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Last month, the Staff and Council of GEN International met for the first time in its current constellation to connect and build a purpose-aligned strategy for the coming year. With this process work, comes deep gratitude for all who serve this global network. Thank you, dear family, for the support and community we are able to create.
This month's newsletter is abundant with transition tools for regional sustainability, opportunities to connect and contribute, updates on COP27, events and tools from the regions, and a myriad of events from our extended network.
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The themes outlined for COP27 of mitigation, adaptation, finance, and collaboration are prevalent across socioeconomic, political, and physical barriers. This year, our delegation is being held by an impressive team from GEN Africa, bringing inspiration from the ecovillage network and building bridges.
Participating in COP27 are five delegates from GEN-Africa; Elisangela Rassul, Sonita Mbah, Renata Reck, Soraya Elhag, and Niveen Morsy.
For those of you attending, find them at the GEN Exhibit and at the Mobilising Youth & Transforming Communities event on November 14th, together with Gaia Education, Nordisk Folkecenter, and Global Youth Development Institute. You can also tune into the event from home, it will be live-streamed here.
🗓️ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 | 18:30-20:00 local time | Room: Thutmose
Mobilising youth & transforming communities - embedding the SDGs in formal & informal education
Innovative approaches for boosting a just transition and embedding the SDGs in education, livelihoods, and renewable energy solutions, ranging from pan-African university courses to youth capacity building for regenerative community design, green energy, and local empowerment.
Follow the action at @ecovillage.
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Ecovillage Transition in Action (ETiA)
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The project “Ecovillage Transition in Action” explored how ecovillages, community-led initiatives, local government, and local academic institutions can better collaborate to scale both horizontally and vertically in order to catalyse regional sustainability innovation.
Ecovillage Transition in Action is now complete and we are proud to share learnings, inspirations, outcomes, and tools created throughout the three-year international project.
↪Ecovillage Transition Toolkit
↪Handbook: Communities and local authorities collaborating for sustainability
↪Trainer's Handbook
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Translator Needed for the Resilience Project
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Are you a French and English speaker based in the Americas (for time-zone reasons) with a passion for ecovillages? We are looking for one or two people keen to help us include and learn from the coordinators of the official Togolese Ecovillage Development Programme in a GEN-wide inquiry into ecovillages and resilience in a radical climate change scenario.
We would rely on you for simultaneous translation in 2-hour zoom calls every three weeks, as well as for support with documents and results from local workshops in Togo. The calls start in November, and finish in February 2024. You'd become part of the Ecovillage Resilience 2.5+ project, and have a chance to learn from leading experts in resilience thinking, climate change, and all aspects of ecovillaging - with an online community of practice made up of people from all GEN 5 Regions, 20 ecovillages and a core team of facilitators and researchers.
Thanks to our funder, we are able to offer a small stipend for your contributions. If this sounds like something that would bring you joy - please get in touch with the Ecovillage Resilience project team at resilience@ecovillage.org
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Regenerate Together: Finding Solutions for Local Relief in Global Crisis
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GEN is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise £9,500 in just 1 week!
Help ecovillage solutions light the way to a sustainably regenerative future. From 29th November to 6th December we challenge you to share your ecovillage solutions as we ReGENerate Together.
* More detailed information about this challenge will be shared over the next few weeks. Follow us on social media to participate.
GEN received matched funds and will be championed by The Reed Foundation, meaning one donation will have twice the impact!
Will You Accept the Challenge?
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Join us for the Dances of Universal Peace Thailand Camp 2022 - a two-day-two-night of peace celebration in the spirit of community.
The Dances of Universal Peace (DUP) is a very simple practice, suitable for all people and at the same time very special, because in circles we relate and harmonize intimately: we shake hands, we share looks, we listen and we sing together. The dances set scriptures and sacred phrases from various spiritual traditions to music and movement of the world.
Learn more & Register
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Join CASA Latina in their final 2 months celebrating The ECCO, a meeting of CASA continental sharing what it is that strengthens community ties, leaving an echo of good living on each island, mountain, econeighborhood, ecovillage and city in Latin America.
We are co-creating the the new conscious humanity and experiencing creative paths for regeneration and restoration of mother earth.
Follow @redcasalatina to find the next event.
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In October Ukrainian energy infrastructure was severely attacked. 30% of Ukraine’s power stations were destroyed and the attacks go on. It causes massive blackouts across the country. Our ecovillages that host refugees now live with everyday power supply interruptions. GEN Ukraine has launched a fundraising campaign for the project ‘Green Road of Ecovillages’ to cover the urgent needs for this winter.
Read the full story and learn how to help
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It's here! GEN Europe has soft-launching the European Ecovillage Forum, a self-hosted forum which we hope will become a go-to reference for questions, resources, reflections and exchange on all things ecovillage.
We need your help to bring it to life! If you want to explore it, ask questions and add content, you can create an account here and join the fun.
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Opportunities to Connect: COP27
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We are delighted to invite you to attend an unofficial hybrid side event on Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA), streamed at the UNDP Pavilion in the Blue Zone at COP27, on Saturday 12th November 2022, from 1 - 2.30 p.m. EET (Egypt Time).
To attend, register here!
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Minga Indígena is searching for remote volunteers to support their on-the-ground action, advancing Indigenous Human Rights at COP27.
Minga Indígena is looking for help in the following areas: press, volunteer direction, video editing, and digital translation.
Interested? Email Minga Indígena at voluntariosmingaindigena@gmail.com
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Sociocracy in Intentional Communities Conference 2022
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Join Sociocracy for All’s 2nd annual online Sociocracy in Intentional Communities Conference Saturday, November 19, 2022, from 14:30 - 20:30 UTC to learn from cohousing, coliving, and intentional communities from around the world.
The conference will explore how sociocracy supports ecovillages, cohousing projects, and housing cooperatives to meet social needs through resilient, equitable, and regenerative self-governance practices.
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Panel discussion: the role of translocal networking in just sustainability transitions | Tuesday 15 Nov 2022, 14:00 - 16:15 UTC
What is the role of translocal networking for just sustainability transitions? And which networks engage in making our world more just and sustainable? In this 2-hour online event, you can join other makers and thinkers to tackle the economic, ecological and social challenges of our times.
The event is part of the event series on Just Sustainability Transitions. Duncan Crowley will speak about experiences and current work from ECOLISE, ‘European Day of Sustainable Communities' and the ongoing project UrbanCommunity, which ECOLISE helped lead from 2019-2021, which is building a Community of Practice and wiki about #SustainableJustCities.
Learn more & register here!
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Join ECOLISE on 28 November 2022 when the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), in collaboration with ECOLISE, will host ECOLISE’s main policy stakeholder event.
Community-led initiatives and the European Green Deal: towards transformational local development policies
Conversations about the role of communities and EU policies on the path to transformational systemic change.
Learn more & Register here!
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