ECONOMY STREAM WORKSHOPS

Les Pas-Sages: From Scarcity to Trust

Day One: July 14 2026
Trust in money is often the last wall we hold on to. In an ecovillage, mutualizing resources is a radical act of trust. In this workshop, we want you to experiment with what is at stake when we shift from competition to systemic cooperation at every level.

Through collective role-plays, we’ll look at:

  • (our fears)
  • and (Les Pas-Sages mechanisms)that constrain or liberate our ability to trust and mutualize.

You will leave with a clearer picture of how to collectively break free from oppressive financial systems. Together, let’s make individualism obsolete and create a new space for trust to transition safely from scarcity to shared abundance.

SANDRA BEDIGIS

Les Pas-Sages

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Sandra is a birth Doula, haptonomy practitioner, and core member of the Nonviolent Global Liberation organization. As an Ambassador of Les Pas-Sages, she brings pragmatic alternatives to individualism by supporting community building. She initiated Colmeia 62, Portugal’s first ecovillage using Les Pas-Sages mechanisms. Together with the LPS team, she is now spreading this innovative model across Europe, turning systemic cooperation into a lived reality for intentional communities.

PETER KÄMMERLING, JOHANNES KUEBEL, SANDRA BEDIGIS, JELENA GROBENSKI

Mietshäuser Syndikat, GEN Europe,
Les Pas-Sages, MOBA

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Peter Kämmerling, member of Mietshäuser Syndikat and Commoning Spaces Network, German and European networks keeping housing permanently affordable through collective ownership. Sandra Bedigis leads Les Pas-Sages, a French model for participatory, community-driven housing. Jelena Grobenski works with MOBA's Accelerator, supporting cooperative housing development across Europe. Johannes Kuebel works with the GEN Europe Fund, financing ecovillage and community-led projects. Together they represent four pioneering funding models for decommodified housing.

 
 

 

Funding Housing for People, Not Profit

Day Two: July 15 2026

How do we fund housing that stays affordable, community-controlled, and rooted in ecological values — forever? This workshop brings together four practitioners from across Europe to share their funding models for community-led housing (CLH). Through a structured panel, speakers will explore how their models prevent speculative dynamics, build trust among future residents, and connect the CLH movement with the ecovillage world. Expect honest conversation about what works, what doesn’t, and how these approaches can inspire your own projects. Plenty of time for audience questions at the end.

How Community Trust Builds New Food Systems

Day Three: July 15 2026
At Jupiterhaus, an urban community in Zurich, we dared to trust one another and our region enough to initiate a new food system.

Together with Koopernikus, we built relationships between farmers, consumers, logistics partners, restaurants and grocery stores to co-create a solidarity-based regional food network. Through this trust, we now collaborate with the City of Zurich, supplying schools, kindergartens and health centres.

In this workshop, we share our concrete steps, governance design, financial model and key mistakes. Participants explore how trust becomes economic structure and leave with practical tools to start or strengthen regional food systems in their own contexts.

JOHANNES KUEBEL

Jupiterhaus

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Johannes Kübel is co-founder of Jupiterhaus and Koopernikus, working at the intersection of community building and regenerative economies. He develops solidarity-based regional food systems, cooperative governance and purpose-driven enterprises. Johannes also serves on the Council of GEN Europe and supports new economic models, including community-led housing initiatives such as the GEN Europe Fund.

GABRIEL DA ROCHA

Catfarm Education

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Manager, designer & facilitator specialized in horizontal governance (holacracy/sociocracy). With an MBA in Leadership & Masters in HR, he has 10+ years experience supporting social impact orgs. Co-founder of initiatives in Brazil/Europe, he joined Catfarm in 2020, energizing the Vision Guardian role & community building. He also collaborates with Les Pas Sages on resilient organizational models, the Solunar Community in Brazil, and other collective initiatives.

Regenerative Finance in Community

Day Four: July 16 2026
In regenerative culture, finance isn’t just about counting coins; it’s about cultivating life and organizing flows of energy. Aligning with the theme Dare to trust new economies, this workshop explores how we can sustain communities without becoming a traditional business. Drawing from our experience at the Catfarm community and Les Pas Sages, we will discuss purposeful budgeting, multiple economies (time, care, skills), and transparency. Learn how to honor contributions and design financial flows that respect community spirit.

"I love to be among people who seriously believe that a new world is possible. At the gatherings, I meet the passion of young people and the thoughtfulness of elders who have thought deeply about how it is possible and why it is difficult."
2025 Gathering Participant