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CASA Latina: Weaving Resilience Across a Continent

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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, …

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Weaving Resilience: A Proven Journey into Community Strength in Times of Polycrisis

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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…

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Inside the Ecovillage Design Education Programme at Alaya Ecolodge

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Regenerative Living in North West Bali

What does regenerative living actually feel like when it’s not just a concept, but a way of life?

For several weeks in North West Bali, that question was lived, breathed, cooked, designed, and deeply felt through the Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) programme at Alaya Ecolodge. Nestled near Bali Barat National Park in Pemuteran, Alaya became far more than a beautiful retreat—it transformed into a living laborat…

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Discover Energy

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“Energy System Science (ESS) is an umbrella term for disciplines that use energy-flow networks to understand [and support] systemic health and development in all kinds of systems.”
Dr. Sally J. Goerner, Research Alliance for Regenerative Economics


This article was written by Curtis Ogden, the creator of the brand new Gaia Education online course 'Energy Systems' starting 23rd February 2026

 

When I was in graduate school a couple of decades ago, …

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Solstice Reflections: A Moment of Global Connection

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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…

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Evergreening Transition Training Don Hall

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Dear friends and fellow Transitioners, I hope you’ll join me today in celebrating the launch of Transition Network International’s first-ever “evergreen” courseTransition 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…

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Lusi Alderslowe's invitation to Permaculture Design course

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Hi, my name is Lusi and I live in southwest Scotland. By next summer I will have been a permaculture educator for 20 years! It's amazing to me how long I have been doing this and yet how varied and interesting all those projects I have done have been - from an outdoor playgroup in inner city parks leading permaculture activities for young children, to working in school grounds, training teachers, gardening in community spaces, creating food forests, supporting people to become accredited perma…

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Come Home with Us 💚 Join Gaia’s 20th Anniversary Online Festival

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This December, we’re gathering our global community for something truly special: a celebration, a reunion, and a renewal of purpose.

✨ Coming Home to Place ✨
Online Festival and 20th Anniversary Fundraiser

🗓️ December 1–7, 2025

Learn more and Join the Festival

For 20 years, Gaia Education has been a meeting ground for dreamers, doers, and regenerators. People like you, who believe a better world is not only possible, but already growing in communities across the planet.

Now, we’re coming hom…

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Work is Love made visible; Embodying Degrowth and meaning

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How can our work become an expression of care—for ourselves, our communities, and the planet?

When we think of livelihood as a form of service to the wellbeing us, our community and nature, new possibilities begin to open.

In a world where conventional notions of “career” often center on productivity and profit, the idea of a regenerative livelihood invites us to re-envision our purpose through a wider lens—one that honours interconnection, creativity, and care.

A regenerative livelihood is m…

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What does 4D Literacy mean?

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This text was written by Daniel Wahl as an introduction to the 4D Regenerative Design Literacy online course.


The year 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of Gaia Education, as well as, my 20th anniversary of working with Gaia Education. So it is my great pleasure to invite you to the 3rd edition of the 4D Regenerative Design Literacy learning journey.

We live in turbulent and uncertain times, of rapidly deepening polarization and social, ecological and economic degradation, where are culture of…

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