 The Global Ecovillage Network, formed by a group of about 25 people from various countries who had attended the Findhorn conference, crystallized the event by linking hundreds of small projects from around the world, who had with similar goals but had formerly operated without knowledge of each other.Gaia Trust, Denmark, agreed to fund the network for its first five years.Today, there are self-identified ecovillages in over 70 countries on six continents.