Connecting Communities for a Sustainable World
If you have your PDC (Permaculture Design Course) and are looking for an off-grid farm to put a lot of the theory into practice, this might be a great opportunity for you. You will get inspired by the many systems already developed over our 18 years of regeneration process. … Read more
The Green Standard Trust is a community-governed land trust where nature is the beneficiary of that land, meaning land must be used to restore and conserve nature. The value of this land backs our currency, the Green Standard Token, which is Earth’s first currency backed by protected land. … Read more
Facilitated at a forming ecovillage in the tropics, this PDC is about relearning a mindset that humankind has lost over time, a mindset of abundance and cooperation not just with other human beings but with all life on earth. This course will challenge you to learn by doing and, when you’re ready, to enhance your learning by coaching others on what you’ve just learned. We all bring many skills to the table and we each have special gifts and talents and you will be encouraged to apply and adapt … Read more
The EDE provides students of all ages with the knowledge and practical skills on how to design a society or a community/village which uses energy and materials with greater efficiency, distributes wealth fairly and strives to eliminate the concept of waste. The knowledge of EDE is also adaptable for personal or family level of transformation, in urban and rural contexts. … Read more
Ecovillage Lifestyle Experiential Week at Gaia Ashram! Throughout the week, you’ll get to immerse yourself in the inspiring ecovillage lifestyle, learning and growing through daily yoga and meditation, fun activities, and theoretical sessions on Ecovillage Design Education by Gaia Education. Every afternoon we offer practical permaculture hands-on session where you will learn about natural building, gardening and more. … Read more
Ecovillage Lifestyle Experiential Week at Gaia Ashram! Throughout the week, you’ll get to immerse yourself in the inspiring ecovillage lifestyle, learning and growing through daily yoga and meditation, fun activities, and theoretical sessions on Ecovillage Design Education by Gaia Education. Every afternoon we offer practical permaculture hands-on session where you will learn about natural building, gardening and more. … Read more
Ecovillage Lifestyle Experiential Week at Gaia Ashram,Throughout the week, you’ll get to immerse yourself in the inspiring ecovillage lifestyle, learning and growing through daily yoga and meditation, fun activities on community building, and theoretical sessions on Ecovillage Design Principles. Every afternoon we offer practical permaculture hands-on session where you will learn about natural building, gardening and more. … Read more
We have high-tech but we are missing low-tech. We cannot sleep without a bed, eat without a supermarket, see without a streetlight, move without a car, or be with ourselves without distractive media. We have screwed ourselves. We have lost the original technology that created civilization: fire starting, food finding, clothes making, shaping shelter and tools out of whatever comes to hand. The loss of low-tech knowledge creates a lethal gap between us and our planet, and that gap is now filled … Read more
S.P.A.R.K.s are maps for new ways of thinking about things that you may never have considered thinking differently about before. Each S.P.A.R.K. consists of a Distinction, notes on the Distinction, and Experiments. By going through S.P.A.R.K.s and actually doing the Experiments, you change who you are and what is possible for you – and through you for your community and projects. S.P.A.R.K. Experiments are authentic Adulthood Initiatory Processes from the context of Possibility Management. … Read more
Expand The Box training provides thoughtware upgrades for thriving in next culture – Archiarchy – the Earth-regenerating, nonmaterial-value, adulthood-initiation-centered, radical-responsibility culture emerging around the world now that matriarchy and patriarchy have run their course. … Read more
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