Our Partners:
“Les Coccinelles" (Switzerland) is the main promoter and organizer of the Networking Event “Wild Kairos”. The association “Les Coccinelles” has the following objectives:
- to promote sustainable life styles by spreading Permaculture principles, knowledge about food independency, tecniques to build light and ecological structures, and all actions which are respectful of the human being and the environment and its biodiversity;
- to spread values of peace, mutual support and equality within the respect of differences.
- to develop educational activities for young people and adults on the themes of active citizenship, sustainability, cooperation, individual and community empowerment and peaceful conflict resolution.
Pandora (Hungary) The aim of Pandora Deep Ecology Association is to create opportunities, time and space for mutual learning, to form perspectives and acquire knowledge which help our harmonious coexistence with Nature. Our goal is to spread the insights and practices of deep ecology, voluntary simplicity and permaculture in a broader sense through different learning processes. Learning is a holistic process, involving body, mind and spirit, respecting all learning individuals and the community for children, youth and adults.
Trinoga (Bulgaria) Trinoga association is a community cherishing family values, working in a field of environmental creation and pedagogy. Since year 2005 we live in the Balkan mountains in exchange with the nature and the indigenous people. We take care of gardens, horses, goats etc. In cooperation with M.D. Pashkulev we create and exchange bee-hive and herbal products from the stuff we collect and cultivate.
NeoLution group, Czech Republic
Our main focus will be on inner transformation for social change through art (dance, theatre, sculpturing etc.), peace building through intercultural and international exchanges, exploring the simple and close to nature life by experimenting with ecological building, permaculture, low environmental impact technologies and the connection to one’s own path of spirituality.
Community Development Institute, Macedonia
The Community Development Institute is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that works on improving the interethnic understanding and tolerance, strengthening the capacities of the organizations and individuals, as well as on improving the living conditions and standard of life of the citizens.
The CDI’s experience is based on almost 18 years work within the community, addressing citizens’ problems and needs and helping in overcoming challenges.
CDI acts as a NGO training and resource centre and recognized UNESCO club. It is also an info point for the Council of Europe. CDI has established a program that has its focus on lifelong learning and adult education and works on promotion of those two concepts.
CDI provides workplace for young people from different ethnic backgrounds, and offers non-formal education in the fields of project management and employment skills.
Strategic aims:
1. Increasing the interethnic tolerance;
2. Streinghtening of the democracy and civil society;
3. Improvement of the living conditions and standard of life.
TRAJNOSTNI Park Istra, Slovenia
Sustainability Park Istra - Institute for research and education was established in 2013 The institute acts as a networking organisation for community oriented initiatives and projects. There are several such initiatives in Slovenia, forming a body of approximately 300 people connected to the organisation.
The mission of the institute is to spread good practices and functional solutions in Slovenia as an answer to the challenges of contemporary society. To this end the institute organises courses and educational programs on topics as environmental awareness, green economy, group processes and personal development. Its focus is on practical solutions: The institute specialises in ‘’learning by doing’’ programmes that are an innovative yet ever more popular and relevant approach to sharing knowledge among participants of social projects. The institute cooperates with universities and research institutes which use Park Istra as a campus for their students (University of Primorska, University of Maribor and the Biotechnical Center Naklo).
Sustainability Park Istra is located in a remote area of the Istrian peninsula right on the border between Slovenia and Croatia. Its activities strive to involve the local community with the aim of revitalizing economic and social life by creating new jobs and the development of a market for local products. It receives active support by the local government that offers an abandoned school in the village for organising courses and workshops.
Olhos Verdes (Portugal) Associaçao Olhos Verdes is dedicated to co-creating a happy green planet. Our vision is that together we can come up with alternative sustainable and joyful ways of living in our planet, transforming it into a place of abundance, peace and beauty. We follow the principles of permaculture and we are committed to exploring new forms of education to jointly create a beautiful planet.We have activities that link youngsters and adults to help them find their natural connections, usually within the permaculture framework, and using tools from Deep Ecology - the work that reconnects. Most staff members are connected with big networks of people and are using to maximizing their time at events.
GEN-International was formally registered as Scottish Charity in 2013. Even down its young legal history, the network has been active in connection with the European Regional Network of Ecovillages since the late 90’. Actual size of the organization is less than 5 employees; the operational capacity of GEN is based on a strong expertise in the field of education and cooperation for sustainable development over than know-how transfer for capacity building targeted to sustainable communities. GEN envisions a world of empowered citizens and communities, designing and implementing their own pathways to a sustainable future, and building bridges of hope and international solidarity.
Mission:
As a solution-based, multi-stakeholder alliance, GEN provides information, tools, examples and global representation to the expanding network of those dedicated to developing and demonstrating sustainability principles and practices in their lifestyles and communities around the world.
Goal:
1. To advance the education of individuals from all walks of life by sharing the experience and best practices gained from the networks of ecovillages and sustainable communities worldwide.
2. To advance human rights, conflict resolution and reconciliation by empowering local communities globally while promoting a culture of mutual acceptance and respect, effective communications, and cross-cultural outreach.
3. To advance environmental protection globally by serving as a think tank, incubator, international partner organization and catalyst for projects that expedite the shift to sustainable and resilient lifestyles.
4. To advance active citizenship and community development by coordinating the activities of regional ecovillage networks and reaching out to wider society and policy makers in order to accelerate the transition to sustainable living.
Paradiso Ritrovato (Italy) Paradiso Ritrovato (Regained Paradise) is a non profit organization, based in Italy and founded in 2012 by four women that have been studying and researching for years in Italy and abroad on the theme of sustainability within education and training.Our mission is to spread knowledge and practical alternatives on fields of living in harmony with nature, active citizenship and community building for a sustainable world. The association beside the four funding members counts on other active people involved in our activities. At local level we regularly organize thematic meetings and workshops in schools, youth centers, festivals and fairs promoting sustainable lifestyles and community’s resilience. From 2010 till now we developed different educational programmes for extracurricular activities in schools for children and young people focusing on active citizenship, non formal education, food and nutrition education, design and management of vegetables gardens and recycling.
l'Université Populaire de Permaculture (France) “Université Populaire de Permaculture”, established in 2003, is a developing network of permaculture teachers, students and training centres in France. UPP promotes the pathway to the diploma of Applied Permaculture Design and uses the system “université populaire” that is based on peer learning, and lifelong learning processes. Apart from being an organization of reference for teaching permaculture in France, we also are connected to the wider French speaking world, we reach out to Canada and countries in Africa. Our main objective is to facilitate a social-ecological transition of our societies through awareness raising about the different applications of permaculture. Therefor we link with other organizations that promote a transition towards a more ecological society. We see ourselves as an actor of the permaculture training network in the French speaking world. Therefor we feel obliged to be responsible for a high standard of quality of permaculture training courses that we provide, and to be responsible for the level of knowledge, practice and understanding of the students on their path to the Diploma of applied permaculture design. Furthermore we encourage students to continue their training towards the Diploma and become professional trainers. One of our objectives is to allow everyone to participate in a permaculture training course, this is why the price of our training courses are as low as possible. Especially for young people with fewer opportunities we are flexible on the price of the training courses. For students that don't have a land to practice permaculture we propose the “companionship” apprenticeship system which gives the opportunity to any student to practice and learn permaculture in different training centers. All these different facilities make it easy and accessible to any one even with few opportunities and money to study with "Université Populaire de Permaculture".
Pécsi Szín-Tér Egyesület (Hungary) Our aim is to develop communities with the help of different artistic methods, e.g. mural painting, drama, dance, music, movement and visual arts. We support youth initiatives and maintain national and international professional cooperations.
Zavod Apis (Slovenia)
Apis (Slovenia) The work of the institute promotes social inclusion and empowerment of the most vulnerable and the marginalized, while making sure to develop non-formal educational programs for the people with fewer possibilities.
Preda Plus (Macedonia) is a promoter of sustainable economic development and social prosperity through facilitation of public, private and civil initiatives, on local/regional level in the Balkans.
Creux-des-Biches (Switzerland)