Port Townsend EcoVillage

Evolutionary change needs new leadership qualities. The zeitgeist is a calling for a transformation of fear-based behaviour into participatory action with co-empowerment, transparency, connection and flow. Social competencies and leadership qualities necessary for this transition are made up of two ingredients: the ability to benefit from conflict and the ability to create cooperation. Empathic Communication is a key skill enabling leaders to enter into new forms of contact with themselves, with people around them and with their environment. It includes deeper listening and empathy to connect us with the context in which we act and it supports integrative growth. In this training course we will offer a basic introduction into the community building process of ZEGG Forum. Forum is a ritualized form of transparent communication to create trust and clarity in groups. In addition to this participants experience other approaches to connected communication such as non-violent and intercultural communication, deep ecology and possibility management. We want to explore a) how to get into deeper contact with ourselves and b) different methods of collective intelligence in order to enter new ways of empathic leadership and achieve higher quality in our life. Aim: To develop participants’ qualities of empathic leadership and to deepen their competencies in interpersonal communication in order to create an enriching learning environment and a higher quality of projects in cooperation with different involved actors. Objectives: To get familiar with ZEGG Forum Training To learn tools of Non-Violent and intercultural communication and Possibility Management To develop competences in empathic leadership when managing projects and to explore ways to put it into practice To deal in a constructive and relaxed way with difficult situations and conflicts To get to know yourself and others in a better way and to work more efficiently in teams Methods: ZE

This is Just a family of 4 watching the summit together at home in the South of Bahia, Brazil

The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep Ecology. The internship will be a holistic participatory learning experience & process. Interns will experience being part of the Gaia Ashram Community and we will live together for one month at– Gaia Ashram-. At Gaia Ashram we belief in holistic learning that balances the head, hands & heart. Gaia Ashram encourages participatory learning & values the power of community in holding the learning space. We design the daily & weekly structure of the internship and of our lives here based on these values and principles. Theoretical learning (Head) The theoretical sessions will be participatory and interactive. It will cover the 4 keys of Ecovillage Design Education (Social, Economical, Ecological and Worldview inspired by Gaia Education). Each week will cover one of the Ecovillage Design Keys and integrated into this we will be introduced to Permaculture Design & Deep Ecology in terms of philosophy, movement and personal experiences. Overall, We will have a maximum of 2-3 hours of theory per day on the session days, to also create lots of space for practical experiential learning. See more details of the key content below. Practical learning (Hands – on) For the hands – on practical learning we will be developing the Gaia Ashram’s farm and restoring nature on the Gaia Ashram land using permaculture strategies & techniques that are appropriate for the Rainy Season & the land and its local context. The hands-on work will focus on Gardening work i.e. developing the vegetable gardens, planting seeds & seedlings, transplanting, propagation of plants, making composts, growing and maintaining a Food Forest, planting green manures, planting lots of trees, planting seasonal crops. Apart from the Gardening we will also will be doing some natural building which mostly will focus on creating natural finishes using mud plasters and art w

The EDE is an exciting learning adventure of one month tapping into the four dimensions of sustainability. During the EDE a community is created, that allows to live many of the topics that are taught in real live. Damanhur supports through the experience of an almost 44 year old community, that has gone through many phases and transformational processes to become the thriving community it is today.