GENandTheEuropeanEcovillageConferenceatÄngsbacka,Sweden.
KeynotespeakersCharlesEisensteinandHelenaNorberg-Hodge!
TheGlobalEcovillageNetworkEurope(GEN)announcesthe21stedi@onofits
summerconference,wherealreadyexis@ngsolu@ons,pathwaysandtechnologies
areshared.
TheconferencedrawsmanyhundredsofintenConalcommunitariansandtheirsupportersfrom
acrossEuropeeachyearbyofferingspeakers,exposiCons,workshops,music,and,mostappreciated,
aplacetomeet,inspireandbeinspired.TheGlobalEcovillageNetworkisamembership-based
coaliConofEcovillages,orintenConalcommuniCes,thatholisCcallyintegrateecological,economic,
socialandculturalsustainabilityintoregeneraCvelivingmodels.
InaneraofuncertainecologicalandpoliCcalfutures,RobertHall,GENEurope’sCouncilPresident,
invitesparCcipants“comeandnetworkwithEurope’sgrassrootschange-makers.Joinustolearn
waysofincreasingyourhappinesswhilebeingofgreaterservicetohumanityandtheplanet.”
AprogramtoinspirehopeandchangeTheconferencethemeofLivingthefuturetoday:Solidarity,Resilience&Hopewillweaveinto
conferenceworkshopsandacCvitytracks,CedtogetherbykeynotespeakersCharlesEisensteinand
HelenaNorberg-Hodge.
CHARLESEISENSTEINisaself-described“degrowthacCvist”thathasbeendescribedas“oneofthe
up-and-cominggreatmindsofour?me”.HeisinternaConally-acclaimedauthorofSacredEconomics
andTheMoreBeau?fulWorldOurHeartsKnowisPossible,describedbyPublisher’sWeeklyas“a
revolu?onaryandinterac?vebook…inspiresthereadertothinkoutoftheordinary.”
HELENANORBERG-HODGEisapioneerofthe‘neweconomy’movement,whereshehasbeen
promoCnganeconomicsofpersonal,socialandecologicalwell-beingformorethanthirtyyears.She
isanauthor,filmmakeranddirectorofLocalFutureswiththemissiontoprotectandrenew
ecologicalandsocialwellbeingbypromoCngasystemicshiRawayfromeconomicglobalizaCon
towardslocalizaCon.
ShowcasingsustainabletechnologiesTheEcovillageSustainableTechnologyExposiCon,orESTE,isademonstraConlabfeaturing
sustainabletechnologiessuchassolarovens,thermo-compostheaCngsystemsandwaterpurifiers
designedinEuropeanEcovillages.
ParCcipantsinthe5dayeventcanexpectafamily-friendlydrugandalcoholfreeexperiencewiththe
possibilitytochooseacCviCesbasedontheirinterests,managedcampsiteswithoutdoorfaciliCes
andfullvegetariancatering.
“Amorebeau?fulworldISpossible…andyouwillexperienceapartofitduringthegatheringat
Ӓngsbacka”,welcomesEwaJacobssonfromÄngsbacka.
Who?Everyoneisinvited.ChangeagentsforamorebeauCfulworld.
When?July16-202017
Where?InSweden.AtÄngsbackaoutsideKarlstad.DirecCons
Abouttheconference:h]p://www.angsbacka.se/GEN
Facebookevent:h]ps://www.facebook.com/events/1334767663264375/
Generalinquiry:[email protected]
Presscontact:ForinterviewsinEnglishandItalian:[email protected],+393342590522,InSwedish:Anne]eEricsdo]erBe]aieb,anne][email protected]+46707779100
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whatisanecovillage?AnecovillageisanintenConalortradiConalcommunityusinglocalparCcipatoryprocessestoholisCcallyintegrateecological,economic,social,andculturaldimensionsofsustainabilityinordertoregeneratesocialandnaturalenvironments.
GEN-GlobalEcovillageNetworkTheGlobalEcovillageNetworkwasfounded20yearsagoandrepresentsover100countriesinthe5conCnents.GEN-Europeisanetworkthatconnects,sustainsanddiffusestheworkofecovillagesandcommuniCes.ThenetworkoffersconsulCngandcoordinaConformembercommuniCesacrossEuropeaswellassupporCngprojectsofinterdependence,includinganinternaConalyouthexchangeprogram,acommunity-sponsoredforcedmigraConreliefproject,andadvocacyingrassrootsclimatechangenetworks.GEN-EuropehasrepresentaConinBrusselsundertheumbrellaofECOLISE,togetherwithotherinterconCnentalnetworks;also,ithasaconsultaCvestatusattheUNforeducaConalmaterialfor10years.www.gen-europe.org
ÄngsbackaÄngsbacka,outsideKarlstadinSweden,isavitalmeeCngplaceforpeoplewhowanttoliveamoreconsciouslife,livefromtheheartandcareforourplanet.Since1997thousandsofpeoplehavebeentouchedbythewarm,open,lovingatmosphereduringworkshops,fesCvalsandvisitsatÄngsbacka.ÄngsbackaisafullmemberofGENEuropesince2016.www.angsbacka.se
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
