en de all about community This podcast is all about the topic of cohabitation.It was supposed to be a German-language podcast, but the events in Ukraine have of course overtaken me too, and so this podcast is first about the commitment of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) -Europe and GEN-Ukraine and their support for people in Ukraine. But it will also be about communities in general.  My name is Steffen Emrich, and I have been closely involved with communities for about 25 years. I advise communities, am a sociocracy trainer and, among other things, a founding member of GEN-Germany and currently active on the board of GEN-Europe.  If you want to support the GEN-Ukraine please check: www.gen-europe.org  and/or donate to  Postbank Berlin IBAN: DE 11100100100007681105 BIC: PBNKDEFF  - Donation - Ukraine If you want to contact me: semrich@posteo.de  // www.procorde.net https://all-about-community.letscast.fm Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:50:07 +0200 Steffen Emrich yes https://lcdn.letscast.fm/media/podcast/ff3379fd/artwork-3000x3000.png?t=1648749019 all about community https://all-about-community.letscast.fm Steffen Emrich LetsCast.fm (https://letscast.fm) Everything about communities, ecovillages and communes Steffen Emrich episodic https://letscast.fm/podcasts/all-about-community-ff3379fd/feed Gemeinschaft, Ökodorf, Ecovillage, Community, Kommune, Comune, Ukraine Steffen Emrich semrich@posteo.de no no no Steffen Emrich This podcast is all about the topic of cohabitation.It was supposed to be a German-language podcast, but the events in Ukraine have of course overtaken me too, and so this podcast is first about the commitment of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) -Europe and GEN-Ukraine and their support for people in Ukraine. But it will also be about communities in general.  My name is Steffen Emrich, and I have been closely involved with communities for about 25 years. I advise communities, am a sociocracy trainer and, among other things, a founding member of GEN-Germany and currently active on the board of GEN-Europe.  If you want to support the GEN-Ukraine please check: www.gen-europe.org  and/or donate to  Postbank Berlin IBAN: DE 11100100100007681105 BIC: PBNKDEFF  - Donation - Ukraine If you want to contact me: semrich@posteo.de  // www.procorde.net no no fd3d0a7bf4af4281ae6f0486198f704e # 3 Anastasyia Volkovo tells us why time stood still in Ukraine on 24 February  Anastasyia Volkova 

 Welcome to the 3rd episode of this podcast "all about Community". Thank you for the great and helpful feedback I have already received. 
 The war in Ukraine is now in its sixth week and no one knows how the situation will develop. Already at the end of March I was lucky enough to talk to Anastasyia Volkova. She lives in the ecovillage Zeleni Kruchi, pretty much in the middle of Ukraine and she told me how she experienced the first days of the war, why time stood still in Ukraine on 24 February and what has changed for her as a young mother but also as a permaculture and ecovillage activist since then. 


If you want to know more about the work of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) and specifically about the work of GEN-Ukraine and how you can support this important work, please also visit our website. www.gen-europe.org.

All donations with the keyword Ukraine will go directly to Ukraine or (in consultation with the team in Ukraine) to neighboring countries (Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) to support communities there that host refugees. #

Donations to: GEN-Europe I Keyword Ukraine I Postbank Berlin, bank code 10010010,
Account no. 7681105
IBAN: DE 11100100007681105
BIC: PBNKDEFF

For Paypal or Stripe see here: https://gen-europe.org/get-involved/friends-of-gen/

and if you want to know about myself, just visit my webpage https://www.procorde.net
]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0200  Anastasyia Volkova 

 Welcome to the 3rd episode of this podcast "all about Community". Thank you for the great and helpful feedback I have already received. 
 The war in Ukraine is now in its sixth week and no one knows how the situation will develop. Already at the end of March I was lucky enough to talk to Anastasyia Volkova. She lives in the ecovillage Zeleni Kruchi, pretty much in the middle of Ukraine and she told me how she experienced the first days of the war, why time stood still in Ukraine on 24 February and what has changed for her as a young mother but also as a permaculture and ecovillage activist since then. 


If you want to know more about the work of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) and specifically about the work of GEN-Ukraine and how you can support this important work, please also visit our website. www.gen-europe.org.

All donations with the keyword Ukraine will go directly to Ukraine or (in consultation with the team in Ukraine) to neighboring countries (Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) to support communities there that host refugees. #

Donations to: GEN-Europe I Keyword Ukraine I Postbank Berlin, bank code 10010010,
Account no. 7681105
IBAN: DE 11100100007681105
BIC: PBNKDEFF

For Paypal or Stripe see here: https://gen-europe.org/get-involved/friends-of-gen/

and if you want to know about myself, just visit my webpage https://www.procorde.net
]]> https://all-about-community.letscast.fm/episode/3-anastasyia-volkovo-tells-us-why-time-stood-still-in-ukraine-on-24-february # 3 Anastasyia Volkovo tells us why time stood still in Ukraine on 24 February What GEN-Ukraine is doing to help refugees in Ukraine. 00:29:53 Steffen Emrich 4 full  Anastasyia Volkova 

 Welcome to the 3rd episode of this podcast "all about Community". Thank you for the great and helpful feedback I have already received. 
 The war in Ukraine is now in its sixth week and no one knows how the situation will develop. Already at the end of March I was lucky enough to talk to Anastasyia Volkova. She lives in the ecovillage Zeleni Kruchi, pretty much in the middle of Ukraine and she told me how she experienced the first days of the war, why time stood still in Ukraine on 24 February and what has changed for her as a young mother but also as a permaculture and ecovillage activist since then. 


If you want to know more about the work of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) and specifically about the work of GEN-Ukraine and how you can support this important work, please also visit our website. www.gen-europe.org.

All donations with the keyword Ukraine will go directly to Ukraine or (in consultation with the team in Ukraine) to neighboring countries (Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) to support communities there that host refugees. #

Donations to: GEN-Europe I Keyword Ukraine I Postbank Berlin, bank code 10010010,
Account no. 7681105
IBAN: DE 11100100007681105
BIC: PBNKDEFF

For Paypal or Stripe see here: https://gen-europe.org/get-involved/friends-of-gen/

and if you want to know about myself, just visit my webpage https://www.procorde.net
]]> Ecovillage, Community, Permaculture-Ukraine, Ecovillages, Green Road, GEN-Europe, GEN-Ukraine no no no no b0d53c8fe1f84c20b0ffce2f441998d9 #2 Iryna Kazakova shares her experiences from Kharkiv and why solidarity is so important  Iryna Kazakova
In this 2nd podcast, I talk with Iryna Kazakova. Iryna lived in Kharkiv until recently, but immediately after the war began she moved to her mother in the surrounding area. She tells us what she had to leave behind, but also what is much more important than the material things. Iryna gives us a small insight into what people in Ukraine have to endure right now and how hard it is not to know if close friends or relatives are still alive. But she also takes us to the work she is doing right now. How the Ukrainian Permaculture Network and the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN)-Ukraine are working together and how important it is to feel solidarity from outside. 


If you want to know more about the work of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) and specifically about the work of GEN-Ukraine and how you can support this important work, please also visit our website. www.gen-europe.org. 
 
 All donations with the keyword Ukraine will go directly to Ukraine or (in consultation with the team in Ukraine) to neighboring countries (Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) to support communities there that host refugees. #
 
 Donations to: GEN-Europe I Keyword Ukraine I Postbank Berlin, bank code 10010010,
 Account no. 7681105
 IBAN: DE 11100100007681105
 BIC: PBNKDEFF
 
 For Paypal or Stripe see here: https://gen-europe.org/get-involved/friends-of-gen/ 
]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2022 21:00:00 +0200  Iryna Kazakova
In this 2nd podcast, I talk with Iryna Kazakova. Iryna lived in Kharkiv until recently, but immediately after the war began she moved to her mother in the surrounding area. She tells us what she had to leave behind, but also what is much more important than the material things. Iryna gives us a small insight into what people in Ukraine have to endure right now and how hard it is not to know if close friends or relatives are still alive. But she also takes us to the work she is doing right now. How the Ukrainian Permaculture Network and the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN)-Ukraine are working together and how important it is to feel solidarity from outside. 


If you want to know more about the work of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) and specifically about the work of GEN-Ukraine and how you can support this important work, please also visit our website. www.gen-europe.org. 
 
 All donations with the keyword Ukraine will go directly to Ukraine or (in consultation with the team in Ukraine) to neighboring countries (Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) to support communities there that host refugees. #
 
 Donations to: GEN-Europe I Keyword Ukraine I Postbank Berlin, bank code 10010010,
 Account no. 7681105
 IBAN: DE 11100100007681105
 BIC: PBNKDEFF
 
 For Paypal or Stripe see here: https://gen-europe.org/get-involved/friends-of-gen/ 
]]> https://all-about-community.letscast.fm/episode/2-iryna-kazakova-shares-her-experiences-from-kharkiv-and-why-solidarity-is-so-important #2 Iryna Kazakova shares her experiences from Kharkiv and why solidarity is so important 00:24:08 Steffen Emrich 3 full  Iryna Kazakova
In this 2nd podcast, I talk with Iryna Kazakova. Iryna lived in Kharkiv until recently, but immediately after the war began she moved to her mother in the surrounding area. She tells us what she had to leave behind, but also what is much more important than the material things. Iryna gives us a small insight into what people in Ukraine have to endure right now and how hard it is not to know if close friends or relatives are still alive. But she also takes us to the work she is doing right now. How the Ukrainian Permaculture Network and the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN)-Ukraine are working together and how important it is to feel solidarity from outside. 


If you want to know more about the work of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) and specifically about the work of GEN-Ukraine and how you can support this important work, please also visit our website. www.gen-europe.org. 
 
 All donations with the keyword Ukraine will go directly to Ukraine or (in consultation with the team in Ukraine) to neighboring countries (Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) to support communities there that host refugees. #
 
 Donations to: GEN-Europe I Keyword Ukraine I Postbank Berlin, bank code 10010010,
 Account no. 7681105
 IBAN: DE 11100100007681105
 BIC: PBNKDEFF
 
 For Paypal or Stripe see here: https://gen-europe.org/get-involved/friends-of-gen/ 
]]> no no no no b06bacc64e4e40a39093cf67a4c7be55 #1 Maksym Zalevski talks about GEN-Ukraine In this first podcast, I talk with Maksym Zalevski. Maksym is not only a board member of GEN-Ukraine, but one of the activists from the very beginning. He will tell us what the "Green Road" is, how people in the communities started to help refugees inside Ukraine after a short time and why greenhouses and why working in the fields is also important for the psyche. 
 
 If you want to know more about the work of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) and specifically about the work of GEN-Ukraine and how you can support this important work, please also visit our website. www.gen-europe.org. 
 
 All donations with the keyword Ukraine, will go directly to Ukraine or (in consultation with the team in Ukraine) to neighboring countries (Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) to support communities there that host refugees. #
 
 
 Donations to: GEN-Europe I Keyword Ukraine I Postbank Berlin, bank code 10010010,
 Account no. 7681105
 IBAN: DE 11100100007681105
 BIC: PBNKDEFF
 
 For Paypal or Stripe see here: https://gen-europe.org/get-involved/friends-of-gen/ ]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0200 In this first podcast, I talk with Maksym Zalevski. Maksym is not only a board member of GEN-Ukraine, but one of the activists from the very beginning. He will tell us what the "Green Road" is, how people in the communities started to help refugees inside Ukraine after a short time and why greenhouses and why working in the fields is also important for the psyche. 
 
 If you want to know more about the work of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) and specifically about the work of GEN-Ukraine and how you can support this important work, please also visit our website. www.gen-europe.org. 
 
 All donations with the keyword Ukraine, will go directly to Ukraine or (in consultation with the team in Ukraine) to neighboring countries (Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) to support communities there that host refugees. #
 
 
 Donations to: GEN-Europe I Keyword Ukraine I Postbank Berlin, bank code 10010010,
 Account no. 7681105
 IBAN: DE 11100100007681105
 BIC: PBNKDEFF
 
 For Paypal or Stripe see here: https://gen-europe.org/get-involved/friends-of-gen/ ]]> https://all-about-community.letscast.fm/episode/1-maksym-zalevski-talks-about-gen-ukraine #1 Maksym Zalevski talks about GEN-Ukraine What GEN-Ukraine is doing to help refugees in Ukraine. 00:16:43 Steffen Emrich 2 full In this first podcast, I talk with Maksym Zalevski. Maksym is not only a board member of GEN-Ukraine, but one of the activists from the very beginning. He will tell us what the "Green Road" is, how people in the communities started to help refugees inside Ukraine after a short time and why greenhouses and why working in the fields is also important for the psyche. 
 
 If you want to know more about the work of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) and specifically about the work of GEN-Ukraine and how you can support this important work, please also visit our website. www.gen-europe.org. 
 
 All donations with the keyword Ukraine, will go directly to Ukraine or (in consultation with the team in Ukraine) to neighboring countries (Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) to support communities there that host refugees. #
 
 
 Donations to: GEN-Europe I Keyword Ukraine I Postbank Berlin, bank code 10010010,
 Account no. 7681105
 IBAN: DE 11100100007681105
 BIC: PBNKDEFF
 
 For Paypal or Stripe see here: https://gen-europe.org/get-involved/friends-of-gen/ ]]> GEN-Ukraine, GEN-Europe, Green Road, Ecovillages, Permaculture-Ukraine no no no no 33247b2bb4f54496906eaafce44f0b43 All about community - Trailer  Actually, everything was planned quite differently. For a long time, I wanted to make a podcast and talk with friends from communities, ecovillages, and communes about the many beautiful sides and also about the challenges in community life. Because German is my mother tongue, it was also clear that this podcast should be in German. But then everything turned out quite differently. On February 24, 2022, the war in Ukraine began and my involvement with GEN-Europe focused on supporting friends in Ukraine from the community environment and the permaculture movement. As a member of the GEN-Europe coordination team I had regular contact with Iryna, Anastasyia, Maksim and Taras, and others from Ukraine, but also with Camilla from Denmark, Charlie from Spain, Riccardo from Italy, and many more, who were all involved in Ukraine and so it was obvious to take up my podcast idea again and simply report about this work, which of course also has a lot to do with communities. So the idea for the podcast "all about community" was born and since most of the interviewees don't speak German I decided to start a podcast in English as well. 
 So now there are two podcasts."All about community" exclusively in English and "Was mit Gemeinschaft" in which I also publish the English podcasts (in the hopeful assumption that most of the German-speaking listeners also speak English) and in which I also want to publish podcasts in German in the future. In addition, there is "All about communities" for all English-speaking people who are interested in life and work around the communities in Ukraine. We will see how the whole thing will develop. In any case, I am curious.]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100  Actually, everything was planned quite differently. For a long time, I wanted to make a podcast and talk with friends from communities, ecovillages, and communes about the many beautiful sides and also about the challenges in community life. Because German is my mother tongue, it was also clear that this podcast should be in German. But then everything turned out quite differently. On February 24, 2022, the war in Ukraine began and my involvement with GEN-Europe focused on supporting friends in Ukraine from the community environment and the permaculture movement. As a member of the GEN-Europe coordination team I had regular contact with Iryna, Anastasyia, Maksim and Taras, and others from Ukraine, but also with Camilla from Denmark, Charlie from Spain, Riccardo from Italy, and many more, who were all involved in Ukraine and so it was obvious to take up my podcast idea again and simply report about this work, which of course also has a lot to do with communities. So the idea for the podcast "all about community" was born and since most of the interviewees don't speak German I decided to start a podcast in English as well. 
 So now there are two podcasts."All about community" exclusively in English and "Was mit Gemeinschaft" in which I also publish the English podcasts (in the hopeful assumption that most of the German-speaking listeners also speak English) and in which I also want to publish podcasts in German in the future. In addition, there is "All about communities" for all English-speaking people who are interested in life and work around the communities in Ukraine. We will see how the whole thing will develop. In any case, I am curious.]]> https://all-about-community.letscast.fm/episode/all-about-community-trailer All about community - Trailer news and secrets about community life 00:02:05 Steffen Emrich 1 full  Actually, everything was planned quite differently. For a long time, I wanted to make a podcast and talk with friends from communities, ecovillages, and communes about the many beautiful sides and also about the challenges in community life. Because German is my mother tongue, it was also clear that this podcast should be in German. But then everything turned out quite differently. On February 24, 2022, the war in Ukraine began and my involvement with GEN-Europe focused on supporting friends in Ukraine from the community environment and the permaculture movement. As a member of the GEN-Europe coordination team I had regular contact with Iryna, Anastasyia, Maksim and Taras, and others from Ukraine, but also with Camilla from Denmark, Charlie from Spain, Riccardo from Italy, and many more, who were all involved in Ukraine and so it was obvious to take up my podcast idea again and simply report about this work, which of course also has a lot to do with communities. So the idea for the podcast "all about community" was born and since most of the interviewees don't speak German I decided to start a podcast in English as well. 
 So now there are two podcasts."All about community" exclusively in English and "Was mit Gemeinschaft" in which I also publish the English podcasts (in the hopeful assumption that most of the German-speaking listeners also speak English) and in which I also want to publish podcasts in German in the future. In addition, there is "All about communities" for all English-speaking people who are interested in life and work around the communities in Ukraine. We will see how the whole thing will develop. In any case, I am curious.]]> Community, Ecovillage no no no no