{"id":1448,"date":"2023-06-20T19:39:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T19:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.gen-europe.org\/?page_id=1448"},"modified":"2024-02-05T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T11:29:31","slug":"about-gen-eu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging2.gen-europe.org\/?page_id=1448","title":{"rendered":"About GEN EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id1448_d17b45-2f{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id1448_d17b45-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1448_d17b45-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id1448_d17b45-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px 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wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1448_9ef722-7d\">What is GEN Europe?<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1448_3c6892-57\">When people choose to live&nbsp; together with a shared vision and purpose in a way that\u2019s respectful to one another, their local environment, and the wider world &#8211; that\u2019s an ecovillage.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GEN Europe is the European network for ecovillages and sustainable communities<\/strong>. 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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1448_44cb29-af img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1448_44cb29-af[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1448_44cb29-af\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1448_44cb29-af wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1448_44cb29-af\">Our vision&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;is of a <strong>conscious, sustainable, resilient Europe where ecovillage values and lifestyles are widely adopted. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;To achieve our vision, we work with ecovillages and ecovillage networks, and support individuals who are curious about ecovillages on their journey to ecovillage living.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We <strong>connect ecovillages <\/strong>to promote innovation, the exchange of experiences and knowledge, and to build friendships and networks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We <strong>build our collective capacity <\/strong>to inspire and enable the creation of new communities through training, courses and projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We <strong>promote ecovillage lifestyles and solutions <\/strong>as part of the transition to a regenerative culture and <strong>bring people closer to ecovillages <\/strong>with events, publications and volunteering opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns1448_f0b70f-97{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:flex-start;align-items:center;}.kt-btns1448_f0b70f-97 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns1448_f0b70f-97 .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns1448_f0b70f-97 .kt-btn-wrap-0 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Our day-to-day operations are served by the Secretariat staff team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guiding the Secretariat is our oversight body, the Council, who are elected every two years to hold our vision by the General Assembly. The General Assembly, made up of all full member ecovillages, makes proposals, debates and approves decisions and strategic direction for the organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We organise ourselves and make decisions using Sociocracy, a transparent and participatory governance method based around consent decision-making. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We publish annual reports on our activities for our members and the wider public. 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767px){.kadence-column1448_6fa583-56 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1448_6fa583-56\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image1448_72c8a4-5f .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1448_72c8a4-5f\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/staging2.gen-europe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Connexion-768x491.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging2.gen-europe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Connexion-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/staging2.gen-europe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Connexion-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/staging2.gen-europe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Connexion-1024x655.png 1024w, 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GEN is an umbrella organisation that connects regional ecovillage networks all over the world: GEN Africa, GEN North America, CASA Latina, GEN Oceania &amp; Asia, and GEN Europe (links to all). It also represents NextGEN, the global youth ecovillage movement. 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