Courses
- P.L.A.N.E.T. Organic, Golden Bay,
New Zealand (28 Mar - 13 Dec 2004)
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P.L.A.N.E.T. Organic is a training centre for organics, permaculture, community planning/action and
facilitation, which provides individuals with knowledge and skills that empower them as facilitators
for bioregional self-reliance. P.L.A.N.E.T. Organic's educational approach is a combination of
experiential and academic learning.
- Eco-Village Training,
Findhorn, Scotland (7 February - 5 March 2004)
- The training, based at the Findhorn Foundation's demonstration Ecovillage Project, is in 8 separate
modules, which may be attended as a whole or separately. It is a capacity building programme, designed
to make optimum use of the information available from the Findhorn Foundation Ecovillage Project, and
to provide a practical forum for learning, and for developing action plans.
- Sustainable Village Design, The Farm's Ecovillage Training
Center, Summertown, TN, USA - The Farm community (17 June - 20 June 2004
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Site selection, master planning and pattern design for Ecovillage; consensus and conflict
resolution, financial aspects, work issues, best practices. Participants will join the final
part of our permaculture course to learn ecology, energy and resource conservation, social and
community skills, and the economics of sustainability. Albert Bates, Gwynelle Dismukes, Greg
Ramsey and guests.
- Village Design Practicum, The Farm's Ecovillage Training
Center, Summertown, TN, USA - The Farm community (21 June - 25 June 2004
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This is the second half of the complete village design course for a conservation community.
Participants will actually design a full-scale conservation community under the supervision of
master planners and architects. Students who would like college credit for this course may
register through their university. Live and work in an ecovillage for a week and get a sense of the issues.
Educational Institutions
- Earthcare Education Aotearoa, New Zealand
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Institute of Earthcare Education Aotearoa is a non-profit Charitable Trust committed to the ethics and
practices of sustainability.
- Living Routes, US
- Ecovillage Education Program.
We are a not-for-profit organization developing and supporting college-level, eco-village based educational
programs that promote sustainable living.
- Crystal Waters College, Australia
- Through interdisciplinary and holistic programs, our aim is to inspire others to achieve a
deeper understanding of human interconnectedness with the natural world and to facilitate positive new
visions for a sustainable future.
- Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
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The Findhorn Foundation is at the heart of one of the best-known intentional communities in the
world. It is a major international centre of adult education and personal and spiritual transformation,
offering people many ways to visit, live and work here.
- Ecovillage Training Center, at The Farm, US
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A whole systems immersion experience of ecovillage living, together with classes of instruction,
access to information, tools and resources, and on-site and off-site consulting and outreach experiences.
- Schumacher College, UK
- Schumacher College is an international centre for ecological studies. Based in southwest England,
the College welcomes course participants from all over the world.
- Centre for Human Ecology, UK
- The Centre for Human Ecology is an international institute for transformative education. We address
the interconnected issues of ecological sustainability and social justice.
- The School for Social Entrepreneurs, UK
- SSE
is both a school running an International Programme for social entrepreneurs, and
an action learning network to support local and regional social entrepreneurs'
programmes around the UK.
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