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Getting With the Flows

Listen to Curtis Ogden, the facilitator and creator of our upcoming course Energy Systems. 

A transcribed version:

For a number of years now, I have been supporting network approaches to social change, network formation and development at regional, state, and local levels focused on food insecurity, health equity, environmental conservation, and regional economic development. While there have been promising advances made in many spaces and places to build trust and connection as well as alig…

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Building an Ecovillage From the Ground Up

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Written by Chris Taylor, mini-Ecovillage Design Education Canada programme organiser. 


Part of what appealed to me about getting involved with Entelechy Ecovillage is creating systems by which a community can become more economically self-sufficient. In a lot of situations, residents of ecovillages work remotely, or work elsewhere, and get a wage or salary that they utilize at home.

I was interested in creating systems by which people in communities can work together to build revenue-generat…

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What Have We Lost? Helena Norberg-Hodge and the World Localization Day

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 …

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✨6 Renegade Economists You Need to Know 🌍

✨6 Renegade Economists You Need to Know 🌍

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…

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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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