Anna Kovasna
Board Member
Originally from Sweden, Anna has visited, worked with or taught in more than 50 ecovillages on 4 continents, including ten love-filled years as a member of Findhorn Ecovillage. She is dedicated to exploring community as a tool for resilience, regeneration and liberation. Co-founder lead of two initiatives: Ecovillage Resilience 2.5+, doing participatory research with 20 communities about resilience in the face of catastrophic climate change; and Kincentric Leadership through the Polycrisis, supporting leaders to integrate the more-than-human world in their strategies and activities, Anna previously served as the lead of GEN's strategy and coordination circles as well as GEN's Education and Research Director. She is the lead developer of the Ecovillage Impact Assessment, co-developer and facilitator of the European Ecovillage Incubator, Ecovillage Design Cards, GEN Training of Trainers and many other courses and projects in the field of regenerative community design, social innovation and entrepreneurship. Anna previously taught Social Anthropology at Lund University, Sweden, and did postgraduate research on localisation and community building as tools for social change. She is an alumnus of the Stockholm Resilience Centre LEAP programme for leadership, entrepreneurship and systems change and a Trustee of both Transition Network and Gaia Education.