Actions and Ecoversities Service Circles

The life and actions of the Ecoversities Alliance are generously supported by an assembly of Service Circles. These circles accompany and care for the internal as well as external processes of the network, they are like invisible mycelial threads or the microbiota that make life in the forest soil a possibility. Each of these service circles is stewarded by members of the alliance. As service circles, they are autonomous and able to make their own decisions, while simultaneously having unique roles and shared response-abilities with the wider ecoversities lifeshed.

Each circle nurtures its own essence, and is constantly evolving, with new learnings and gifts that each of its members share and bring forward into the center, expanding the collective intelligence and sensemaking of the alliance. They have their own offerings, seasonal cycles, kinship relationships and needs. Currently there are about 16 active service circles, some of these are supported by a small scholarship/gift economy, others are not. The service circles that receive funding are related to the administrative, maintenance, financial and communication needs of Ecoversities, including supporting open calls made available for learners and members of the alliance. There have been recent additions, such as the conflict composters, sensemaking and care, and more-than-human service circles.

Solidarity and Mutual Aid Opportunities

As a mycelial web of learners and communities around the world inquiring into solidarity, this space invites direct mutual aid support  between members of our relational networks.

Global & Regional Gatherings

Global Gatherings are one-week events, occurring every 12 to 18 months in a different continent each time (Portugal, August 2015, Costa Rica, February 2017, India, October 2018, Mexico, November 2019, Egypt, March 2022, South Afrika, June 2023, and August 2024, Brazil).  Organized as an ‘un-conference’ or ‘emergent gathering’, these meetings are conceived as loose processes that leave time for sharing and co-creating with self-organized sessions and open-spaces, in order to allow us to learn from different approaches and traditions of facilitation, and to honour the knowledge that comes from emergence.

Encontros Regionais

Ecoversities Regional Gatherings are multi-day and/or week-long gatherings to exchange and cross-pollinate between eco-versity partners from a specific geographic or cultural region, in order to  strengthen the relationships among members, communities and contexts within these regions.

Pollination & Learning Visits between Ecoversities projects

We support 1-2 months long research visits and residencies among  people and projects part who are part of the Alliance, to learn together and support each other.

Publicações e Disseminação

A Aliança tem gerado a criação de livros, panfletos, podcasts e vídeos sobre tópicos relacionados com conceitos, valores e práticas expostos pelas Eco-versidades, de forma a aprofundar a reflexão sobre reimaginar educação, produção e circulação de conhecimentos, descolonização de pedagogias, as dificuldades de aprendizagem e diferentes epistemologias e ecologias. Um link para estas publicações e outros produzidos pelos membros da Aliança podem ser encontrados aqui:

Regional Networks and Collaborative Projects

Dentro da rede, as regiões estão a por energia e empenho nas suas páginas de web para co-criar em conjunto sobre o que emerge nos seus territórios.

Aliança Indiana de Multiversidades: www.multiversities.net 
Ecoversidades América Latina: https://ecoversidades.org/
Ecoversidades do Mediterrâneo Europeu https://ecoversitieseuropeanmediterranean.blogspot.com/
 

Projetos Germinativos

A Aliança oferece apoio e financiamento de sementes para começar projetos que podem eventualmente transforma-se em Ecoversidades plenas.