We Turn Ageing into Opportunities
Europe is ageing…
Let’s make the most of it!
Building a Caring Society
Care: 1. The process of protecting someone and providing what that person needs 2. An intimate way of connecting with one another
3. The very materialistic core activity that societies need to stay alive
Social and Digital
Innovation
Caring and digitally
boosted human communities
Intergenerational
Co-creation
New deal among generations around climate and care issues
European
Cohesion
For environmental, social and economic sustainability
Europe is changing and ageing fast
Facts
20%
By 2050 one in every five people will be aged 60 years or over, more than adolescents and youth aged 10-24 years. Europe is by far the oldest continent in the world.
60%
Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970.
5.7 tr Eur
If ranked among sovereign nations, the European Silver Economy (the economy of the population over 50) would currently be the third largest economy in the world.
35.7%
More than a third of people aged 45–54 are so-called sandwich carers (with a dependent child in their home and providing regular care to a relative who is sick, disabled or elderly).
Let’s build back better together
What kind of societies do we want to build?
- Sustainable and caring
- Kind and gentle
- Fair and diverse
Flagship projects
We work under the ethical framework of permaculture
‘People care – Earth care – Fair share’
Conscious living
Housing, communities, active ageing
Conscious You(th)
Learning, growing, creating
JANOSHIDA2030 / J2030
Elderly-friendly and youth-friendly eco-village development in Hungary
Care crisis, care migration
Research and advocacy,
Osmosis Care Net
HerStory
Stories about lived
reality of women
Permaculture
Practice, research
and education
Latest updates
Navigating Conscious Ageing in Relationships
Conscious Ageing is my profession, and that brings a wonderful benefit; my own life has become my primary research field. While a surgeon can never operate on themself, I have the opportunity to examine my own life situations, viewing them through the lens of Conscious Ageing. What greater art could there be than nurturing meaningful,…
Community check – this how well we are digitally
In Hekate we’re strongly focusing on the digital aspects of the different areas of life, too. We approach ageing, mental health, work, personal fulfilment, social life and community, and even sustainability through our digital lenses. Why? Because we do live in a digital era that requires us to intentionally and critically reflect on and act…
When a project won’t just end…
We started our DigInclude project 2 years ago. While it’s coming to its official end, we are far from really ending it. It is just impossible not to carry with a different meaning of work – and life, too. It is impossible not to build on all the learnings we experienced, and not to leave…
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