*Registration has now closed. See the bottom of this page if you are interested in a possible next cohort.*
A rare opportunity to attend a full Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) online with top facilitators and experts from around the world. This 4.5 month live course is a transformative learning journey providing knowledge and practical skills for how to design thriving communities and societies within planetary boundaries.
This course is facilitated by experienced EDE trainers: Macaco Tamerice and Taisa Mattos, with well-known guest trainers from the Ecovillage Movement: Ina Meyer-Stoll, Achim Ecker, Sarah Queblatin, Ross Jackson, Daniel Christian Wahl, Daniel Greenberg, Kosha Joubert, John Croft, Anna Kovasna, Albert Bates, May East, Andre Soares, and Mugove Nyika. *Scroll down to ‘Meet your facilitators’ to read their bios.*
The Ecovillage Design Education programme (EDE) was born out of the experiences of long existing communities and cutting edge educators or transformative and particpatory learning in order to share how to create a new way of living with low environmental impact and high quality of life, bringing together the four areas of regeneration: social, ecological, economic, and culture/worldview.
The EDE programmes are well known to be life changing. Previous participants have become change agents in their communities, cities and regions, capable of playing active roles in transitioning their communities, organisations and neighbourhoods, to more sustainable and regenerative practices, lifestyles and infrastructure, as well as leading more meaningful, joyful and healthier lives.
The course will equip you with skills and knowledge you will be able to put into action in any field or sector you are involved with, supporting you to become a facilitator of transformative learning environments and collaborative action.
*The first introductory session on 17 April was free to attend recordings were available until 23 April when registrations closed.
The programme will explore the 4 areas of regeneration (social, ecology, economy and worldview) including formal classes with presentations, Q&A sessions, videos, exercises as well as group dynamics and deep sharing. Participants will create and co-develop their projects during the design sessions.
– A certification as a Designer in Sustainability (when you attend 90% of the course)
– Integrative design skills in four areas of regeneration: social, ecology, economy, and worldview
– New friends, ideas, inspiration, and hope!
**According to the COVID-19 situation, we will offer additional immersive weeks in Damanhur and in Inkiri Piracanga Ecovillage so participants will be able to experience community life and more hands-on activities.
There will be an additional cost to include food, accomodation, and coordination.
Weekly from April 17th to August 1st (4 ½ months). Live calls with facilitators and guest teachers every Saturday and the last Sunday of each month, at 14.00 – 17.30 CEST. (Find your local time here.) See below for specific dates and topics. Weekly design group meetings to be decided by each working group.
For the full comprehensive course and certificate: €1000 / £ 860 / $1200 (payment by credit card or PayPal). To pay by bank transfer or in installments, please e mail edeonlinelive@gmail.com.
With the course you will also automatically receive the GEN Online Summit package 2021 for free!
We also offer Scholarships for people from the Global South, from a non-majority background and/or from a crisis area. These will be allocated according to country of residence/origin, gender balance, diversity of ethnic background and cultural heritage, meaningful role and service in your community.
Email edeonlinelive@gmail.com for any questions on course content and timing or to request a discount code.
*Registration for this cohort has closed. If you are interested in future offerings, please provide your information here and we will be in touch with details of the next cohort.
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May 6 – June 3, 2025
If you are just getting to know GEN, we recommend you start with the GEN Intro course which will give you the frame of how the network and organisation flow.
A live course will be offered at set times and invites you to engage with a facilitator and other participants. A self-paced course means you can engage in the content as your schedule allows. We also offer courses where you engage in the content yourself and then join gently facilitated group discussions to connect with others.
Visit the Community Events page to see what is available or contact your region.
No! We strive to serve a range of audiences and believe that ecovillage tools can be applied in a range of contexts.
Sometimes. We operate on keeping course fees as low as possible while paying our collaborators fairly. When the essential costs are covered, we can sometimes offer scholarships. Contact Us.
We would be happy to consider it. Please send a proposal via our contact form. Be sure to include your background on the topic (length of experience and in which contexts), where you have offered the course previously, and your suggested format (live, self paced, pricing etc.)
Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an FIC course, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom for each class.Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an FIC course, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom for each class.
You’ll receive all class recordings in a follow-up email. They will also be uploaded to LearnDash found in your ic.org account dashboard. Watch or listen when it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.
Login to you ic.org account, visit your dashboard and go to “My Courses”. Here you have access to all course content and recordings through LearnDash. Access to courses expire 30 days after the last class.
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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