Findhorn Foundation

in partnership with

Global Ecovillage Network

and

Gaia Education

present Ecovillage Design Curriculum - an official contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

Saturday 10th October, 2009 (28 days)

You are invited to join this four-week comprehensive training of trainers based on the four core pillars of the Ecovillage Design Curriculum: the social, worldview, ecological and economic dimensions of sustainability.

The curriculum draws on the experience and expertise developed in a network of some of the most successful ecovillages and community projects across the Earth.

Design for Sustainability Training of Trainers is an advanced training course based at the Findhorn Ecovillage providing a practical forum for learning and developing skills needed to work effectively with design for sustainability at all levels. It comprises four separate week-long modules, which may be attended as a whole or separately.

Facilitated by

Facilitated by
Pracha Hutanuwatr - Director. Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand
May East -  Director, Gaia Education
Jonathan Dawson - President, Global Ecovillage Network
Michael Shaw - Director, The Ecovillage Institute
and Findhorn Ecovillage experts

More information about the facilitators

The programme is based at the Findhorn Ecovillage and comprises four separate weeklong modules, which may be attended as a whole or separately.

Social Design - Week 1: Oct 10- Oct 16
Topics include
Building Community & Embracing Diversity
Communication Skills and Feedback
Facilitation and Decision-Making Processes
Conflict Facilitation
Personal Empowerment and Leadership
Celebrating Life: Creativity and Art

Economic Design - Week 2: Oct 24 - Oct 30
Topics include
Whole Systems Approach to Ecological Design
Appropriate Technology: Water
Organic Agriculture and Local Food
Appropriate Technology: Energy
Green Building & Retrofitting

Ecological Design - Week 3: Oct 17 - Oct 23
Topics include
Shifting the Global Economy to Sustainability
How Money Works: Community Banks and Currencies
Right Livelihood
Social Enterprise
Legal and Financial Issues

Worldview - Week 4: Oct 31- Nov 6
Topics include
Holistic Worldview
Listening to and Reconnecting with Nature
Awakening & Transformation of Consciousness
Personal Health, Planetary Health
Socially Engaged Spirituality and Bioregionalism

Ecovillage Design Curriculum is an official contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014 and has the endorsement of UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research).

The EDE is being introduced to the world at this time to complement, correspond with, and assist in setting a standard for the United Nations' Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014.

Training fees
For the whole programme
£1675 payable by participants with low income
£1925payable by participants with medium income
£2235 payable by participants with high income
£475/£545/£635 per module according to income

Fees include tuition, accommodation, vegetarian meals and field trips.

Please complete the Application Form and Enrolment Questionnaire

Enquiries by e-mail: bookings@findhorn.org

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*If you cannot afford the full fee, please check out our bursary guidelines.

* If you can afford to pay more than the full fee for this programme, your donation will be gratefully received and used to help those who cannot afford the whole fee.

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