The Galilee of the Gentiles invite you to join the ecovillage movement. Here are a few words from Findhorn and some information about their training courses.
Thousands of individuals and hundreds of ecovillage initiatives and existing ecovillages have joined the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) since its creation in 1995, becoming what has been called the Habitat Revolution.
Ecovillage Training 2011
Craig Gibsone, Gabrielle Hamm & Foundation Faculty
Saturday 12th February, 2011
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.
Ecovillage Training 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 46 years, as well as on other local and international initiatives.
Findhorn Ecovillage has the lowest recorded ecological footprint for any community in the industrialised world, just half the UK national average.
Ecovillage Training teaches concepts, tools and techniques for creating sustainable human settlements. It is one month long and may be attended as a whole, or for one or more of its theme-based weeks.
Topics covered include:
* Permaculture
* Local organic food production
* Renewable energy systems
* Cooperative social economies
* Group building and global networks
* Deep ecology & earth restoration
* Ecological building and engineering
* Alternative waste water treatment
This month-long training incorporates the internationally recognised Permaculture Design Certificate syllabus. Presented in association with Global Ecovillage Network Europe [1]
Here are some more ideas from the USA.
The Farm Ecovillage
Earth Heart Sanctuary - One Pointedness
The Pointmaker Lunar Eclipse
The Angels Nest and the Angelic Architects
New Jerusalem
City of Enlightenment
As the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up
before all nations.Isaiah 61:11
May the will of God be done
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