Events - Global Ecovillage Network

Learn Permaculture Where it’s LIVED

Date: 15 June – 7 July 2018
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Location: Lanas de Puriscal, Costa Rica

A 21-day intensive immersion course exploring the theories outlined in Bill Mollison’s Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual in both hands-on and classroom settings. Course curriculum covers regenerative practices as well as design theory and the basics of design consultation on a professional level. Our well-rounded permaculture courses cover the many facets of permaculture and focus on practical solutions in agriculture, building and design, economics, social sciences, and politics. Fresh, local … Read more

Sociocracy: Online Training (Spanish)

Date: 15 February – 26 April 2018
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Location: on line, Colombia

Confiando en la inteligencia colectiva, la Sociocracia propone un modelo de gobernanza dinámica que responde a tres de los más grandes desafíos de toda organización: Como nos organizamos, Como nos ponemos de acuerdo y como mejoramos los procesos … Read more

Día Internacional de la Permacultura

Date: 6 May 2018
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Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica

Un día en cual los proyectos como huertas, jardines, fincas, granjas entre otros abren sus puertas para ofrecer la oportunidad de experimentar la Permacultura y aprender, se organizan charlas, talleres educativos, películas, entre otros eventos. … Read more

DREAMWORK An effective social technology to build community, practice deep democracy and empower individuals and groups

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Health & Healing
  - Leadership & Governance
  - Trust & Communication
- Culture
  - Art & Celebration
  - Mindfulness & Self Reflection
  - Nature Connection
  - Vision & Purpose
  - Wisdom & Innovation
- Integral Design
  - Leading from the Future

Los Portales community has experienced for more than 30 years that sharing our dreams in a group creates a strong and deep feeling of connectedness whilst also helping us understand and live our singularity. Dream work allows people to find their unique and particular place in a group, to experience a strong sense of meaning in their life and to discover their personal task (personal myth). Dreams don’t only tell us that the power is within us, they also make us feel this, and they always … Read more

Ecosystem Restoration Communities A People Powered Movement to Restore the Earth

Region: GEN Europe
Impact: Global

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Lifelong Education
  - Trust & Communication
- Culture
  - Nature Connection
  - Vision & Purpose
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design
  - Leading from the Future
- Ecology
  - Ecosystem Restoration
  - Green Building
  - Renewable Energy & Transport
  - Seeds, Food & Soil
  - Water Cycles
- Economy
  - Planetary Boundaries
  - Sharing & Collaboration
  - Social Entrepreneurship
Stage:
- Facing the Dark Night

Ecosystem Restoration Communities offers a profound solution to land degradation, ecosystem destruction and the disconnect between humankind and nature. We do this by building naturally constructed communities on land that is highly degraded, and welcoming people to stay at the camp and learn how to restore land back to fertility. The communities also focus on teaching people skills in how to be radically sustainable, such as how to grow their own food, how to live zero waste, and how to … Read more

Feedback skills Giving or receiving feedback is the Art of keeping our mind and our heart open to always be a student.

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
  - Leadership & Governance
  - Trust & Communication
- Culture
  - Vision & Purpose
- Integral Design
  - Leading from the Future
Stage:
- Opening to the Unexpected

Increase our ability to give and receive feedback as a team will help us grow. Developing this capacity will help us face major conflicts or prevent them escalating. However, we need to be careful with the context in which people are not used to give and receive feedback. It is important to note the target goal, and my intention: am I releasing something and feeling better, or will this feedback serve to the common good? REFERENCES: https://www.cnvc.org/ … Read more

Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development A 5 Level Model for Planning in Complex Systems.

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Lifelong Education
- Culture
  - Vision & Purpose
- Integral Design
  - Leading from the Future
Stage:
- Crossing the Threshold

This five level model helps us to plan for success. By understanding the system within which we are working we can more clearly define what success looks like within that system. This allows us to be strategic, to develop tactics, tools and metrics. To rephrase: it allows us to understand the tools and metrics we need to carry out the actions required to be strategic, to achieve success within the system. References: The Natural Step, Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, … Read more

Theory U How to lead and cocreate from the emerging yet unknown future

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Leadership & Governance
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design
  - Leading from the Future
Stage:
- Coming Home

Successful leadership depends on the quality of attention and intention that the leader brings to any situation. The nature of the inner place in leaders is something of a mystery to us. At its core, leadership is about shaping and shifting how individuals and groups attend to and subsequently respond to a situation. Learning to recognize the habits of attention in a business culture requires, among other things, a particular kind of listening. Theory U, initiated by Otto Scharmer, speaks … Read more

Prototyping Doing what you aim for in a small and fast way.

Areas of Regeneration:
- Integral Design
  - Contextualised Design
  - Leading from the Future
Stage:
- Daring to Act

Prototyping is a process where you do what you want to do early and on a small and easy scale. It does not have to be perfect; but it should lead you into doing and trying out your idea. Try to find a small version of your big idea and start doing it. This helps you to: a: get to know your own role early, so you can adjust and clarify b: see what the project is in a “live surrounding” and get feedback c: get feedback from others fast and early so you can adopt it in your on going … Read more

Zambia – Ecovillage Development Training

Date: 6 – 25 August 2017
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Location: Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre, Lusaka, Zambia

This training is a great chance to explore the ecovillage concept; understand ecovillage development as a tool for climate change adaptation and reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals; becoming familiar with a framework for holistic sustainability grounded in decades of hands-on experience and design of resilient communities worldwide; practice participatory whole-systems design; explore assets, needs and potential next steps of a group, project or community in each dimension of … Read more

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