Rita Trombin

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Rita grew up in the Italian countryside, attended a non-conventional school and her environment nurtured her connection to nature. She trained and worked as a psychologist in the UK (King’s College London, University College London and Imperial College London) where she combined interdisciplinary clinical and research work (while living in a boathouse with London boaters community). Rita has a strong interest for mind-body-spirit and holistic approaches to health, initially developed during her research and community experiences in India. She received grants and awards for her work in Asia (University of Hong Kong and the National University of Singapore) and developed her expertise in people-nature relationships as an environmental psychologist. Rita worked at Green School Bali and lived in a bamboo ecovillage in the jungle there, gaining hands on experience in outdoor education which she developed further in Europe engaging with the Forest School movement. She deepened her preparation in environmental psychology with the University of San Diego California (Conservation Psychology course) and the University of Padua and Institute of Architecture Venice in Italy (were she is now attending a Masters in Architectural and Landscape Psychology). Recently, Rita worked as an Erasmus+ Volunteer at Arterra Bizimodu, an intentional community in Spain where the Global Ecovillage Network European offices are based. Her goal is to continue supporting people towards sustainability, while promoting environmental and holistic health in both urban and rural contexts. She would be pleased to be contacted at rita.trombin@ecovillage.org

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  • Italian
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12 years ago

Gaia Ashram Internship

The Pioneers of Gaia Ashram , 5th of July– 2nd of August 2015 The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep Ecology. The internship will be a holistic participatory learning experience & process. Interns will experience being part of the Gaia Ashram Community and we will live together for one month at– Gaia Ashram-. At Gaia Ashram we belief in holistic learning that balances the head, hands & heart. Gaia Ashram encourages participatory learning & values the power of community in holding the learning space. We design the daily & weekly structure of the internship and of our lives here based on these values and principles. Theoretical learning (Head) The theoretical sessions will be participatory and interactive. It will cover the 4 keys of Ecovillage Design Education (Social, Economical, Ecological and Worldview inspired by Gaia Education). Each week will cover one of the Ecovillage Design Keys and integrated into this we will be introduced to Permaculture Design & Deep Ecology in terms of philosophy, movement and personal experiences. Overall, We will have a maximum of 2-3 hours of theory per day on the session days, to also create lots of space for practical experiential learning. See more details of the key content below. Practical learning (Hands – on) For the hands – on practical learning we will be developing the Gaia Ashram’s farm and restoring nature on the Gaia Ashram land using permaculture strategies & techniques that are appropriate for the Rainy Season & the land and its local context. The hands-on work will focus on Gardening work i.e. developing the vegetable gardens, planting seeds & seedlings, transplanting, propagation of plants, making composts, growing and maintaining a Food Forest, planting green manures, planting lots of trees, planting seasonal crops. Apart from the Gardening we will also will be doing some natural building which mostly will focus on creating natural finishes usi

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