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COP23: Views from the Global Ecovillage Network booth

It gives me hope that many voices are being heard, for example those of indigenous communities, of young people who claim to be recognized as young leaders for climate action.Stella Veciana, Global Ecovillage Network Do you think that the UN climate process will succeed in bringing about sufficient climate

COP23: Where is the place for community-led initiatives?

Robert Hall, president of Ecolise and Board member of the International Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) lives in the ecovillage of Suderbyn, Sweden. In January 2013 he quit his well-paid position with the Swedish government to become full-time ecovillage activist. Here, he talks to Christiane Kliemann about COP23, his

Singing for Peace – Dahab, Egypt

This is the second blog from Bid Cousins, read her first ‘Can singing change your life?’. I’ve just returned from 10 days in Dahab on the Red Sea. My son lives there with his wife and child. You could say Dahab is a place in transition – my impression of

Building resilience

Rob Hopkins discusses efforts to understand, measure and build resilience across the Transition Network. This interview is published with thanks to the Institute for European Environmental Policy. It was featured in their November newsletter, Beyond GDP, which is published by the European Commission. Rob Hopkins is the cofounder of the

COP23 Demo in Bonn – Imagine all the people

For me as Transitioner climate change is a chance to overcome the habit of fighting and competition which is deeply embedded in our society, in the economic and the educational system, and in our bodies as well. Gesa Maschkowski The 25,000 who demonstrated in Bonn are a symbol for

Can singing change your life?

Hello – we are Jenny Goodman and Bid Cousins, singing leaders who belong to the Natural Voice network.We’re going to explore a couple of questions this month, namely: Can singing change your life? Can singing change the world? We’re building a specific project on what we’ve been

From Self-Defense to Self-Determination

Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Cooperative. This is the fourth blog from guest editor Kate Duva of Prosocial Power. A conversation with Aleta Alston-Touré is not a conversation about one woman. It’s a conversation about a movement – a vast chorus of thousands of people who are fighting