O.U.R. Re-Villaging Family Camp

July 6 – 20, 2025

O.U.R. Ecovillage

Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada

 ReVILLAGing Family Camp

Child Honouring, Future Ancestors, and Regenerative Living

“How can we ‘go Village’ if we don’t make space for our children and families to learn regenerative practices and permaculture design thinking — together?”

At OUR Ecovillage, we hold this question at the heart of our work.
Our answer is simple:
We build the Village that includes everyone — from our Little Permies, Youth, to our Elders/Olders — honouring each as vital stewards of the future.

The ReVillaging Family Camp is a two-week, intergenerational, living-learning journey designed for family groups who are ready to grow together — rooted in principles of Child Honouring, Future Ancestor stewardship, and regenerative design.

What is the ReVillaging Family Camp?

This is not just a camp.
It is an immersive experience in rebuilding the Village — where multiple generations live, learn, and design side by side.

Over the two weeks, families will:

• Learn regenerative skills and permaculture design thinking together

• Engage in Peacemaking (Indigenous)/Restorative Justice practices that nurture respectful, inclusive community building

• Ground learning in Child Honouring principles, where the wellbeing of children is central to all that we do as centered by Raffi’s Child Honouring Foundation

• Explore kincentric worldviews, deepening relationships with land, water, and ‘other-than-human’ relatives

We journey together — engaging in the same core topics, practical tools, and eco-design frameworks, each adapted to age, abilities, and interests.

How the Camp Works

• Daily Program:
  Each day blends core permaculture learning with restorative activities focused on relationship-building, empathy, and collaborative governance.

• Functional Work/Play stations:
  Interactive stations allow for hands-on exploration — from gardening and natural building to storytelling, eco-crafting, and water system design — supporting various skills, interests, and ages.

• Rhythm of the Day:

  • Active morning Gathering circle with whole Village – then Family Camp off to ‘sit spot’ area 

  • Morning care of animals and hands-on / land-based learning activities

  • Midday project time and quiet downtime for younger learners

  • Afternoon skills practice across intergenerational groups

  • evening sessions for adults and teens to deepen their design research, discussion, and and guest knowledge sharing/panel circles etc.

• Design Groups:
  Adult learners and interested youth will work in small design teams, applying regenerative frameworks to real-world projects, culminating in a final permaculture design presentation.

• Community ReVillaging Living:
  Shared meals, music, storytelling, feasts, and ceremony weave the social fabric that makes the village real.

Child Honouring and Future Ancestors: Why It Matters

We are not just teaching children & Youth
We are raising Future Ancestors.

• Child Honouring means recognizing that the wellbeing of children is the true foundation of a healthy society — and centering their voices, needs, and gifts in all we do.

• Future Ancestors thinking calls us to act with responsibility to the children’s children’s children — designing systems, communities, and cultures that will nourish them long after we are gone.

By walking the learning journey with our children and Elders, we grow the relational roots needed for resilient communities and ecosystems.

At ReVillaging Family Camp, learning is not something we do to our children — it is something we do with them.

Topics and Skills You’ll Explore

🌿 Permaculture ethics, design principles, and systems thinking
🌿 Peacemaking Circles, Restorative Justice, and community governance
🌿 Natural building techniques and ecological construction
🌿 Food forests, soil building, and regenerative agriculture
🌿 Water harvesting, drought resilience, and ecological wastewater design
🌿 Cultural practices of story, ceremony, and land acknowledgment
🌿 Kincentric ecology and Indigenous ways of knowing
🌿 Tools for cooperative living and conflict transformation

Event Details

📅 Dates: July 6–20, 2025
📍 Location: O.U.R. Ecovillage, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
🏕️ Accommodation: Family camping, RV parking (no hookups), and glamping tents available
🥕 Meals: Community kitchen meals crafted from local, seasonal ingredients
📖 Program Style: Intergenerational, experiential, restorative, regenerative

Who Should Join?

• Families and caregivers seeking a regenerative learning journey

• Youth and changemakers

• Olders / Elders and wisdom holders ready to share and learn

• Educators, facilitators, healers, and activists

• Anyone longing to reconnect with the land and rebuild the Village

All ages. All abilities. All life experiences.
You are welcome here.

Registration Information

• Family packages available

• Scholarships and accessibility supports may be available upon request

Grow the Future, Together

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Learn with your children. Heal with your community.
Design a Village for generations to come.

RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM

This program is for children and youth who are attending with adults in the on-land PDC.
Fees below are for the full 2-week program. Meals and accommodation are booked separately.

DAY PROGRAM

This program is for children and youth who are not in residence during the PDC.
Fees below include program, lunch and snacks.

Full 14-Day Camp Rates Non-Residential:

Day Rates Non-Residential:

Contact us at events@ourecovillage.org to register for the Re-Villaging Family Camp!