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Ecovillage Design Education (EDE)

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Ecovillage Design Education Course (EDE) – also known as the Wing – programmes of Gaia Edcuation are based on the four core dimensions of Gaia Education’s Ecovillage Design Curriculum: the Social, Worldview, Ecological and Economic dimensions of sustainability. The curriculum was developed drawing on the experience and expertise developed in a network of some of the most successful ecovillages and transition settings across the Earth.

The Learning Process 
    • Participatory and interactive : The learning process of this EDE will be participatory, interactive & there is plenty of room for the participants to share their skills and/or experiences.
    • Practical and experiential learning: We will also make time for practical experiential learning especially regarding the Ecological dimension. During the one month we will spent at least one hour a day doing practical work to contribute to the host site Gaia Ashram, i.e gardening, natural building, creating a simple water treatment and filtration system.
    • Community building & community living: The month will start off with community building and will be held in spirit of community throughout the program, where we practice what we learn together about community livin
    • Spirituality: Meditation & yoga or other kind of mindfulness practice will be held on a daily basis.
    • We will try as much as possible to find balance between the use of the head-heart-hands-spirituality.

Fees:

We have made three sliding scale fees to be able to give more chance for youth and people with low income to participate in the program. We wish that people with more income are willing to pay the recommended fee or the gifting fee which is the amount that will enable us to continue doing this work and give more space to youth with low income.

  • 810 euro (xchange rate of 14 May, 2019) youth rate – Dormitory
  • 930 euro (exchange rate of 14 May, 2019) recommended fee – Shared room (two people in one room)
  • 1020 euro (xchange rate of 14 May 2019) or more: gifting fee – Single room ( the more you gift, the more you enable us to give youth fee for youth with low income!)




Outline

This four weeks EDE is divided using the four dimensions or the sustainability wheel & each week will cover one dimension.

First Week : Social Dimension
Monday 29th of July- Saturday 3rd of August


We will be living together for more then one month and we will be forming a community together during this time. During the social week we will get to know each other, build up trust, strengthen the connections within the group, with the surrounding nature and with the local people. We will create the foundations of how we can be positively living together as a community.

We will establish our common ground and values together. To aid this process we will look at different tools on how to grow as individuals, how to create & grow healthy communities & we will look at how we can link & network with other like minded groups & people.

During the Social Week we will cover:

        • Community Building & Embracing Diversity
        • Communication Skills & Decision-Making
        • Leadership & Empowerment
        • Art, Ritual & Social Transformation
        • Education, Social Networks & Activism

Week Two : Worldview Dimension
Monday 5th of August-Saturday 10th of August


During the worldview week we will look at how we perceive our world & how this influences the outer reality. We will look at how we can change from a materialistic worldview to a more holistic worldview. We will vision and create a story for the future where humans live in harmony with nature & each other. We will  look at how we can work with nature rather then against it.

We will learn about Deep Ecology & “The work that re-connects” as developed by Joanne Macy. We will be introduced to the concept of the “Great Turning” &  explore Deep Ecology. We will raise our ecological sensitivity by spending time in nature & observing nature through all our senses. We will see that to create change we need to change ourselves & raise our own awareness.

Topics we cover in the worldview week:

      • Holistic Worldview
      • Reconnecting with Nature
      • Transformation of Consciousness
      • Personal Health & Planetary Health
      • Socially Engaged Spirituality

Week Three : Economy Dimension
Monday 12th of August- Saturday 17th of August


During the economic week we will learn about the dominant economic system and go more in depth on how the current materialistic worldview is shaping our reality; how our current global economic system is effecting the local situation. From this understanding we will then look at how we can shift away from this system to a more fair alternative economic system that take into account all the other dimensions & is respecting of nature & the Earth.

The Economic Dimension will cover:

        • Shifting the Global Economy to Sustainability
        • Rights Livelihood
        • Local Economies
        • Community Banks & Currencies
        • Legal & Financial Issues

Week Four : Ecology Dimension
Monday 19th of August- Saturday 25th of August


In the Ecology week we will learn about different strategies that will help us in building sustainable human settlements that are self-reliant, resilient & self-regenerating. We will be learning about how we as humans can co-create with nature rather than working against it. We will work on acquiring practical skills that help us to be moving towards the vision where humans & nature are living in harmony with each other. We will learn about strategies and practices that help create living systems that thrive, are abundant & can sustain humans as well as other beings and the earth as the whole.

During the Ecology Week we will cover:

      • Green Building & Retroffiting
      • Local food & Nutrient Cycles
      • Infrastructure, Water & Energy
      • Nature, Urban Regeneration & Disaster Recovery
      • Whole Systems Approach to Design

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Gaia Ashram is an alternative education centre in the North-East of Thailand where we host international and local courses, activities and workshops on Nature Connection, Sustainable Living, Permaculture & Ecovillage Design for Thai and international people.

Gaia Ashram is based on 6 hectares of former degraded land that we are in line with United Nations decade of Ecosystems Restoration are regenerating into an abundant, productive living system mainly forest that supplies us with our basic needs as well enhances the biodiversity and the living systems of our local area. We always have guest and volunteers stay with us that come to learn nd support our mission of ecological restoration.



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Gaia Ashram
149M 1 Ban That, Phen
0066805791006
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