• Crystal Waters, Australia
  • Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand
  • Konohana Family, Japan
  • In Pang Network, Thailand
  • Konohana Family, Japan
  • Orissa, India
  • Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand
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“Jaibika Didi”: Promoting Organic Farming

By Live Odisha Bureau 

After having failed to clear her HSC examination in 1991, Karmi Beshra, a tribal lady from the remote Mayurbhanj district, scripted a rare success story after a struggle lasting more than 2 decades.

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News from GEN Australia & New Zealand

News from GEN Ambassadors and co-opted member - Steve Poole, Shane Schmidt, Andrew Olivier, Chris Gibbings, Sue Gilby.

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Volunteers needed!

Nature Youth Camp and the 1,000 Trees Campaign

The “Nature Youth Camp” is part of the “Climate Change School Tour”. During the Climate Change School Tour from Febuary – March 2013, the Gaia School Asia and NextGEN Thailand team, taught about climate change and nature to 650 students in 7 schools in the Nong Khai area, Thailand

 

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DND - A Forming Ecovillage

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Greetings from Indonesia !

Since I participated in EDE 2011, the spirit of EDE has been inspiring me to work with the ideas, building relationships and sharing among the group and network in order to create a better community, society, and world.

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News from NextGEN GENOA!

NextGEN GENOA Builds Regional Momentum - Read updates from around the globae here.

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GEN Newsletter 2013-01

Read & download the Global Ecovillage Network's January 2013 newsletter here.

Q&A with International Student Volunteers at Bellbunya

On May 26th 2012, eight enthusiastic American and Canadian volunteers arrived at Bellbunya Sustainable Community on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. They were part of an International Student Volunteers (ISV) program.

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Tribal Women Come out to Highlight Current Problems

GEN Orissa makes headlines again after a demonstration, organised by GEN-Orissa, to raise awareness around peak oil and climate change. 

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Participatory Action Research with Design Studio

Why Design Studio? In the EDE Thailand 2008/9, the Thai EDE teaching and organizing team had started their first design studio at the fifth week of their course. The Idea was to have an extra week for the student to experience and practice integrated design in the real sites.

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Forming Community Through EDE

biyaya resilience_centerTuwa The Laughing Fish is an eco-homestead, living and learning center and green bed and breakfast inn nestled right in the middle of the vast rice fields of the small farming town of Cabiao in Nueva Ecija, Philippines. It is on the wings of growth and has the potential to evolve into a forming ecological community. What makes it unique is that it was founded and created by two Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) alumni in the persons of John Vermeulen and this author, Penelope Reyes --- all in a short span of two years.

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GENOA was established in 1997 by Max Lindegger is a network of people, ecovillages and organisations in Oceania & Asia region. A member of the Global Ecovillage Network, it is GENOA promotes Ecovillage living where people live together in a sustainable way, with dignity, in harmony with each other, and with nature.