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We had to wait 2021, against all odds, to see the very first French EDE. How come it was only the 1st? Why never before? Well, we know why. FHF. This is why making an EDE in France was a tough challenge to take on. And yes, we did it! The group of participants we had for this EDE was so diverse that no clan emerged. It is quite usual that people gather by affinity in small groups but here, the entire group stuck together no matter what. The glue was really strong. Some personalities were more extraverted of course, but with a real care for other’s presence and voice. To the extent to become a real counter-power: if we made any facilitation mistake, if we failed to propose in the most careful way and if it felt like we were imposing anything, we would be immediately in trouble. We knew it came from a childhood school trauma for these people, who were very open about it. It was an amazing journey to navigate the facilitation process with such awareness. This context led to something incredible during week two: a very quiet voice, Pauline, protested against the fact that they had agreed to community agreements on the first day but now, she said, they had to review them by themselves and check if it reflects who they really are. We, as EDE crew members, opened a space in the program for them to take the time to do it. They used Sociometry, a tool taught to them before, to assess the agreements. They counted in percentage who agreed or not for each topic. They even discussed about the structure of the program and finally approved it. It was a very beautiful real-life example of self-empowerment. One of the most iconic moment of this EDE was the Derdian roleplay in which they completely immersed themselves for three hours. The participants playing the indigenous Derdians went in the forest and created another set of social rules to add to the existing 10 social rules, making it even harder for the engineers to understand them. Howeve

Siddhartha Village [THREAD] is organizing an International Ecovillage Education Design Course from 10th Feb to 8th March 2015. This course is certified by Gaia Education and has an official contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005- 2014. For more details, contact: th***********@***il.com/ th*********@***il.com

Curso Certificado de Diseño en Permacultura Del 8 al 26 de julio El Curso Certificado de Diseño en Permacultura de Can Bordoi, con 108 horas de teoría y práctica en casi tres semanas, es uno de los cursos más extensos que se imparten en la península – un aprendizaje de calidad, para descubrir, profundizar, experimentar y palpar la Permacultura con plenitud. La Permacultura, con su enfoque holístico, nos permite concebir y crear espacios sostenibles, productivos, bonitos, útiles y eficientes. La Permacultura es el diseño consciente de hábitats humanos productivos que tienen la diversidad, la estabilidad y la adaptabilidad de los ecosistemas naturales. Consiste en la integración armoniosa del paisaje y las personas, para proveer sus alimentos, su energía, su cobijo y otras necesidades materiales y no materiales de una manera sostenible. (Bill Mollison, co-creador del concepto de Permacultura) La Permacultura es allí donde un campo yermo se transforma en un bosque comestible, un huerto en una sinfonía de biodiversidad, una caja se convierte en horno solar, una ruina en una bioconstrucción de formas gráciles, una escala de vecinos en una comunidad intencional… Ven a aprender cómo diseñarlo y cómo hacerlo realidad en tu entorno. Durante los 17 días de curso aprenderemos los principios de la Permacultura, sus aplicaciones concretas, veremos cómo plantear el diseño y cómo desarrollarlo, tendremos tiempo para practicar en el huerto, para conocer varios proyectos de la comarca y aprender de los que ya tienen experiencia. Todo esto en el entorno privilegiado de Can Bordoi, una finca en plena naturaleza, con jardines y bosques, donde respirar, sentarse un rato, conversar, donde compartir música, y perfecta para liberar nuestra imaginación con un diseño permacultural. El curso se desarrollará en Llinars del Vallès, en una comarca donde proliferan las iniciativas y los proyectos, a apenas 45 minutos de Barcelona. Apúntate al CDP de Can Bordoi a p

An international training course on empathic leadership and deep communication skills. Our social competence is rooted in the possibility to offer empathy, to benefit from conflict and to create cooperation. Deep communication enables new forms of contact with ourselves, with the people around us and with the environment. It connects us with the context in which we act and supports integrative growth. In this training we will experience different approaches to non-violent and intercultural communication, deep ecology and Forum. Start of the training is 5 pm! Team: Dirk Adams & Ina Meyer-Stoll Costs: € 250-350 CF (income-based) + € 217.50 B&L/ST em*****@**gg.de

Este verano en la finca Rucastiello, espacio colectivo de construccion de yurtas, agricultura ecológica y acercamiento a la autogestión, haremos un curso taller de cómo construir yurtas, tendremos parte teórica/práctica, buena energia y ganas de aprender juntxs!

23 September – 4 October (11 days, 72 hours certificate) Led by Dr. Rod Everett and Mill Millichap We are excited to announce the first FULL PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (PDC) that will be hosted in Tinos Eco-lodge with two knowledgeable teachers and lifelong farmers from England, Dr. Rod Everett and his colleague Mill Millichap who are teaching permaculture since 1990 in various parts of the world and are coming to Greece and spreading the permaculture philosophy and way of life for the last 5 years. This PDC is fully certified by the Permaculture Association (Britain). The Permaculture Design Certificate is a 72 hour theoretical course based on Bill Mollison’s Designers Manual, teaching how we can use today’s tools and technology to create a more sustainable world. Permaculture is not only about growing vegetables and animals, it is a whole sustainable lifestyle. Permaculture ethics are Earth Care, People Care and Return of Surplus and this is taught by showing students to focus on local resources and their local community, and to have well thought out design practices to create abundance sustainably. Anyone who wants to bring a big change in his life and way of thinking is welcome to participate, there is no need of previous knowledge of the subject. At the Tinos Ecolodge you will have the opportunity to see stone built houses with local materials, an off-grid system for energy production for the whole lodge which is powered by solar panels, collection of rain water system, reedbed filtration sewage system, indoor compost toilets with the Aquatron separation system, outdoor compost toilets, outdoor kitchen and shower filtration systems and a lot more to be built and learned during the seminar. Teachers Rod has gained his teaching certificate in 1990 with Lea Harrison who ran a teacher training course and advanced design course in his farm in 1990. This started most of the UK permaculture teaching. Later he participated in a creative teaching

Are you looking for inspiration and hope? Would you like to explore ways to regenerate our planet? Join the Global Ecovillage Network, 30 world-renowned speakers and your neighbours today to build bridges and explore the leading edge of climate consciousness. Together we will create learning hubs, building bridges and exploring the power of community to co-create a sustainable future. Join us in this free opportunity! Each day for 10 days, we will share 3 interviews with activists, experts, and leaders from the global movement to build a regenerative world. You will be invited to share in online discussion and event participate in the Summit in person at “hubs” based in locations around the world. Register today at summit.ecovillage.org

Camp Auroville is 9-day immersion program for 16-18 year olds, using Auroville as a campus and its outstanding experience in sustainable living as a curriculum for learning and personal growth. It is a learning-in-action program connecting core human values, design theory, ideation, and hands-on work around personalized themes. The aim of this program is to empower youth to embody principles of ecological stewardship for the promotion of human and environmental wellbeing. Students will be working on a compulsory urban agriculture project. The project will be used as an entry point to learn about technical subjects such as: Sustainable Water Management, Organic Food Production, Ecological Thinking, Renewable Energy Systems, Sustainable Waste Management, Green Architecture. Other activities: Appreciation of the Arts & Culture of Auroville, Theater Games and Awareness Through the Body, Capoeira. For more information please visit the Auroville Green Practices website at http://www.agpworkshops.com/workshop-details?workshop=6&date=15th+May+2016+-+23rd+May+2016&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=camp_auroville_15_23_may_2016

The Game is an opportunity for people to to be motivated and guided by the desire and excitement of making things happen – what kind of things? – things that make life better for themselves and for others – be they projects or enterprises. gain confidence and faith in themselves and in others – and experience the value of what different people, whatever age or whatever background bring to the table – its all about the power of people coming together to enjoy diversity and feel the power of collaboration. experience how creativity can be a big part in learning and building a sense of place learn helpful new ways of doing things especially in working with others There will be lots of fun stuff and lots of motivational encouragement with hopefully all players finding a sense of awe and inspiration at what they are capable of especially in being able to work with others. People playing can relax and enjoy it all because – it is a game. Coaches get to play the Game along with everyone else being only required to help keep teams on track with a bit of reassurance and enthusiasm. Its all guided by a paint by numbers canvas (see attached) for people to follow and fill in over the 2.5 days, so it’s all easy to follow and I will run some training sessions in person or by skype 2 weeks out and I will feed you information between now and the Anyone can pitch an idea for a project and then people form teams around projects that have the most interest. Working on any of the projects will teach people skills they can apply to any future projects they are involved with.

El Camino del Élder es un curso semi-presencial divido en 3 grandes bloques: * El aprendizaje de la convivencia * El arte de la facilitación * Habilidades de elderazgo Cada bloque consta de cuatro presenciales (fines de semana, 12-15h cada uno) para hacer en tres meses. El primer bloque, El Aprendizaje de la Convivencia, es una introducción a los procesos grupales. Es un bloque adecuado para cualquier persona que quiera mejorar sus relaciones de convivencia (familia, amigos…) o de trabajo (compañeros, empleados…). En el segundo bloque, El Arte de la Facilitación, se introducen diversas herramientas y técnicas para mejorar los procesos de un grupo en diferentes contextos: toma de decisiones, indagación, gestión de conflictos y complejidad. Este es un bloque adecuado para cualquier persona que quiere crear un emprendimiento socialmente sostenible o ayudar a que su grupo u organización mejore sus procesos sociales y sus estructuras organizativas. Durante el tercer bloque, Habilidades de elderazgo, se introducen y trabajan habilidades personales para ganar confianza, autenticidad y apertura en nuestras relaciones grupales, desarrollar una actitud creativa ante la vida, conectando con nuestro poder interior y aprendiendo a fluir en un mundo cada vez más complejo y cambiante. in**@**************er.org

Truly sustainable development is impossible without the full involvement of local communities.Local communities are starved of financial resources, while climate finance providers struggle to put their resources into action. This conversation will expose the challenges of getting funding on the ground, and explore opportunities to resolve this dilemma.

I am proposing to bring us toghether, in our living, for a free discution about ecovillages. Please announce yourself if you are intereseted, so we settle the date toghether. I don’t know if you can write me here but you can find me on fb, Cristina Adriana Gaborov.

Dot Community. Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam.

During our action week from 03.-09. February 2020 in Arensnest we free our old farm from a legacy of waste to make space for new ideas and projects around communal life in the countryside. Our doors are open from 10am-5pm for anyone who wants to help. Between work and food we watch watch together the Communities for Future online summit which will take place simultaneously (https://ecovillage.org/events/add/category/summit-hub/) to get inspired by the various people who work towards a culture of change on the light of the climate crisis.

The Permaculture Design Certificate Course will be held at Richmond Vale Academy (RVA), a school and community that encourage, teach and inspire sustainable living. On site, you will find the fruit forest, a vegetable garden based on the permaculture principles, chicken and pig farm, horses and a beautiful beach. Price 1,150 USD Includes 3 meals per day, accommodation and the 10 days course. The 10 days Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course will open your heart and your mind to a new world by connecting human beings and nature together as one. The course plan, which is based on Bill Mollison’s book “Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual”, will give you an introduction to permaculture as a science that can give the opportunity to live a sustainable life You will learn about agriculture, natural building, water harvesting, alternative energy, natural forests, waste management, animal systems, community development, designing your own real-world projects with an eye towards repairing, restoring and regenerating human ecosystems. A typical day will consist of some lecture time, field observations, practical application, working on your own design, group discussions, and time for personal reflection. We will have movies and lectures in the evenings. The topics we cover during the 10 days will follow Mollison’s outline and cover topics. The teachers: Leon-C. Malan, PhD Leon Malan is a certified permaculture design instructor. He is a professor in environmental studies at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire, USA where he teaches permaculture, food systems and sustainable agriculture. Luke Punnett Vincentian Permaculturist. He lives off the grid with his wife and two children in Queensberry, St. Vincent. He is the founder of Chatoyer Gardens, Permaculture design farm, which supplies organic produce to clients weekly through a Community Supported Agriculture initiative. He is a beekeeper, a Permaculture teacher and consultant.

Shamanism has no dogma, scriptures or sacred writings to revere or to be misinterpreted, only the book of Nature. And by looking to her with an open heart can be understood all of life’s Mysteries. In this five day intensive course, teaching shamanic techniques of self discovery, empowerment and healing, you will learn core shamanic techniques of ecstasy with which to heal yourself and others and open you to connect deeply with the Spirit of Mother Earth. Looking towards our center from the perspective of the spiritual warrior, we first learn to heal the shadow parts of ourselves in order to use our whole selves to heal others. Shamanism is rooted in many different traditions, the common purpose that connects them all is to bring healing to the minds, bodies and spirits of human beings of all races and kinds, and to help to reawaken an awareness of the holistic nature of all things, and as a consequence bring healing to Planet Earth Herself. The programme will include: Energy awareness Kinesiology Meridian balancing Regression & Soul Retrieval Fetching a Power Animal Connecting with Mother Earth Toltec Magical Passes Healing & Clarvoyance Techniques Shamanic Journeys Fun About the Course Facilitator Vinod has been studying, practicing and teaching Shamanic Healing techniques for the past 20 years. Spending several years in India, he learned various meditation techniques, mainly in the Osho community in Poona and completed a month-long Satsang Intensive with the Radical Zen Master Dolano. Since 2002 he has been sharing Shamanic Healing techniques in groups which he has taught internationally. In the past ten years he has also learned Lomi-Lomi, a traditional Hawaiian massage, and became a certified Ayurvedic Yoga massage therapist. In 2008/2009 he lived and worked at Tao Garden in Thailand and is now a certified Universal Healing Tao Instructor. For the past eight years he has been studying and practicing Toltec Magical Passes, more recen

Western science is dominated by ‘reductionism’ – the idea that natural phenomena can be explained in terms of their component parts. Reductionism is incomplete, and can be counter-productive since it suggests that by analysing the ‘mechanical’ workings of nature we can fully predict and manipulate it. Holistic science recognises the limitations of this methodology, focusing instead on nature’s qualities, complexity and intrinsic value, giving a science fit to solve global challenges. Schumacher College in partnership with Plymouth University (link is external) is the first in the world to offer a postgraduate programme in Holistic Science. student on a holistic science courses What is Holistic Science? The programme explores new methodologies that are gaining success in exploring natural systems. These recognise that complex systems are dynamic processes realising their emergent properties as wholes – and that these properties are conditioned, but not determined, by the system’s constituent parts. The course provides methodologies that go beyond reductionism in understanding dynamic interactive systems, whether these are ecosystems, the weather, organisations, a plant or a developing human embryo. Students develop a holistic understanding of these systems and along the way learn to apply techniques such as computer modelling, intuitive perception and phenomenology. Of particular importance here is Goethe’s methodology as a way of meeting the whole through the parts. The programme advocates a participatory science of interactions, qualities, values and intuition, a science that is more capable of informing some of the key movements today, including environmental restoration, spiritual renewal and community regeneration. Holistic thinking is already revolutionising physics, earth system science, ecology, evolutionary biology, organisational development and health studies. It is generating increasing interest from scientists in many fields – especially

Durante este día queremos ofreceros diversas dinámicas y prácticas que ayudan a mejorar nuestra salud y disfrutar de un mayor bienestar, desde lo más interno hasta lo más externo. Esto será en plena naturaleza, en Los Molinos del Rio de Aguas, un lugar mágico. Un valle de cristal yeso surcado por un río transparente de aguas milenarias. Un oasis de vida en el desierto. ¿EN QUE CONSISTE EL DÍA? De 10.00 a 13.00 Yoga Integral y meditación. Por la mañana comenzaremos despertando el cuerpo con una buena sesión de yoga integral con Manuel Robles “Kirtan Raja” seguida de una meditación para relajar la mente! Después disfrutaremos de una deliciosa comida vegetariana y saludable, cocinada con productos locales y ecológicos en un 80% y con mucho amor. Por la tarde os proponemos experimentar y disfrutar de nuestros sentidos y sensaciones. Nos sumergiremos en la conexión con los elementos del valle. – Tierra, baño de barro; en la poza natural de arcilla, un lugar sorprendente y oculto en el corazón de Los Molinos. – Agua, baño en el río; limpia por fuera y por dentro, en otro espacio maravilloso de este paraje. – Aire, baño de sonido; con cuencos tibetanos y Reiki, para armonizar y recargar de energia. – Fuego, nuestra luz interior; Ceremonia final. ¿ Te apetece venir a disfrutar de esta experiencia nutritiva y vivificante? CUANDO El domingo 19 de Abril. Si quieres, también puedes quedarte todo el fin de semana y participar los diversos talleres, dinámicas y prácticas que realizaremos el sábado: taller de Fermentos y probióticos, visita guiada a la Ecoaldea, sauna de luna nueva. Para más información en nuestra web www.culturadelatierra.net o puedes llamarnos. DONDE En Los Molinos del Río de Aguas en Almería, a 7km de Sorbas. en El Mirador, un proyecto de bajo impacto en el corazón de Los Molinos; aquí tienes un enlace a su web con fotos. Los Molinos es un tranquilo valle de un río lleno de vida. El Valle del Rio Aguas nos acogerá durant

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Luke Hancock and Susana Norte, the founders of Sacred Place, would like to invite you to their free Self Empowerment seminar in Chiang Mai this August 12 & 13 from 3 – 5 pm at PUNSPACE Co-Working by Tha Phae gate, Thailand. The seminar will cover key subjects of our time such as Neuroplasticity, De-Programming, Life Purpose, Career Change and Creating a Business. To learn more about the seminar visit www.sacred-place.com/courses The seminar is also about their upcoming 5 day and 10 day Self Empowerment Retreat taking place this Nov 7 – 16 at Earth Home in Chiang Mai: https://www.facebook.com/events/826636270821678/ This is an opportunity to meet Luke and Susana, learn about the course and their work and ask them any questions you might have about their upcoming courses this November 2017. Luke Hancock and Susana Norte are qualified Spiritual Counsellors, Health Consultants and Career/Business Coaches. Having begun their own journey of transformation in 2006, they work from a place of direct experience to guide others on their journey. To learn more about Luke and Susana visit www.sacred-place.com/about