Based on the Ecovillage Design Curriculum - an official contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
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.
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
Building Community
& Embracing Diversity
Communication Skills and Feedback
Facilitation and Decision-Making Processes
Conflict Facilitation
Personal Empowerment and Leadership
Celebrating Life: Creativity and Art
Whole Systems
Approach to Ecological Design
Appropriate Technology: Water
Organic Agriculture and Local Food
Appropriate Technology: Energy
Green Building & Retrofitting
Shifting the
Global Economy to Sustainability
How Money Works: Community Banks and Currencies
Right Livelihood
Social Enterprise
Legal and Financial Issues
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.
*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.
