin America. Stay tuned!
Watch the recording from "Conversaciones en Red" (translation available in settings!)
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Through the European Day of Sustainable Communities (a.k.a. EDSC) ECOLISE aims to celebrate thousands of transformative community-led initiatives across Europe.
This year, they would like to raise awareness by bringing the campaign to the digital landscape and they are preparing a video collage to be shared on September 23rd. To join the campaign, take a picture of a community celebration around a table and upload it on their website before September 17th.
📽️ Click here to watch the pre-campaign video, read the toolkit on how to participate and upload your pictures.
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Our friends at Gaia Education have announced the new "Design for Resilience" starting on the 4th of November. In this course, you will learn how to define resilience in an era of uncertainty/ bouncing forward vs bouncing back, systems mapping, risks, hazards, vulnerabilities and opportunities, water and food systems and much more!
Learn more & Register! | Explore all of Gaia Education's offerings
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On behalf of the International Communal Studies Association (ICSA), I write to encourage members of your community to submit proposals for the online conference we will be holding in January 2024 on the theme of “Building Communities for Global Social Change.” The deadline for proposals is September 29, 2023, and you can find the call for papers on ICSA's website at https://www.icsacommunity.org/ .
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