What: National Co-op Housing Conference
Where: Seattle (Grand Hyatt Hotel)
When: October 30 – November 2, 2013
Comprehensive learning and networking opportunity about housing cooperatives, including:
– Financing
– Planning and promotion
– Legislative and legal issues
– Governance issues
– Improving Operations
and
Registered Cooperative Managers Certificate class
Details here:
http://www.coophousing.org/DisplayPage.aspx?id=1440&bMenu=150&bItem=1440
What: The 11th International Permaculture Conference & Convergence
Where: Cuba
When: November 11 through December 4, 2013: various events
Details here: The Eleventh International Permaculture Conference & Convergence (IPC11), Cuba (Nov/Dec 2013)
IPC11 Cuba 2013 — Key Events and Dates
Contacts
For all the information, including prices and payments, in English and Spanish, please check www.ipc11cuba.com.
For direct contact with the organizing group in Cuba, email to: ipc11cuba (at) fanj.cult.cu
There is an early bird discount of 10% for those that register before July 31!
What: Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Conference
Where: Schweibenalp, Switzerland
When: July 7 – 12, 2013
More Details here: http://gen-europe.org/activities/gen-conference/index.htm
Celebrating Community – Lessons from our living history:
Hearing from founders and elders of our movement about successes, lessons learned and growing edges relating to GEN.
NextGEN – International perspectives from the next generation:
Allowing ourselves to be inspired by the enthusiasm and intelligence of youth and young adults that are building pathways to our future.
Political Influencing – Policies for civil society engagement:
Learning how top-down and bottom-up approaches can combine to support and implement ecovillage strategies for the transition of our societies to a more sustainable way of living.
Villages in Transition to Resilience:
How traditional and indigenous village networks can use the ecovillage approach to become strong vehicles for the regeneration of social and natural environment.
Alternative Technologies:
Hands-on experience and the theoretical background to innovative technologies that make a real difference.
Workshops:
The conference will provide a multitude of opportunities to get to know the other participants and for informal exchange. Each participant will also be a member of a Home Group where they can touch base and deepen their experience each day.
The conference will be facilitated by Macaco Tamerice, Zoltan Hosszu, Robin Alfred and Kosha Joubert. Interesting speakers will present their work and projects.
NextGEN Meeting
Parallel to annual GEN Conference meeting of young people involved in NextGEN will take place in Schweibenalp. The aim of the meeting is to enable young people to come together and create heart-to-heart connections which will improve cooperation in the future projects. NextGEN meeting will be longer as GEN Conference itself and will start already on Saturday the 6th of July in the evening. It will last until Sunday 14th of July. Read more here. If you are interested in the youth meeting please contact lara(at)gen-europe.org for further information.
Please find the conference schedule here.
We are a community of about 20 people. Creativity, compassion, open communication, sincere encounters and zest for life are important to us. What connects us all is our vision, living and working together.
The Business on Schweibenalp is affiliated to the “Association Center of Unity” as a seminar business and employs members of the community and external staff. We see ourselves as a model business that links the events and workshops held here, with the community and the Alpine Permaculture project as well as being a pioneer in holistic management.
Our charming and renovated Guest House with its 100 beds was built in the early years of the Swiss mountain tourism and is surrounded by an area of about twenty hectares.
| Regular | 500 € |
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| Reduced | 350 € ( for students, unemployed, people on low income ) |
What: www.ecovillageeducation.us
Where: Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Rutledge, MO
When: July 5 – August 11, 2013
More information:
info@ecovillageeducation.us
Join us for the 37-day summer immersion course for visionaries, culture-creators, and community organizers seeking experiential training in building or transitioning sustainable community.
A premiere training set within one of the US’ leading ecovillages, Dancing Rabbit in Rutledge, MO, this life-changing course gathers the wisdom of ecovillages worldwide to train new leaders in creating a more sustainable future.
Staff members include FIC staff and board members (and community founders) Laird Schaub of Sandhill Farm, Ma’ikwe Schaub Ludwig of Dancing Rabbit, Alyson Ewald of Red Earth Farms, Tony Sirna of Dancing Rabbit and several other leaders in the sustainable communities movement!
Register Today
Early Bird Registration ends soon!
Only 20 spots available!
www.ecovillageeducation.us
info@ecovillageeducation.us
What: The 5th Annual Farm Conference on Community and Sustainability
Where: The Farm in Summertown TN http://www.thefarmcommunity.com/conference/
When: May 29-31,2013
More information:
May 29–31 Memorial Day Weekend Summertown TN
Best conference bargain! Register here
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What people say about our past conferences:
“I really liked how organized the events are, how friendly everyone is.”
“Lots of hard work went into this weekend. I appreciate your efforts!”
“I throughout enjoyed it and would not change a thing about it.”
“Moved along at a good pace.”
“Highly informative. Very Inspirational. Heartwarming”
“I felt a strong connection to everyone I met.”
“Learning anything is possible!”
“Finally I saw all the methods I had only read and dreamed about.”
“The most encouraging experience I’ve had toward living my dreams.”
Visit Our Web Site to Learn More and Register Today.
The $175 per person registration includes camping and all delicious vegetarian meals featuring local and homegrown produce.
Contact me with any question you may have. I look forward to hearing from you!
Douglas | douglas@thefarmcommunity.com
931-964-2590 office | 931-626-4035 cell
Our fifth conference in partnership with the Fellowship For Intentional Community.
What: California Co-op Conference
Where: 3300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90020, Immanuel Presbyterian Church
When: Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6, 2013 all day plus
More information:
Join us for the California Co-op Conference on April 5 & 6 in Los Angeles! We’ll celebrate cooperatives by sharing successes and provide you with the most effective ways you can help strengthen and expand the cooperative movement!
The California Co-op Conference is dedicated to sharing how cooperatives are used to support sustainable communities. The Cooperative model inspires people to create grassroots opportunities for themselves and for their communities.
Discover how cooperatives stimulate economic development through job creation, housing, and services to under-served communities
Learn about food, worker, & housing cooperatives
Connect with other cooperators
Co-ops Reshape Communities – they not only create jobs, services, and better prices for their members, they transform communities!
-Click here to register online or here to download a registration form.
-Workshop descriptions, schedules, and speaker biographies are available on our website.
-To find out more about scholarships and co-op auction click here.
-Interested in sponsoring this event? Click here for more information.
-The location is within walking distance of LA Eco-Village; also, it is two blocks west of Vermont/Wilshire Metro station, and easily bicycle from anywhere in central Los Angeles. But for information on hotel, parking, directions, and other logistics, click here.
Want to join us for the Co-op Tour but can’t make it to the conference? Choose an option below!
