Ecovillage Transition in Action – Voices of Transition

Ecological Dimension – Project Portrays
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Grow seeds, food and soil through regenerative agriculture – Ali and Inci Goodmann about the Project Knidia in Turkey
Clean and replenish sources and cycles of water – Markus Dittrich about the Project Tamera in Portugal
Work with waste as a valuable resource – Nara Petrovič about the Project “Let’s do it. More clean up days” in Slovenia
Increase biodiversity and restore ecosystems – Ashley Brown about the Ecosystem Restoration Camps Foundation in the Netherlands
Social Dimension – Project Portrays
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Nurture diversity and cohesion for thriving communities – Katerina Varella about the Project Mikros Dounias in Greece
Practice conflict facilitation, communication and peacebuilding skills – Maja Turniski about the Suncokret centre for community development in a rural region that suffered heavily from the civil war and the recent earthquake.
Enabling all to engage in lifelong learning for a sustainable future – Rüdiger Bachmann and Kira Petersen about the School in Schloss Tempelhof in Germany
Promote health, healing and wellbeing for all – Ole Underland about the Hurdal psychiatric Recovery Center in Norway
Strengthen responsible and accountable administration and politics – Elidth Brown from the Project TSIMoray in Scotland
Maggie Fyffe – about the Project Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust in Scotland
Cultural Dimension – Project Portrays
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Nuture mindfulness and self-reflection – René Hirschi about the Project Herzfeld Sennrüti in Switzerland
Reconnect to nature and embrace low-impact lifestyles – Svetoyara Caciurenco about the Project Busha Toloka in the Ukraine
Enrich life and celebration – Macaco Tamerice about the Project Damahur in Italy
Engage actively to protect communities and nature – Carolin Waldmann about the Extinction Rebellion in Scotland
Economical Dimension – Project Portrays
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Reconstruct the concepts of wealth, work and progress – Luisa Kleine about the Project Region im Wandel in Waldkappel/Germany
Cultivate Social Entrepreneurship for Regeneration – Mieke Elzenga about the proejct Liber Terra in the Netherlands
Use banks and currencies that strengthen communities – Christian Gellerie about the Project Chiemgauer currency in Germany
Integral Design – Project Portrays
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Identify assets, needs and leverage points – Christiano Bottone about the Project MIT in Italy
Engage all stakeholders in designs for the future – Thomas Meier about the Project Schloss Tonndorf in Germany
Adapt solutions to scale and context – Duncan Crowly about the Project Transition Town in Lisbon/Portugal
Spread core patterns of regeneration – Alexander Clark about the Project Meadows in the Making in Scotland
Build alliances across all divides – Communities Program Hungary
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Identify assets, needs and leverage points – Christiano Bottone about the Project MIT in Italy

Ecovillage Transition in Action – Voices of Transition Integral Design – Project Portrays Identify assets, needs and leverage points – Christiano Bottone about the Project MIT in Italy

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Christiano is in the core team of the project Municipalities in Action (MIT) which is an italian organization that works on the local level to support transition initiatives to bring their contents into the municipalities. MIT works on a deep transforming level in order to bring another way of making decissions into the local parliaments. Beside other tools and techniques, MIT is working with Sociocracy 3.0 and a skilled facilitator that is training the collaboration and communication skills on the local level. With these communication methods MIT is not only transforming the local culture but it is also integrating transformative ideas into the local governments and changes the culture into a more participatory and less power oriented one.

We had this strange possibility to work all together and then we started discovering how difficult it was even with the power of the local municipalities, how all the interaction between what you want to do and the legal system, the market system, how all this is so difficult. So we spent a lot of years doing experiment trying to see how we could really plan together, be strategic and do both things together. And we learnt a lot during this trip.

Christiano Bottone
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