EcoVillage Summit:(Un)Common Dinner Viewing Party

Communal Camp-out, Learn new skills and get amongst nature for the weekend. This is a unique program that allows participants to learn 8 new skills over one weekend from a variety of self-sufficiency categories whilst camping out and experiencing community living at one of our farm or outback locations. We invite eight great teachers to come along and pass on their specialty skills and/or knowledge in a two hour session each. Some classes will be very high energy, hands-on and practical and others will be at a slow pace, relaxed and engaging, and there will also be plenty of time for socialise and have a great time with the other participants. It’s like a mixture of TED talks, ConFest skill-shares, Scouts, practical classes and all round communal good times. FEBRUARY WORKSHOP WEEKEND PROGRAM Creative Collective Workshops 1. Passive Solar and Natural Building for your area. With Heidi Moore from Mudmob Collective. Heidi has an Advanced Diploma in Building Design (Architectural) and has been studying and practicing natural building for the past 10 years. This is a great opportunity to get inspired and learn the basics behind sustainable architecture theories and natural building techniques and possibilities. Class format: 2 hour interactive lecture style class. 2. Upcycling Cardboard Boxes (Box Craft), with BoxWars founder Ross Koger. “A network of cardboard warriors who are engaged in an epic struggle for the liberty of corrugated creativity.” One of our main goals is to bring cardboard back to the consumers who discarded it in the first place without realising its true potential. This we consider a war…..and no war is without conflict. Become a warrior fight the good fight – learn from the master of Boxwars, Ross Koger. He will be teaching us practical techniques on how to re-use cardboard boxes and craft them into new structural forms. Class format: Hands-on crafting. 3. Wild Fermentation (Sauerkraut), with Kate Marsh founder of Creative Coll

The ReGEN-Nations program is a 6-month online learning journey and prototyping lab using whole systems thinking to design solutions for social, cultural, economic, and ecological resilience and regeneration, designed by the GENOA Projects team. The program is based on the Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) curriculum and certified by Gaia Education and UNESCO. The prototype began in September 2020 and welcomed 16 teams from around Asia and the Pacific, with 11 countries represented, Australia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Each team joined with two lead members and several supporting members. They started with a project in either ideation or scaling stage and applied the learning from this program to develop and deepen their project design. The program offered a wide range of online sessions from check-in calls, to leadership, mentorship, and coaching sessions, to workshops and webinars on the areas of regeneration of ecovillage design. In addition to the cohort of 16 teams, the program ReGEN Nations reached over 120 participants through its open webinars and workshops in each dimension. Through the ReGEN Nations program, GENOA was able to also engage a network of thought leaders, trainers, activists, ecovillages and kindred spirit organisations from the region.

Sacred Place is delivering its ten day Self-Empowerment Retreat at Earth Home, in Chiang Mai this April 13-22, 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This Self Empowerment Retreat is a life changing opportunity to transform your life for the better by investing quality time and energy in yourself, to build your inner foundation, uncover your strengths/passions and discover your Life Purpose. Key subjects covered during the retreat are Neuroplasticity, De-Programming, Inner Child work, Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Communication, Relationships, Life Purpose, Career Change, Creating a Business and more. All transport, meals and accommodation are included in addition to the teachings. To learn more and reserve your place visit https://sacred-place.com/self-empowerment-course/ * Early Booking Discount of 20% for bookings made one month before course starts. Thai nationals receive 50% discount off full price. We sponsor two places per course/retreat for those individuals that sincerely cannot afford to pay the price but are committed to their personal transformation. Luke Hancock and Susana Norte are qualified Spiritual Counselors, Health Consultants and Life Coaches. Having began their own journey of transformation in 2005, they work from a place of direct experience now to guide others on their journey. To learn more about Luke and Susana visit www.sacred-place.com/about For questions please email in**@**********ce.com Thank you. We look forward to receiving you soon. Luke and Susana. For more information, please visit the event website.

This is a FUNd-raising year-end PARTY with music, poetry, songs, games and creative sharings brought together as a GIFT from our HEARTS, simply RSVP via this form to join in :) Our primary priority is to gather and have a nourishing time, and so your gift of presence and good vibes is most appreciated. During the gathering, there will be opportunities to donate to the development cost of, and offer of scholarships, for the REGEN-Nations programme. As 2021 is coming to a close, here’s an invitation to join us in celebrating life-giving intentions. In these times of complexities and volatility, the need for community is more than ever before. As we face the increasing strain of climate crisis, a global pandemic and many other challenges, the REGEN-Nations team at GENOA is driven by a strong sense of purpose, and lots of love and joy, to bring the second edition of this whole systems regenerative design programme to our region. With practitioners from Asia and Oceania to share their insights from lived experiences in our region, REGEN-Nations offers skills in empathic and agile leadership, enables an ecosystem of peer-to-peer learning, and collaboration for better impact. Before we launch the course in February 2022, please join us for a celebratory time to amplify our energies for a regenerative world in the making. Come meet the folks in our regional regenerative network and basks in the songs and poetry of hidden talents from Asia and Oceania! There will also be an open mic segment so if you’d like to share a song or poem, you’re most welcome to! :)