Gabriel Siqueira, MSc (M), Communications Director of the Global Ecovillage Network, holds a Master of Science in Administration from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. For 18 years he has worked on a number of socio-environmental non profit organizations as communication and management specialist. In the last 12 years Mr. Siqueira has researched and practiced permaculture, agroforestry systems and bioconstruction. For five years, between 2012 and 2016, he has co-founded and resided, with his wife and two children, in Aldeia: Coletivo de Famílias, an intentional sustainable community located in the Ecological Mini-corridor of the Serra das Onças, in Itacaré, Bahia, Brazil. As a result of his work as an environmentalist and political activist, he was recognized as a Civic Entrepreneur by RAPS – Rede de Ação Política pela Sustentabilidade (Network of Political Action for Sustainability) and nominated as a Climate Leader by The Climate Reality Project, participating in extensive training with Mr. Al Gore. Mr. Siqueira also teaches courses and workshops and provide consultancies and facilitation for environmental, social and civic non-profits, startups, collaborative networks, ecovillage, sustainable settlements and traditional communities, supporting the