On June 21, people around the world will come together to celebrate World Localization Day—a global movement dedicated to strengthening local economies, rebuilding community resilience, and reconnecting people with place.

To celebrate this important day, Gaia Education is making available to everyone a special conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge, originally recorded as part of the Gaia Education Online Festival 2025, Coming Home to Place.

Helena is the founder of Local Futures, convener of …

There are thinkers that are challenging the myths of endless growth, extraction, and profit-at-all-costs—and helping us imagine economies rooted in wellbeing, reciprocity, and ecological balance.

Della Duncan, the facilitator of the upcoming Economic dimension, the host of Upstream podcast and a renegade economist herself, has put together this selection of thinkers that will make you look at economics in a new way: 

Kate Raworth — Reimagines economics around meeting human needs within planet…

CASA Latina: Weaving Resilience Across a Continent

There was a time when Latin American ecovillages and regenerative communities were already part of the global conversation, yet did not fully have their own continental voice.

Many were connected to the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) through the Ecovillage Network of the Americas (ENA), the regional articulation that brought together North, Central, and South America. Through ENA, Latin American communities participated in global gatherings, …

What does it really take for communities to thrive in a world that is constantly shaken by current climate crisis, social inequality, instabilities and much more? 

After a powerful pilot which you can read more about below, with 20 ecovillages across five continents, Weaving Resilience is now opening as an online course starting 13th April 2026— inviting a new wave of communities, leaders, and change-makers to deepen their capacity to navigate climate change and the polycrisis with courage, cla…

As this year draws to a close, we look back on another orbit around the sun ☀️—a year of learning, collaboration, and deepening commitment to regenerative futures.

Despite the challenges and hardship unfolding around the globe, we’ve seen countless examples of resilience, creativity, and hope—reminding us that people everywhere are ready to co-create systems that care for both people and planet 🌍

A huge thank you to our partners all over the world who have created online or in-person courses a…

Dear friends and fellow Transitioners, I hope you’ll join me today in celebrating the launch of Transition Network International’s first-ever “evergreen” course, Transition Launch Training! This self-paced and self-directed online version of our most popular training is now available for anyone, anywhere, to take for free at any time. It’s the product of 12 experienced Transition Trainers working together across nine countries and three continents over the past eight months, and having coordinat…