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The team at GEN International is entering a year of uncertainty as we continue to seek solutions for financial sustainability. To stay grounded in the abundance that life is constantly making available to us, we are framing this month's newsletter around gifts and opportunities.
From regenerative education tools, activities, and trainings for the teacher and student in us all, to several opportunities to visit ecovillages around the world, we love having this opportunity to catalyze global conversations. Read on for free downloads and inspiring updates from our projects, regions, and partners.
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Twinning Regenerative Educators has officially closed and now we are rejoicing in the abundance of resources!
Over the course of 2022, the Twinning Regenerative Educators project team facilitated 20 educator collaborators to build an international community, establish ‘twin’ partnerships with another school, and co-create three educational resources: a living showcase and toolkit, a teacher training curriculum, and ecovillage principles design cards for children.
Now, we are ready to share the project outcomes with you! Click on the links below to access each tool.
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Join our Global Learning Communty
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Ecovillage Design Course
Sign up for our ecovillage education email list to download Macaco & Taisa's Top 10 Tips for Creating Sustainable Communities and receive weekly gifts through March 4th!
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✨ Download & share our Course Promotions with your community
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.
Learn from the real experiences of community builders and ecovillage founders around the world. The 16 international facilitators selected for this course are some of the most inspiring people we know.
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Celebrating the first Global Call for 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) took place on the 31st of January with several topics including sociocracy, ecosystem restoration, prosocial and conflict resolution, ecovillage education, economic resilience, and more!
You are invited to join the Forum for Communities of Practice at GEN by creating an account here: https://forum.gen-europe.org/c/communities-of-practice/25.
Introduce yourself and join a conversation that interests you or establish your own! We encourage you to use this platform to connect and engage with the work of the Global Ecovillage Network.
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Your contribution to the Global Ecovillage Network supports our mission to innovate, catalyze, educate and advocate in global partnership with ecovillages and all those dedicated to the shift to a regenerative world. Your donation is a vital contribution to our international community.
Thank you for your support!
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The CASA PERÚ Network (Council of Sustainable Settlements of Latin America - Peru), invites you to join this call of the mountain, in one of the most beautiful places in this part of the Andes of Lima Peru.
Participate in the 2nd Regional Meeting of Sustainable Initiatives (ERIS) - Lima 2023 to celebrate, share, and learn about different alternatives for a conscious and resilient life with nature, Sumaq Kausay (Good Living), Ecovillages, sustainable and sustainable projects or initiatives, regeneration, Ecotourism, permaculture, community etc.
Dates: February 10th to 12th 2023
Location: La Casa del Protector Marcahuasi.
Contribution: 120.00 (includes: 3 daily meals from Friday lunch to Sunday lunch, materials for workshops and tent camping)
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 Good news!
If you're interested in IT, graphic design, project management, administration or events management and curious to learn about the ecovillage movement and experience community life for 8-10 months, apply for one of our roles before January 30th. Your travel, accommodation, food, and stipend are all covered.
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NextGEN Europe is currently raising its 2023 budget. If you want to support the youth sector of GEN Europe, you are warmly invited to contribute to their campaign by making a DONATION to GEN Europe and specifying ''for NextGEN''.
NextGEN Europe has been very active in 2022 and had many new members joining their team. You might have met some NextGEN team members at the GEN gathering in Denmark, where they held several youth-led workshops. NextGEN has always been an important reference point for youth interested in the ecovillage lifestyle, inspiring and informing them as they approach the ecovillage movement and GEN for the first time.
By partnering up with Yes to Sustainability, NextGEN keeps youth informed about volunteering opportunities in ecovillages funded by Erasmus+. You can find out more about NextGEN's work in their 1st annual report.
Thank you for your help!
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The GENOA team is looking for a pro-bono bookkeeping volunteer who will support GENOA with small-scale bookkeeping and financial management processes. Your support will make a big difference by streamlining GENOA's financial and bookkeeping system.
So, if you find yourself having a few years of bookkeeping experience, wanting to contribute to the ecovillage network, and have 8-10 hours to volunteer each month - please drop us an email at genoa@ecovillage.org and we will get in touch with you. Take a look at the role & responsibility document here.
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GEN Japan invites you on a five-day journey to become community leaders.
GEN-Japan Gaia Youth is an SDGs education program certified by UNESCO. It was developed as a youth version of Gaia Education, which is being held in 55 countries and regions around the world. Gaia Youth is an essential course to support a person who wants to realize, build and be part of a peaceful sustainable society.
Dates: March 25th - 29th 2023 (Apply before March 1st 2023)
Price: 58,000 JPY (includes meals, lodging, and tax)
Venue: As One Suzuka Community & Satoyama forest, ecologically significant areas are designated at Suzuka, Japan.
View the Facebook event
or Register Now!
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Visit Auroville this month and participate in their Community Life Design Course beginning Monday, February 20th.
Auroville's EDE, Community Life Design, is a Gaia Education Certified program - and a contributor to UNESCO's Global Action Program for Education on Sustainable Development. Exploring your place in community through the 4 dimensions of Social, Ecology, Economy and Worldview - with integrated Design.
Dates: February 20th - March 18th 2023
Price: 1450€
Venue: Auroville, India
Learn more: Ecovillage Design Education Auroville
Apply by Email: comm4unity@auroville.org.in
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Capacity Building on Advocacy Campaigning
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Join Communities for Future for a 2-day in-person training to connect and build your skills in advocating for community-led local development, taking place in Belgium, on the 14th and 15th of March 2023.
In these times, the capacities, adaptation, and resilience of regenerative communities are essential. Yet they need to become coherent and connected, so local actions can emerge as a powerful social system (an eco-system network) with positive influence at a wider societal and political scale. Communities for Future invites those hungry for change to come together, nourish networks, learn, share experiences, build capacity and co-create an advocacy campaign. If you don’t know what kind of advocacy campaigning is being done in your country for community-led initiatives or you think the current efforts are not enough, do join forces with them!
This training will equip you with:
- Understanding and integrating advocacy basics
- Campaigning skills and resources
- Embed you in a network of peers
The event and travels are fully funded for 20 participants and food costs are covered for 10 additional participants (ideally people from nearby). To apply for your place in this training, please fill out this form before February 13th!
https://bit.ly/Ecolise_Advocacy_Training
Don’t hesitate to reach for more info at info@ecolise.eu
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“Planting the seeds of regeneration & change globally”
Our friends at Gaia Education are teaming up with organizations in our networks who are pioneering grassroots change on the ground! Together we can create short courses on topics covering different areas of our 4-Dimensional Curriculum. We’re calling the initiative... Gaia Seeds! Through this network, we aim to continue to support our Community of Practice with the knowledge, tools, and skills to shift towards a more regenerative human society on our precious planet.
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