Dear ,

The Ecovillage Gathering 2025 is just one month away! We're thrilled to also celebrate 30 years of GEN - A very special anniversary with which we hope to look back on what was, how we changed & impacted together. Reflect where we are at in the now and where the world needs us to go from now on. 

We can't wait to share hugs, laughter, and celebration with all of you. See you soon!

With love and in community,
Ziska and Lena on behalf of the GEN Europe Team

 

๐Ÿ” Content table

Your Journey

1. News from GEN EU

  • The Gathering Schedule is live!
  • Meet the Ecovillages at the Gathering
  • New Donation Page
  • The Role of Ecovillages in a New Digital Culture

2. News from around the network

  • Summer Camps
  • Seminar in Community of Living Ethics
  • Findhorn Celebrates New Beginnings
  • Pourges wins Social and Solidarity Tourism Price 2025
  • Volunteers Needed for Permaculture Project in Hungary

3.  Erasmus+ opportunities

  • Training Courses
  • ESC opportunities
  • Youth Exchange

4. Communities searching Members

  • The Oak Community in Belgium Seeks New Members

5. News from YTS

  • Beyond Inclusion Training Report

6. Opportunities from beyond the network

  • Call for Members: Climate Justice Think Tank
  • Further Inspiration
Your Journey

Our eleventh Journey: What Makes a Resilient Ecovillage?

๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ You can find an archive of all previous Journeys here.

News from GEN Europe
The Gathering Schedule is live!

๐ŸŽ‰ IT'S LIVE! The European Ecovillage Gathering 2025 day-to-day schedule is now available!

Check out the full schedule and secure your spot here!

Can't wait to see you there! โœจ

New Donation Page

In times of crisis, the power of solidarity becomes most evident. As a network committed to peace, justice, and mutual aid, GEN Europe stands with communities facing violence and displacement in Ukraine and Palestine. We invite you to join us in offering concrete support to those in urgent need. 

Visit our new donation page and help people in need here!

The Role of Ecovillages in a New Digital Culture

Our IT Manager, Angel, has written a wonderful article on the role of ecovillages in shaping a new digital culture. He explores innovative approaches already in practice within several communities and highlights how ecovillages serve as living laboratories for reimagining our digital lives.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the full article here!

News from around the Network
Summer Camps
ZEGG Summer Camp

๐ŸŒฟโœจ Holding * Loving * Creating together โœจ๐ŸŒฟ
 | July 26 โ€“ August 6 | ๐Ÿ“ ZEGG, Bad Belzig near Berlin

11 unforgettable days of community, inspiration, and vibrant human connection! ZEGG warmly invites you to its largest festival of the year.

๐ŸŒ International guests welcome! Please register early so we can organize English-speaking home groups and live translation.

More infos here!

Register now!

GEN-Suisse Summer Camp

MORE RESILIENT TOGETHER

At the summer camp, people who live in communities and are interested in them come together to exchange ideas, relax and recharge their batteries.

With exciting knowledge exchange, open space, cozy evenings around the fire and joyful dance nights. Children welcome!
In the beautiful Jurtendorf.

More Information and Registration here!

Seminar in Community of Living Ethics 

"Everything is relationship โ€“ the Evolution of Love" [Seminar in German]

1 โ€“ 6 September 2025 

In this group experience in Umbria, this seminar will approach the field of relationships and explore relationships with creative meditation and elements of psychosynthesis.

More info here! 

Findhorn Celebrates New Beginnings

Nestled in the northeast of Scotland, The Park, Ecovillage Findhorn has long stood as a beacon for spiritual inquiry, ecological innovation, and community living. But in recent years, like so many communities worldwide, Findhorn has faced immense challenges โ€“ and now, against all odds, it is rising once more, renewed by the very principles on which it was founded.

Read the full article here.

Pourges wins Social and Solidarity Tourism Price 2025

Thank you for everyone who has voted for Pourges! ๐ŸŽ‰

We are thrilled to announce that during the RESILIENT competition awards ceremony, organized by the Open Tourisme Lab, the Ecovillage of Pourgues was honored among dozens of inspiring initiatives promoting more sustainable and human-centered tourism.

This recognition highlights the Pourgesโ€™ commitment to offering a cooperative and  inclusive tourism experience,  and with that also helps to make the ecovillage lifestyle more visible.

Volunteers Needed for Permaculture Project in  Hungary

A unique 5,000 mยฒ land restoration project in Oszkรณ, Hungary, is in need of support.

Half of the property is a former orchard; the other half is being transformed into a permaculture forest garden.

To continue this work, the project is seeking volunteers who live nearby or are open to relocating. Help is needed to care for the land and small buildings in alignment with permaculture principles.

๐Ÿ“ฌ Contact: Elisabeth Wolfmayr - elisabethwolfm@gmail.com

Erasmus+ opportunities
Training Courses
A.CLIMAT.รฉ 2: Thriving Beyond Crisis

Experience hands-on learning, cultural exchange, and community resilience in the heart of the French countryside. This 13-day immersive program brings together 35 youth workers from across Europe to explore:

๐ŸŒฟ Eco-Construction
๐ŸŒพ Wild Medicinal Herbs
๐Ÿ”ง Low-Tech Energy Solutions

๐Ÿ“ Where: The Northern Lights eco-farm, St. Nizier-le-Bouchoux
๐Ÿ“… When: August 24 โ€“ September 5 2025
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Who: Youth workers ready to make a change!
โ“Why: To equip yourself with the tools to lead in times of climate crisis

๐Ÿ”—More info on how to apply here!

Embodied Eco-Life

Training Course by the RAIN collective aiming to regenerate the relationships of people with themselves, each other and the world around through sharing knowledge, skills and presence with each other by creating emergent spaces for symbiosis.

๐Ÿ“…When: 3rd-9th of September

๐Ÿ“Where: Eco village Avnรธ Oasis in Denmark

๐ŸŒWho:
Participants from/living in/connected to the following countries: Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark 

(If you are not from/living in these countries, you can still apply!)

More information and how to apply in the infopack.

ESC opportunities
2-6 months ESC in Sunny Hill (Slovenia)

Immerse yourself in nature, just a short distance from the Adriatic coast, and enjoy a unique experience that includes:

  • Living a sustainable lifestyle on a permaculture homestead

  • Being part of a small, intentional community

  • Tending to a thriving permaculture garden

  • Caring for goats and chickens

  • Contributing to meaningful office work (social media, project development, website content)

  • Relaxing in a peaceful and inspiring environment

Click here for more details!

Short term ESC in Permaculture Farm in Slovenia

Longing for a deeper connection with nature, yourself, and others?
Spend two months on a vibrant permaculture farm in Sloveniaโ€”where we grow food, ideas, and community. This is more than volunteering; it's a chance to live, learn, and grow in a rooted, hands-on way. 

๐ŸŒฟ TESTIMONIALS and IMPRESSIONS from past volunteers here.

WHEN: 8.9.2025 โ€“ 27.10.2025 (might be possible to extend for a week)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 27.7.2025

More information here! 

Youth Exchange
Forest to Fork: Developing Food Resilience Through Connection

๐Ÿ“ Kardokai Ecovillage, Lithuania 

๐Ÿ“…August 19 โ€“ 29, 2025
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 20 participants, 18-30 year old from Spain, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany + 5 group leaders (No age limit)

The exchange will bring together young changemakers from across Europe to learn how to design and cultivate food gardens inspired by wild ecosystems. Through regenerative agriculture and permaculture, youโ€™ll gain the tools to create self-sustaining, biodiversity-rich systems and the mindset to inspire change wherever you go.

More information here!

Communities searching Members
The Oak Community in Belgium Seeks New Members

Rooted in peace, connection, and ecological care, the community seeks individuals or families aligned with its values of shared living, nonviolent communication, inner growth, and food autonomy.

Residents co-manage 2 hectares of land, cook together, practice weekly rituals, and use Holacracy for governance. Children are embraced through a shared parenting model.

The community welcomes those committed to this lifestyleโ€”ideally working part-time outside the project. The site is alcohol- and drug-free and not suited for light housing (e.g. yurts or tiny homes).

Contact rejoindrelechene@gmail.com to learn more and get involved or visit this page.

News from YTS 
Beyond Inclusion Training Report 

Between May 21st and 26th, twenty participants from across Europe came together in the ecovillage of Lakabe, located in the Basque Country, for an immersive training experience organized by YTS. The Training course, Beyond Inclusion, provided a space to deeply explore themes of inclusion, gender, privilege, power, discrimination, and oppression. Participants from Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Kosovo, Serbia, Sweden, and Portugal engaged in critical discussions on how sustainability intersects with LGBTIQ+ inclusion within a world influenced by cis-hetero-patriarchal structures. 

๐Ÿ‘‰Read the full article here!

Opportunities beyond the network
Call for Members: Climate Justice Think Tank

SALTO Inclusion & Diversity invites youth representatives, grassroots activists, researchers, policy stakeholders, and institutional partners  to apply for the upcoming

Climate Justice Think Tank โ€“ a space for driving youth-centred action on climate justice and helping shape long-term strategies for a fairer, greener future across Europe and beyond.

Check out more here!

Further Inspiration 
The Local Futures Podcast

Explore the Local Futures Podcast, featuring conversations with leading localization advocates highlighting global efforts to build community resilience, ecological economies, and cultural renewal.

๐Ÿ‘‰Check out the Podcast here!

International Permaculture Festival Playlist

Dive into the International Permaculture Festival of Wild Ideas playlist โ€” featuring over 60 inspiring sessions from the 9-day online festival hosted by the Permaculture Education Institute. 

๐Ÿ‘‰Enjoy replays of the talks here!

Hearth Summit Report

In his latest blog post, Nara Petrovic reflects on the transformative Hearth Summit held in Ljubljana, celebrating global changemakers through music, art, and storytelling. 

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the full report here!

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