Community Resilience

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.

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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

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Meet Robin, the visionary behind Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood, nestled in suburban Auckland, New Zealand. As the founder and development coordinator, Robin spearheaded the creation of this innovative cohousing development project, consisting of 32 homes and shared facilities. Earthsong isn't just a housing project, it's a commitment to environmentally sustainable design and deep community engagement. And Robin's story doesn't end there.

Today, she's a beacon of inspiration, dedicating her time to writing, teaching, and consulting to empower thriving connected communities. Through seminars, lectures, and workshops, Robin ignites the flames of the cohousing and community-led housing movement in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Robin continues to innovate, planning an eco-friendly social enterprise hub called Walk to Work Eco-Developments at the forefront of Earthsong’s land, weaving sustainability and community into the fabrics of everyday life.

If you're eager to learn more about cohousing and sustainable living, be sure to check out Robin's book, Cohousing for Life. Within its pages, she shares not only the structural elements of cohousing, but also the heartfelt narrative of Earthsong's collective journey. Join us as we delve into Robin's remarkable story, a testament to the power of community, sustainability, and the human spirit.

Check out the ‘Three Horizons Framework.’, mentioned by Robin as one of the usefuls tool for sharing with groups thinking about transformative change used in the Resilience Project journey.

Margarita is an activist, a creator of life-changing experiences that spark the desire to learn, unlearn, and relearn. She is a biologist with an MSc in Conservation and Rural Development, and the founder and co-director of the Falun Natural Reserve in the Andean region, as well as the Ubuntu Center for Experimentation and Training in Sustainability in the Rosario Islands of Colombia. I am excited to welcome her to our show today and share with you her inspiring story.

Find more at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ecovillage.org/ecovillage-resilience-podcast⁠⁠

Today, we gather with Bill Hartzell and Devon Keller, from ⁠Hundredfold Farm CoHousing Community⁠ in the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US. 

Bill Hartzell's initial venture into intentional community occurred when he became a resident of the Xanadu cooperative house at the University of Michigan in the late 1970s. 20 years later he and his partner Sandy joined the cohousing movement which was gaining popularity in Seattle, Washington, western USA. Taking their gained experience to the east coast ,to be with their aging parents, Bill and Sandy set out to create a cohousing community in rural Pennsylvania, where collaboration, land preservation, and sustainable practices were fundamental principles.

The result of their efforts is the Hundredfold Farm Community. Today, we are joined by Bill and one of Hunderdfold’s newer community members, Devon Kehler. Devon has been drawn into various expressions of communitarianism from a young age. The principle of interdependence is what keeps Devon steadfast in their commitment to communal living. At Hundredfold Farm, Devon is nurturing their skills and creative practices in facilitation, collaborative leadership, and gardening. How Devon shows up in community is deeply shaped by feminist mentoring, the power of queer kinship and a 20 year partnership with their beloved, Anna.

Together, Bill and Devon offer insight to how old memories and new memories can come together to build resilience and community.

Find more at: ⁠⁠⁠ecovillage.org/ecovillage-resilience-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. I'm your host, Eva Goldfarb, inviting you to gather around the fire as we explore resilience, adaptation, and transformation in our time of deepening polycrisis. Today, we gather with Michael Würfel of Sieben Linden Ecovillage, situated in the community Bietzendorf in the Altmark district, Salzbüttel, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, near Frankfurt.

Michael Würfel is an author, videographer, community weaver, and karaoke superstar. He has lived in Sieben Linden Ecovillage for 15 years, in and around projects involving public relations, management, facilitating seminars for potential new members. In addition to creating and publishing Eurotopia, a wonderful compilation of ecovillages around Europe, Michael is a documentary filmmaker with a theme of community.

Please note that English is a second language for most of our guests. We do offer transcripts and our show notes at ⁠ecovillage.org/community-resilience⁠.

Please remember that english is not the first language for many of our guests. Thank you Yuluka, for your help translating the materials into spanish. You can find these resources in our show notes at ecovillage.org/resilience-podcast

Today we speak to Rob Wheeler, the Ecovillage Resilience Project partner for The Farm Ecovillage and Education Center. In addition to his work locally, Rob has participated actively in the UN’s primary conferences and processes on climate and sustainable development for the past 25 years. He is the North American Representative on the Facilitating Group for Action for Sustainable Development which works with the UN on the Global Week of Action for achieving the SDGs. Rob serves on the Advisory Council for Ecosystem Restoration Communities and is the Founder and CEO of Sustainably Wise - which will be a web portal that will assist all interested people and stakeholder groups to help achieve the SDGs and to transition as rapidly as possible to a fully sustainable world. Rob is the Global Ecovillage Network’s main representative in the United Nations and a newly elected board member.

Dive deeper by exploring the Resilience Attributes mentioned by Rob:

• Diversity

• habitat diversity

• food production/crops diversity

• livelihood diversity

• diversity of perspectives 

• Redundancy

• multiple reinforcing options

• backup alternatives for responding to shocks

• Connectivity & Modularity

• connections with other ecovillages (shared learning/resources)

• connections with surrounding communities (sharing information/resources)

• landscape connectivity e.g., ecological corridors

• connectivity that promotes recovery after disturbances/shocks

• modularity to buffer disturbances (disease spread/economic impacts)

• Inclusivity and equity

• degrees of equity

• how to gauge levels of trust

• evidence of collective action

• fair opportunities

• reciprocity/exchange for mutual benefit

• Adaptive learning & decision making

• monitoring change

• experimentation

• processes for learning 

• evidence-based strategies

• polycentric governance

• inhibiting top-down approaches

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  Join us as we explore the ways in which many forms of nurturing resilience are being developed. Find more at: ⁠ecovillage.org/ecovillage-resilience-podcast⁠⁠

  
  

  
  

Mugove has worked with communities and organizations across the African continent and facilitated the founding of the Regional Schools and Colleges Permaculture Program, or RESCOPE, in 2006, which now shares green technologies and permaculture techniques in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Today, Mugove serves the movement as a general coordinator for RESCOPE and the development facilitator for the Gudza Ramuka Ecovillage in Zimbabwe. I hope you enjoy our conversation on community resilience and the powerful act of connecting locally.
Please note that English is a second language for most of our guests. We do offer transcripts and our show notes at ecovillage.org/community-resilience.

Today, we are travelling to Piracanga Ecovillage, located on the eastern coast of Brazil in the state of Bahia, nestled between the forest and the beach. Piracanga has undergone great transformation in the past few years on social, structural and spiritual levels. It is an honor to have them with us in the resilience project, and we hope you enjoy hearing from them as much as we do.

Today’s podcast guest is  Bruno Tambelini, permaculturalist, EDE instructor, social entrepreneur and founder of the Inkiri Institute at Piracanga. For four years, he has dedicated  himself to the development of the Viva Inkiri University - a project that has trained more than 400 young people between 18 to 28 in socio-emotional skills - while creating local impact through regenerative culture training.

Join us as we explore the ways in which many forms of community nurture seed of hope, passing on the ways in which they have learned to be resilient.

Learn more at: ⁠ecovillage.org/ecovillage-resilience-podcast

Welcome to Community Resilience, a podcast created in collaboration with the Ecovillage Resilienec 2.5 degree project facilitated by the global ecovillage network.Today, we kick off our listening journey with Anna Kovasna, catalyst for the Ecovillage Resilience +2.5 degree project and resilience researcher. ⁠Anna⁠ is dedicated to exploring community as a tool for ⁠resilience⁠, regeneration and liberation. With a long history of leadership within the ⁠Global Ecovillage Network⁠, she until recently lived in the ⁠Findhorn Ecovillage⁠ - a 60-year experiment in inner listening and cocreation with nature. Deeply in love with the world and its myriad inhabitants, Anna now lives in the Pyrenees with her human and nonhuman kin, hoping to support vibrant biodiversity, rich soils and abundant health for all who share her west-facing mountainside.Dive deeper by exploring the work and people mentioned in this episode:⁠Lyla June Jonhson⁠⁠Robin Wall Kimmerer⁠⁠Cascade Institute⁠⁠Post Carbon Institute⁠⁠resilience.org⁠⁠Stockholm resilience center⁠Join us as we explore the ways in which many forms of community nurture seed of hope, passing on the ways in which they have learned to be resilient.Learn more at: ecovillage.org/ecovillage-resilience-podcastLink to transcription