Proyectos Germinativos
Germinating projects
La Alianza Ecoversidades lanza una convocatoria de Germinadores una vez al año para ofrecer financiamento inicial con el fin de poner en marcha proyectos que, con el tiempo, puedan convertirse en una Ecoversidad madura. Somos conscientes de que crear tu propia Ecoversidad es un reto complejo que también puede requerir un presupuesto considerable. Aunque actualmente no podemos financiar la creación completa de una Ecoversidad, sí podemos proporcionar financiación inicial para ayudar en los esfuerzos iniciales. La puesta en marcha de una Ecoversidad requiere un grupo de personas apasionadas y comprometidas que estén dispuestas a invertir tiempo y esfuerzo en procesos a largo plazo.
Germinators Program 2026: Phase 2 – Selection
El Programa Germinadores is designed to support people who want to create an Ecoversity. El objetivo principal de Ecoversidades es fomentar el desarrollo de una nueva generación de líderes locales del (des)aprendizaje para que aborden los retos a los que se enfrentan sus comunidades y desarrollen nuevos modelos de convivencia armoniosa con sus hermanos de la Tierra y con el planeta.
Applications were open until August 2026. Check the numbers:
123 applications received, from 37 countries across 7 regions
14 reviewers read and scored them in Round 1
- 457 individual reviews submitted — every application read by at least 3 reviewers (several of them reviewed by 5 or 6 reviewers)
- 32 applicants shortlisted and interviewed over Zoom
- 11 reviewers watched the interviews and submitted a top 10
- 110 votes cast in the final round
- 15 projects selected
The 15 projects selected span Greece, Cameroon, China, Aotearoa New Zealand, Mexico, Thailand, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Ecuador, Zambia, India, Kenya and Brazil.
For the 108 initiatives not funded, we are opening a Learning Circle so they can still join the workshops and mentorship. Nobody who applied walks away with nothing.
Germinators Program 2026: Phase 3 – Support More Projects
Even though we needed to make a selection of 15 projects, there are a lot of other amazing proposals that we strongly believe should receive financial support for thriving and helping re-imagine education.
We will open a crowdfunding campaign for helping support more of these promising projects.
Stay tuned.
Previously Funded Germinating Projects
She Farms She Wins
Siwa Seeds Home
Amerikua, Indigenous University in Colombia
Aba Té Farm Artist Residency
Mangroversity – Thailand
Earth Guardians (Guardianes de la Tierra), Tijuana, Mexico
Casa Cumbuca – Favela União de Vila Nova, São Paulo, Brasil
Vamos Pal Campo – Colombia
Livada Pedagogica – Romania
El Nido Casa Abierta, Ecoversidad de la Vida, Ecuador
Mountainwind – The Himalayan Rilung Foundation, India
La Milpa Escuela, Casa Matla, Mexico
Mystic River Ecoversity, India
Chestnut Tree Ecological School, Cataluña, Spain
EMANDULO Ecobrick Project, Eastern Cape South Afrika
Anurvana – Theatre for Change, India
Food Wisdom Academy, Delhi, India
GARN Latinoamérica: Campus Vivo para los Derechos de la Naturaleza, Colombia
Ballroom Climate and Environmental Justice Curriculum, Turtle Island