ADVANCED ECOVILLAGERS STREAM

Evolving Together – members shaping GEN Europe’s future

We’re offering a daily emergent space for collective reflection, inquiry, and co-creation. Building on the General Assembly of GEN Europe, we will explore together the topics, questions, and tensions that are essential for the evolution of ecovillages and the wider regenerative movement.

Themes may include political positioning, eldership, governance, identity beyond activism, collective responsibility and accountability, collective trauma, cultural maturity, and the evolving role of GEN in shaping regenerative futures. Questions around networks and systems change may also emerge, such as: What is GEN’s role beyond communities? How can communities take responsibility in times of global crises and transformation?

This is a living cultural incubator – an emergent space shaped by GEN members, the spaceholders, and the collective intelligence of the network.

All members of GEN Europe are warmly invited, including aspiring members, national and transnational networks, and delegates from GEN regions beyond Europe.

 

CHRISTINE DURSCHNER, ANNE BRETSCHNEIDER, & JAKE JAY-LEWIN

Schloss Glarisegg, Tamera,
the Park Ecovillage, and Findhorn

More about the facilitators
Workshop Holder Bio

Main Facilitator: Christine Dürschner
Pronouns: she/her

Christine Dürschner is an organism developer, possibility coach, and community companion based in Switzerland. Since 2011, she has been part of the Schloss Glarisegg community project, supporting regenerative cultures, relationship transformation, and living organizations. She works with emotional competence, communication culture, and collective evolution, guiding individuals, teams, and communities toward authentic collaboration and radical responsibility.

Co-holders: Anne Bretschneider & Jake Jay-Lewin

  • (Pronouns: she/her)
    Anne Bretschneider is a facilitator, educator, and project coordinator with 15+ years of experience in community building, regenerative culture, participatory education, and organisational development. She has worked internationally within NGOs, grassroots initiatives, and the ecovillage movement, and is a long-term member of the Tamera community in Portugal. Anne currently serves on the Council of GEN Europe. She works with collaborative processes, systems thinking, and conflict transformation.
  • (Pronouns: he/him)
    Jake is a facilitator and systems thinker with 10+ years of experience empowering people and organisations towards effective and caring collaborations. He draws on his training in process-oriented psychology, Sociocracy 3.0, and a range of other systemic, personal, and organisational modalities, alongside visits to 50+ community projects worldwide. He works with collective intelligence, relational dynamics, and organisational evolution. Born into the Findhorn Ecovillage, Scotland, where he’s currently building his home, he’s been involved in GEN for many years, including co-founding NextGEN in its current form and recently as a GEN EU Council member.
Participation:

To support continuity and depth in the conversations, we invite participants to join all four sessions if possible. Leaving earlier is always possible, while joining is only possible during the first or second session slot.

Sessions: 

  • Day One July 14: Opening / Distilling the Core Question
  • Day Two July 15: Deepening the Field (Part I)
  • Day Three July 16: Deepening the Field (Part II)
  • Day Four July 17: Harvesting / Prototyping the Next Steps
We look forward to welcoming you!
Christine, Jake & Anne
 
 

 

 

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