Events - Global Ecovillage Network

Experience week in Los Portales, Spain

Date: 2 – 9 February 2020
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Location: Los Portales, Castilblanco de los Arroyos, 41230, Spain, Spain

A guided immersion in the life of the community Los Portales, founded in 1984 During this week, you will become part of a dynamic, diverse, multi-generational and multicultural group. You will get to know the essential values of the community, participate in our daily activities, experience a feeling of connectedness with each other, with nature and with life itself, and explore being at the service of the changes that the planet needs. Located in the heart of nature, LOS PORTALES … Read more

The Laws of Manifestation How to attract the resources necessary to do what you need to do.

Areas of Regeneration:
- Culture
  - Wisdom & Innovation
- Economy
  - Banking & Exchange
Stage:
- Opening to the Unexpected

Working with spiritual principles can be very helpful here. David Spangler, one of the pioneers of the Findhorn Foundation community, set out some key principles in publications on “The Laws of Manifestation”. It is not simply a case of invoking and inviting money and resources to achieve whatever you want. It is more a case of ‘tuning in’ to what the universe, or Spirit, is asking for. If your project is really in the service of something greater, and if you are really fully aligned in … Read more

Collective Wisdom How the whole becomes more than the sum of the parts

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
- Culture
  - Wisdom & Innovation
Stage:
- Opening to the Unexpected

We need to reinstate meaningful conversations at every level of society. We need to learn how to creatively express our individual diversity and potential, without attachment to being right, contributing our piece to the jigsaw puzzle of life. We start listening for new connections and winwinwin outcomes instead of holding onto knowledge we already have. References: ● Briskin, Alan, Sheryl Erickson, John Ott, and Tom Callanan. The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective … Read more

Attunement Bringing a group together consciously at the beginning and end of meetings, aligned to the highest purpose.

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Diversity & Cohesion
- Culture
  - Mindfulness & Self Reflection
  - Wisdom & Innovation
Stage:
- Facing the Dark Night

Taking a minute or two at the beginning of the meeting, either in silence with a few words of guidance offered by the facilitator, to pause and notice that we are in a new space; to consciously connect with the others with whom we are meeting; and to clearly connect with the overarching purpose of the meeting, can radically transform the experience of the meeting. A similar process can be undertaken at the end of the meeting, to bring it to conscious … Read more

Political Influencing Engaging in political reality so that what we think is right and needs to be done actually happens.

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Leadership & Governance
- Culture
  - Wisdom & Innovation
Stage:
- Daring to Act

To become effective we need to understand how power operates, e.g. how decisions are actually made, how to build alliances and coalitions and how to sense the right moment to act. We need to give up the wish to be popular and understood by everyone. We need to surrender our naivety and be willing to take difficult decisions. In essence, to act ‘politically’. References: ● Exercise: Political Influencing (to be linked) ● … Read more

The Work that Reconnects A map for personal empowerment and transformation

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Health & Healing
  - Lifelong Education
- Culture
  - Art & Celebration
  - Mindfulness & Self Reflection
  - Nature Connection
  - Wisdom & Innovation
Stage:
- Opening to the Unexpected

Drawing from deep ecology, systems theory and spiritual traditions, the Work That Reconnects (WTR) builds motivation, creativity, courage and solidarity for the transition to a sustainable human culture. First emerging in 1978, this pioneering, opensource body of work has its roots in the teachings and experiential methods of Joanna Macy. The methods are widely used in environmental and civil rights campaigns, classrooms, faith communities and grassroots organisations. The activist’s … Read more

Statement of Intention Clarifying our focus to build support

Areas of Regeneration:
- Social
  - Leadership & Governance
- Culture
  - Vision & Purpose
  - Wisdom & Innovation
Stage:
- Answering the Call

Practice distilling the essence of our project into a few short sentences and work with a simple template that helps to crystallize our thinking. Develop an ‘elevator pitch’. Find the right name. Clarify the vision and core goals of your project. Think about a logo. References: ● http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/elevatorpitch.htm ● Exercise: Statement of Intention Submitted by Findhorn Foundation … Read more

Transformational Communities of Tomorrow – free live stream

Date: 6 October 2017
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Location: Universal Hall, Findhorn, United Kingdom

Join Ken Wilber and Doshin Roshi in this free live stream event, as they honour the gifts of the transformational-eco communities of today, recognise some of the challenges they are currently facing and explore what the medicine to heal and evolve could be from an Integral perspective. The integral stage is now strongly the leading edge of today’s evolution, and evidence points to the fact that it is indeed a staggeringly monumental leap forward, the likes of which humanity has never seen … Read more

Sacred Place Self Empowerment course Free Seminar

Date: 23 – 24 September 2017
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Location: RASAYANA RETREAT, SUKHUMVIT 39 BANGKOK, Thailand

Susana Norte and Luke Hancock, the founders of Sacred Place, would like to invite you to their free Self Empowerment seminar in Bangkok this Sept 23 & 24 12 from 3 – 5 pm at Rasayana Retreat, Bangkok Thailand. … Read more

Sacred Place Self Empowerment course Free Seminar

Date: 12 – 13 August 2017
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Location: PUNSPACE CO WORKING SPACE THA PHAE GATE, CHIANG MAI, Thailand

Susana Norte and Luke Hancock, the founders of Sacred Place, would like to invite you to their free Self Empowerment seminar in Chiang Mai this August 12 & 13 from 3 – 5 pm at PUNSPACE Co-Working by Tha Phae gate, Thailand. … Read more

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