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
Solutions
education
- Lifelong Education
- Diversity & Cohesion
- Trust & Communication
- Health & Healing
- Leadership & Governance
- Conflict Resolution
- Wisdom & Innovation
- Art & Celebration
- Vision & Purpose
- Nature Connection
- Mindfulness & Self Reflection
- Defend & Protect
- Leading from the Future
- Contextualised Design
- Whole Systems Thinking
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Intervention & Transformation
- Alliance Building
- Prototyping & Feedback
- Rank & Privilege
Educating for transitions: ecovillages as transdisciplinary sustainability “classrooms”
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the pedagogical tools that can enhance transdisciplinarity in higher education and stimulate sustainability transitions, based on the case study of a partnership between the University of Brasilia and an ecovillage in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative study was carried out, based on professors’ experience, students’ reports and registration data. Emergent themes were discussed based on the concepts of sustainability transitions, … Read more
SKILLSTUDY
4 years ago the Founder of SkillStudy founded The Centre for Entrepreneurship Leadership & Business Development (CELBMD) Africa to provide world class professional skills to Africans in the areas of employability, workplace efficiency, enterprise development, leadership and technology. CELBMD Africa have been able to train and equip 8750+ in 26 African countries with relevant skills but now we want to leverage on web & mobile app technology to do more in this area and with speed and … Read more
Ecovillage Pathways a NextGENNA Event
Over the course of three-days our NextGEN Educators guide participants through various learning experiences related to the network of regenerative communities worldview, dimensions of sustainability, group processes, and personal development. The intention of this event is to support attendees in creating a life filled with purpose, connection, and healing for our planet. … Read more
Medicinal Gardens Building regional autonomy in the area of health and strengthening local sovereignty in healthcare
Part of the 11-year-old University of Resistance’s curriculum is to share ancestral health knowledge. It has become survival knowledge as well as a tool to regain community power and autonomy. Creating, together with the Global Campus network, medicinal herb gardens in different hamlets of the Peace Community, studying ancestral and indigenous medicinal knowledge, seeds exchange across several regions of Colombia and abroad as well as creating a model of medicinal herb garden for children to … Read more
University of Resistance A collaborative University of farmers building regional autonomy in the area of education for non violent resistance
Eleven years ago, the community’s response was to organize volunteer teachers to give basic classes as a traveling university. “We began to realize that we are the owners of our education,” said Tuberquia. The names “Campesino University,” or the “University of Resistance.” reflect the core values that guide the education process in a campesino (farmer) culture. The community’s declared principles of resistance, solidarity, plurality, transparency, freedom and justice are taught hand in hand … Read more
