On May 1st, 2013 GEN member Tamera in Portugal inaugurated the TERRA NOVA SCHOOL, a worldwide education platform, intended to become a catalyst for global system-change. The project wants to join together and empower all those who want to work for a new Earth without violence and war: Terra Nova. Participants in 30 different countries celebrated the beginning of this project together. 50 study groups have already formed – from China to Mexico, from Russia to South Africa, from the US to Israel-Palestine.
At the heart of the school are the development of global consciousness, the insight into coming healing processes and the implementation of real-life models for future life. Main learning subjects are:
– Concrete Utopia: Ecological and technological solutions for self-sufficiency and the healing of water, nonviolent cooperation with animals and decentralized energy supply.
– Healing of love: Building functioning communities of trust, a new image of love, Eros and healing, a free raising of children, a new field of female power.
– Theory of global revolution: The science of transformation. Why a few groups can change the world.
How to participate?
The Terra Nova School consists of groups worldwide which continuously study new thoughts and pass them on to friends, neighbors and interested people, at conferences, festivals, in communities and networks, as this helps building a new information field on Earth.
Martin Winiecki, 23, coordinator of the Terra Nova school: “We envision the groups in the different cities and countries as “revolutionary cells” dedicated to Terra Nova, places such as a simple book store or cafe, a cultural center, a community, a farm with “water retention landscape”, a model university or an entire Healing Biotope. In the different cities regular political evenings, readings, film screenings, art actions, etc. may take place to strengthen the spirit and joy of Concrete Utopia. We manifest the new Earth the more we can see its vision and talk about. And the deeper we can do that the stronger our power will be. This is how you will become attraction points for the revolutionary powers, many more will come and want to participate.”
The team has set up a basic curriculum for the first year. Each month will be dedicated to an essential issue in the form of an education package with study texts, further literature as well as videos or speeches. We recommend you to form groups and meet for a common study time once a week to actively work with this material. To deepen the issues, we will set up live-streams of lectures from the Tamera University in the second half of the months. Depending on your questions, we will be happy to set up colloquies with the authors and teachers.
During the first year, till May 2014, we want to gather all the relevant and accessible material for Terra Nova for a comprehensive curriculum, that could eventually evolve into an “Education Manual for Peace Workers.” We invite your collaboration and contributions.
Laura Czajkowski, co-founder of the Terra Nova School: “Imagine! The same thoughts and visions for a new Earth will be studied worldwide – from Dharamsala in India to La Paz in Bolivia. We all share the same issues, the same goals, the same questions. The single groups and projects no longer work alone, but are part of a newly emerging planetary community. In this planetary spirit the powers multiply that we need to do our work.”
Martin: “We want to connect the various groups and stations with each other. That’s why we invite all activists of the global school to meet at least once a year, temporarily in Tamera and later also in other places around the world. As meeting point this year we suggest our International Summer University in Tamera (1st – 10th August 2013, followed by a one-month basic education). We also will celebrate common actions days as the Global Grace Day on 9th November where one can take a stand for a future without war.”
The young international team in Tamera will continuously accompany the emergence of the school and the various groups involved, with contact persons for the different regions of the Earth. They will be in touch with the participants regularly, support their process and exchange information.
The participation is for free. To cover the costs for our work, as well as for translations, travels and other expenses, we ask everyone one who is able for a monthly donation.:
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Please write to: igp (at) tamera (dot) org
