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history. It is very painful to experience again this shame of Europe and of the
humanity in front of our door again and again.

In between this political and social situation, in the middle of the hot Greek
summer we ran our Community Gathering from 22-28 of August, and the big
Network Meeting 29-30 of August.

One of the most important questions about the crisis is, how can we live
together in ways that allow us to manifest the change? How can we create
sustainable projects, where
people can live with dignity?
How can we create realistic
models in crisis areas, and

everywhere, where the
alternatives can be
experienced, where the taste
and the smell of the new
perspective of life can touch
us so deeply that it awakens
our longing for community and
cooperation with life?
Many people in western
countries live very isolated and alienated from each other. When we come
together, we need a safe place where we can again allow ourselves the
experience of being related and connecting, with ourselves, with nature and with

other human beings.
In the Community Gathering in SKALA Ecovillage, 40 adults and 10 children live
together, work together, learn together and have shared skills, knowledge,
inspiration, feelings, joy, worries and, of course, celebration.
One part of the gathering was a practical one, with the permaculture design and
the biogas system. The other
was the social aspect, the
community, trust building and
possibilities of real
understanding as a

precondition for every
cooperative interaction.

Some of our guests from

Germany asked us “but how
can you celebrate and dance
and sing, when you are in such a difficult political and economic crisis?” The

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