Community

This week on Community, the ecovillage podcast, with guest producer Evan Welkin from Borgo Basino we’re in conversation with author and journalist Tobias Jones, who has documented his explorations into the good, bad and ugly sides of community through his writing. We talked about his experiences visiting European communities and founding a therapeutic woodland community...

This week, Community visits Torri Superiore – a 30-year old ecovillage in a medieval town steeped in history in Northern Italy. Here we talk to Lucilla Borio, an expert in community building, who shares lessons from a life lived in community and gives her insights on where groups get it right – and wrong –...

From their food to their customs, few people know the ecovillages of Europe so well as Riccardo Clemente. Community resident, eco-architect, musician, former president of the Italian Ecovillage Network, GEN EU council member, and veteran ecovillage explorer, Riccardo will be taking us on an adventure this spring around European communities in our Meet the Ecovillages...

Aida Shibli describes herself as a queer Palestinian activist, an ecovillager, and a mother. On this week’s podcast we talk about her journey from Palestine to Portugal, identity in community, and hope and healing in the darkest of times.

How do ecovillagers make ends meet? When you start talking about ecovillages, it’s a question that sooner or later people are likely to ask you. In this episode of Community, we talk with researcher Dicte Frost about ecovillage economic models, personal and community resilience, and what it really means to make a living.

Love: it’s everybody’s business. Or that’s what the founders of the pioneering Tamera community believed, and it’s a conviction that has lead to the creation of a peace research centre, the Healing Biotopes plan, and the Love School, where people from around the world learn what it means to heal love – and in doing...

Bafut Ecovillage was a model of hope and good practices in challenging circumstances: providing education and ecologically sound livelihoods to youth and adults in Cameroon’s highlands. Then the war came. In this special episode of Community, we hear from Bafut co-founder and award-winning activist Sonita Mbah about her journey to community living and the devastating...

Is it possible to change your life? In Episode 1 of Community, the ecovillage podcast, we set out to explore what changed the life and values of two very different people, following their journeys from a chemical container ship and a secure job in a multinational company to life in a rural ecovillage. You can...

Is it possible to change your life? In Episode 1 of Community, the ecovillage podcast, we set out to explore what changed the life and values of two very different people, following their journeys from a chemical container ship and a secure job in a multinational company to life in a rural ecovillage. You can …