Permaculture Design Certificate in the Caribbean

Ecovillage Youth Exchange Connecting youth and communities across continents This year five young people from Senegal and five young people from Germany will have the chance to share their knowledge about ecology and social justice while diving into each other’s cultures thanks to a collaborative project between GEN Africa and GEN Europe. The project envisions an exchange for young adults involved in the ecovillage movements in Africa and Europe, where we explore steps towards healing and reconciliation between and within the two continents. We will focus on youth empowerment through skill-building and exchange of knowledge around ecological living, education, and project development, working towards a regenerative and community-oriented future. In July-August 2022, a group of Senegalese youth will be welcomed into an ecovillage in Germany, then in November-December, the German participants will travel to either Guédé Chantier or Bambey Serere ecovillage in Senegal. During the exchange, the participants will explore the core question of how young adults in the ecovillage movement can empower and support each other in their activism for change while exploring steps towards healing and reconciliation between the African and European continents. The group will be accompanied by group leaders, and the process will be supported by trainers, facilitators, and a team of support volunteers. The outcome of the exchange will be guided by the participants’ skills, interests, and experiences – but it could result in new exchange projects, an exhibition, a film, or a theatre piece. If you, or a young person you know, is committed to the project’s core themes of ecology and community, racial and social justice, and youth empowerment, apply for this experience today! Applicants should be between the ages of 18 and 30 and resident of either Germany or Senegal. App

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