Salon 89 SHE-EDE Ecovillage Design Education A Matriarchal Ecological Vision for The Great Turning Part 1

Sabina Santovetti is a 67 years old, mother, designer, artist, educatress, spiritual ecologist, in service to Mother Earth, the Goddess.

In the last 7 years she has abandoned her professional path of architecture where she ran a Boutique Architecture & Design Firm in Rome to devote herself to feminist spiritual ecological activism:

• being in activism for Extinction Rebellion;
• facilitating the Work that Reconnects and Community Building in the Transition Town Movement as a certified trainer;
• studying at the International Academy Hagia, Modern Matriarchal Studies with Heide Goettner-Abendroth
• and an M.A. in Ecological Design Thinking at Schumacher College in the U.K.;
• as well as re-thinking and embodying her life as a new journey of discovery, healing and dedicated commitment to develop new strategies of resilience
• to contrast 5000 years of women’s brutalization created by the patriarchal system.

Presently her eco-sophy and activism focuses on Matriarchal Feminism in the Movement MatriarchyNow! .She is the founder of Feminine Wisdom MatriCulture School in Narni, Italy where her programs She-EDE - Ecovillage Design Education are held since 2023.

Francesca Lulli Italy (PhD), is a socio-anthropologist, a trainer in self-funded communities and community development. Member of the network International Feminist for a Gift Economy, she has been collaborating since 2015 with the Feminist Study Center for the Gift Economy of Rome (Italy). She has taught at La Sapienza University and in several Master’s programs. She has worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and several NGOs, mainly on issues related to education, social and economic inclusion of women and youth, and gender issues. She wrote the book Microfinance, Informal Economies and Associationism. A Feminine Perspective, (Editori Riuniti 2008) and several articles. She has been involved in research and evaluation studies on popular and gift economies, community building dynamics, civil society, intergenerational women’s relationships and grassroots women’s associationism, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa. She collaborates on Sabina Santovetti's She-Ede programs of Gaia Education and she has specifically dealt with the economic section.

Maddalena Ferraresi
MOTHER, FREE-LANCE ARCHITECT, SPECIALIST IN BIO-ARCHITECTURE, BIO-CLIMATIC DESIGN, PERFORMARCE ARTIST

Since 1991,she has been directing the archesis studio in Milan. Over the years, she developed an original methodology that involves close involvement of people both in the design phase and in the implementation one.

She is a specialist in bio-architecture, practice and facilitate participatory planning and auto-construction and expert in advanced energy design technologies. She conducts continuous research and experimentation with natural materials and bioclimatic design and is a trainer on the most advanced natural techniques, straw, raw earth, lime plaster.

She leads projects for the experimentation of innovative housing practices, co-housing, solidarity condominiums… Alongside these, she also carry out construction work for public works for which she takes care of the accounting, executive and works management.

She also dedicate herself to artistic activities where she directs and creates site-specific installations and performances.

Maria Carrasco
Regenerative Strategist & Community Facilitattess

Maria Carrasco brings her experience in relationship and product management to help communities and projects turn ideas into action.

She guides teams in clarifying goals, designing adaptable structures, and connecting with strategic allies.

Using regenerative methodologies, design sprints, and network mapping, she fosters collaboration and aligns people, ideas, and resources for greater impact.

Expanding into experience design, Maria combines permaculture principles, co-creation, and participatory methods to create inclusive spaces that nurture collective intelligence, trust, and shared purpose, supporting initiatives that regenerate both communities and land.