Ecovillage
Education
The ecovillage model presents itself as an inspiring
and viable solution to eradication of poverty and
degradation of the environment, while combining a
supportive social-cultural environment with a low-impact
lifestyle. Join our programmes to learn more.
Our campus is used as a teaching resource by a number
of university and school groups as well as by professional
organisations.
For more information contact
Education
for
Sustainability
Administrator.
Forthcoming
Ecovillage Programmes
Gaia Education Design for Sustainability Incorporating Transition Towns Training 2013
5 October - 8 November 2013
You are invited to join this five-week comprehensive training based on the four core pillars of the Ecovillage Design Curriculum: the social, worldview, ecological and economic dimensions of sustainability.
The Gaia
Education 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 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 five separate week-long modules, which may be attended as a whole or separately.
Enquiries by email: sustedu@findhorn.org
Ecovillage Training - 50 years of embodied knowledge and wisdom.
9 February to 9 March, 2013
Craig
Gibsone, Gabrielle Hamm & Nadasree Georgete Gadas
There is an increasing
and urgent global need for viable, sustainable
human settlements. Ecovillages provide environmental,
social, economic and spiritual sustainability,
and an enhanced quality of life for all. Ecovillage
communities are cohesive social structures,
united by common social and/or spiritual values.
Working with the simple principle of not taking
more away from the Earth than one gives back,
ecovillages are consciously diminishing their
ecological footprint. Ecovillage principles
apply equally to urban and rural settings, to
both developing and over-developed countries.
The Findhorn Ecovillage Experience provides a practical forum
for learning, and for developing action plans.
It draws on the experience and expertise developed
within the Findhorn Ecovillage over the past
50 years, as well as on other local and international
initiatives.
Findhorn Ecovillage has the lowest ecological
footprint for any community in the industrialised
world, just half the UK national average.
