Community Resilience

🌟 Season Finale Alert! 🌟 Welcome to the season finale of the Community Resilience podcast! 🎙️✨ Today, we’re thrilled to bring you an extraordinary panel of project leaders from the Ecovillage Resilience project. After sharing their individual insights throughout the season, they’re coming together for the first time for an interactive discussion on what we've learned about Ecovillage Resilience. Meet our inspiring guests: 🌿 Anna Kovasna - A guiding force with profound knowledge of ecovillage dynamics. Her dedication to building resilient communities has been crucial to our project. 📊 Allyson Quinlan - Her research has unveiled key findings by blending data analysis with powerful community stories, providing a comprehensive view of resilience. 🌍 Luea Ritter - Expert in adaptive strategies, Luea has helped ecovillages navigate climate change challenges with practical solutions and hands-on experience. 🌏 Trudy Juriansz - With her work spanning Oceania and Asia, Trudy’s insights into cultural influences on resilience have enriched our understanding and inspired actionable visions for the future. In this episode, we reflect on our journey, discuss key findings, explore challenges and solutions, and envision the future of ecovillage resilience. 🌱💡 Get ready for an engaging discussion as we dive deep into the lessons learned and the path forward. You won’t want to miss it! 🔗 Tune in now and join us in celebrating the culmination of this incredible season. #CommunityResilience #EcovillageResilience #SeasonEnding #ResilienceJourney #SustainableFuture #Ecovillage #GlobalEcovillageNetwork #Regenerative #Sustainability #ClimateSolutions

Dive into the latest episode of Community Resilience with special guest Dougald Hine! Dougald Hine is a social thinker, writer and speaker. After an early career as a BBC journalist, he co-founded organisations including the Dark Mountain Project and a school called HOME ‘a gathering place and a learning community for those who are drawn to the work of regrowing a living culture. He has collaborated with scientists, artists and activists, serving as a leader of artistic development at (Rick-stee-art-en) Riksteatern (Sweden’s national theatre) and as an associate of the Centre for Environment and Development Studies at Uppsala University. His latest book is At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics & All the Other Emergencies (2023). He co-hosts The Great Humbling podcast and publishes a Substack called Writing Home. I hope you enjoy our conversation and are inspired to dive deeper into the wise mind of dougald hine. Join us as we explore his journey and ideas. 🔥🎧

In this episode of Community Resilience, host Eva Goldfarb welcomes Luea Ritter, an expert and project steward of the Resilience Project. Luea is a trailblazer in transformative change, combining craniosacral and trauma therapy with leadership and holistic healing to enhance community resilience. She excels in creating safe spaces for dialogue and healthy confrontation, focusing on guiding and aligning processes for healthier structures. Luea invites experimentation at the cutting edge of collective potential and wisdom, weaving transformative change processes, creative practices, trauma, and healing work with leadership and organizational development. As a craniosacral and trauma therapist, Luea integrates holistic and indigenous healing models. She is experienced in systemic constellation and understanding living systems, offering grounding amidst chaotic dynamics. Her regenerative living systems design perspective informs her approach across diverse sectors globally. Committed to creating safe, conscious environments, Luea's long-term action research focuses on collective sense-making and embodied practices. As co-founder and creative steward of collective transitions, she collaborates closely with other skilled individuals and organizations to explore new innovative pathways to strengthen community resilience.  Don’t miss this insightful discussion—tune in now! 🌍✨ #CommunityResilience #Podcast #TransformativeChange #HolisticHealing

In this episode of Community Resilience, we’re thrilled to welcome the incredible Looby Macnamara! Looby is a renowned author, designer, gardener, song leader, mother, and artist. With over 20 years of experience in permaculture, she has pioneered approaches, blending systems, thinking, cultural awareness, design, and nature connection. Her influential books include "People & Permaculture", "7 Ways to Think Differently", "Cultural Emergence", and "Strands of Infinity". Looby’s groundbreaking work includes the Design Web, a globally used dynamic design framework. In 2016, she co-created the Cultural Emergence Toolkit with Jon Young, and in 2023, introduced the CEED - Cultural Emergence Empowerment & Design deck. At Applewood Permaculture Centre in Herefordshire, UK, Looby and her partner, Chris Evans, run courses demonstrating both land and people permaculture. She is also a key figure in the international Mother Nature Project, one of the senior tutors for the Permaculture Diploma in Applied Design, and serves on the expert panel for the Permaculture Design Course. Join us as we explore Looby Macnamara’s innovative work in permaculture and cultural emergence, shaping a more resilient world.  Join host Eva Goldfarb as they delve into Looby's groundbreaking work. Discover how Looby's innovative approaches are shaping resilient communities and fostering deep, transformative change in a time of deepening polycrisis. #CommunityResilience #CulturalEmergence #Permaculture #LoobyMacnamara #ResilientLiving #Ecovillages #Podcast

Welcome back to Community Resilience, a podcast created in collaboration with the Ecovillage Resilience 2.5 Degree Project, facilitated by the Global Ecovillage Network. Join host Eva Goldfarb as she sits down with Allyson Quinlan, a Senior Research Fellow at the Resilience Alliance, where she leads programming on resilience assessment methods and practice. With an interdisciplinary background in environmental science, Allyson began her career studying ecosystem dynamics of fire and wildlife habitat in northern Canada before focusing on environmental governance ofrural watersheds for her Ph.D. She has co-authored several foundational resilience assessment guides and has extensive international experience leading applied assessment projects in a range of systems. Her work emphasizes community engagement and stakeholder collaboration in building social-ecological resilience. Allyson lives in the Gatineau Hills, where she volunteers to help protect the forests and rivers to which she belongs. Join us as we dive into her insights on fostering resilient communities and sustainable futures. 

Welcome Back to Community Resilience! Season 2 of our podcast is here, and we’re kicking it off with an inspiring new episode! We're thrilled to invite you to join us around the fire as we dive into the themes of resilience, adaptation, and transformation in our era of deepening polycrisis. In this episode, we're joined by two incredible voices from the Global Ecovillage Network Oceania and Asia (GENOA): Thao Kin – A passionate earth steward and environmental trainer from Vietnam. Kin co-founded Project Awe in Northwest Vietnam, dedicated to creating spaces of wonder and awe in nature. Trudy Juriansz – The former regional representative of GENOA and a trailblazer in international community-building efforts. From coordinating democratic schools for refugees to managing a forest garden education center, Trudy’s work spans continents and inspires communities. We’ll explore the unique roles of regional representatives in the Ecovillage Resilience 2.5 Degree Project, delving into their experiences, challenges, and the transformative lessons they’ve learned. 🔊 Tune in now to hear their powerful stories and discover how they are paving the way for resilient futures across Asia and Oceania. Whether you’re a seasoned community builder or just curious about sustainability, this conversation will inspire and uplift you. Don’t miss it! #CommunityResiliencePodcast #EcovillageResilience #GENOA #SustainableCommunities #ThaoKin #TrudyGerrands #GlobalEcovillageNetwork #EnvironmentalStewardship #PodcastEpisode #Season2 #EcoInspiration

Welcome back to Community Resilience, a podcast created in collaboration with the Ecovillage Resilience 2.5 Degree Project, facilitated by the Global Ecovillage Network. Today we meet Alfusainey, a dynamic leader and passionate advocate for sustainable development. Trained in Permaculture Design and Ecovillage Development, Alfusainey is the operations director at Sandele Foundation, where he oversees innovative projects in briquette making and compost production. His IT expertise was pivotal in the establishment of the People's Coast Ecovillage Network, which proposes a transformative development model for the coastal zone from Carfontine, Senegal to Kachuma, Gambia. This network places communities at the heart of development, addressing ecological challenges, fostering social and economic opportunities, creating long-term wealth and employment, and promoting regional cooperation. Currently serving as a network secretary, Alfusainey is also a key figure in the NextGEN Africa leadership. Join us as we explore his journey in conservation, restoration, and organic farming, and learn how he's driving the Ecovillage movement forward in the Gambia. 

Join us in this inspiring conversation with Tanya Mottl, a passionate member of the Ecovillage movement, from Narara Ecovillage in Australia. In this episode Tanya recounts her inspiring journey with the Resilience Project, the challenges and opportunities she's encountered, and how she's contributing to a global movement for sustainable living. Emphasizing the importance of community, meaningful conversations, and practical solutions for a regenerative future. Dive deeper by exploring the work and people mentioned in this episode: 2030 SDGs game; Findhorn; Kosha Joubert; map of regeneration; Project Drawdown; David Suzuki; David Holmgren; Permaculture; Online Ecovillage Design Education; Lyndall Paris; Crystal Waters; Climate Action Week; John Seed; Joanna Macy ; Council of All Beings; Deep Ecology; Sociocracy ; Donut Economics; IPCC 2022 Climate Mitigation Report; Robin Allison; Earthsong; Firebird; Bunya Festival 🔗 ecovillage.org/resilience

Discover the inspiring journey of two remarkable guests from Togo, Koto Koku Agbee and Agbossoumonde Koffi, as they share their dedication to community health, environmental conservation, and sustainable development. From prestigious accolades to grassroots initiatives, Koto and Koffi exemplify resilience and innovation in ecovillage living. Join us as we delve into their stories and insights, exploring the intersection of traditional practices, spiritual harmony, and modern challenges. 🔗 For more episodes and transcripts, visit ecovillage.org/community-resilience.

Aujourd'hui, nous avons l'honneur d'accueillir deux invités remarquables du Togo, dont le dévouement à la santé communautaire, à la conservation de l'environnement et au développement durable nous inspire tous. Pour en savoir plus et trouver la version anglaise, rendez-vous sur ecovillage.org/community-resilience