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Training 4 Transition in Ashland
Oregon
Join us August 15th and 16th in Ashland, Oregon,
for the pilot of our new workshop, “Training 4 Transition.” The Thrivability Institute of
Ashland Oregon, USA will offer this 2-day workshop, as a public-accessible
course, right before their hosting of the August Gaia U Orientation
program.
This workshop will support the important work of
Gaia University associates and others in addressing solutions to global
challenges of peak oil, climate change, uncertain global finances, and
exponential population growth. Transition Training will be woven into the
two other events highlighted in this issue: The Financial Permaculture
Summit and the Continental Bioregional Congress.
To register for the Ashland training,
please contact Shaktari@GaiaUniversity.org, or
Read
more.
Financial Permaculture Summit- Where
Environment Meets Economy
This year's Financial
Permaculture Summit, subtitled "Greening a Rural American Community" will be held in Hohenwald, Tennessee from September 22nd to
26th. For those who are not quite sure what Financial
Permaculture encompasses, Jennifer English, one of the founders of the
Financial Permaculture Institute (FPI), has a lot to say.
“Financial Permaculture is mainly
about creating localized economies,” she explains. “It’s
about finding ways of bringing all the stakeholders in a community together
to share information and resources to face the economic and environmental
challenges of today.”
The Financial
Permaculture Summit creates a forum where people from business backgrounds
can share their training in “economic literacy,” with people more
literate in environmental issues, and vice versa. The three main themes of
the summit are Permaculture, Finance, and Business. In a time where
many are worrying about the environment or the economy, it is absolutely
essential to find ways of bringing these concerns together in order to
create sustainable human systems. You can register for the conference
here,
or
Read more.
10th Continental Bioregional
Congress
Introducing
"The Gaia U Circus"
Interested in
discussing issues facing your bioregion with a broader community? Looking for a non-hierarchical forum in which
to share the challenges and
opportunities of transition?
Excited by learning more about re-inhabiting the land where you live and
networking with others in the ceremonial village of the bioregional
congress?
The
10th
annual Bioregional Congress, being held
from October 3rd to 11th at The
Farm in Summertown, Tennesee, promises to be a landmark event with far-reaching information,
networking, tools and inspiration.
Over three hundred
people are expected to
attend the congress, which is held every two to
three years. Come ready to participate and create the dialogues you want to
have! Early Registration discounts end August 1 so, if you’re
planning on attending, follow this link
to register now!
For more information on the framework and
details of the congress,
Read on.
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Program Offerings
BSc
Programs
MSc
Programs
Post
Masters Programs
Dates
& Venues in 09
Advisory Board
Member Highlight
 
Albert
Bates
Albert
Bates is a valued member of the Gaia University Advisory Board. He
has been a key figure in the EcoVillage movement. Living at The
Farm in Summertown, Tennessee since 1972, he founded the EcoVillage
Training Center there in 1994.
Albert is an accomplished permaculture designer, teacher, and
author with over fifteen publications. Some of his better-known
titles include The Y2K Survival Guide and Cookbook (1999), Climate in
Crisis (1991) --with forward by Al Gore and Voices from the Farm
(1998). His most recent work is T he Post-petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook: Recipes for Changing
Times, published in 2006. He speaks to the potential of
returning to a lived-awareness of our interconnection with nature and of
transitioning out of a petroleum based society.
Our regular readers will remember last month's article highlighting
the work of Gaia U Germany's work with Terra Preta, the pre-colonial Amazonian soil-building method.
Albert will soon be attending a conference in Brazil aimed at further
exploring and sharing knowledge on this topic. Albert
recently spoke at the Convergence on Zero Conference at the Smithsonian
Institute in Washington, D.C. You can read
his speech, titled "Trajectories" here. You
can also read more by visiting his blog.
2009 Gaia U International
Program
Ashland Oregon, US
Thrivability
Institute/Jackson
Wellsprings 
 Gaia U Orientation Workshop from
August 17th to 25th, with Extension
Workshops from the 26th to 30th.
Looking for some support and
direction in transitioning to
sustainable living? Gaia U will be co-hosting a workshop, open to
the
public, on “Training 4 Transition”
August 15th and 16th.
There will
also
be a Re-Evaluation Counseling
Fundamentals workshop from September 1st to 4th.
VISFI, US
Virgin Islands Sustainable Farms
Institute  
Gaia U
Orientation this December
from the 1st to the 8th. Extension
Workshops will be held December 9th to 13th.
A Re-Evaluation Counseling
Fundamentals workshop
from the 14th to 17th of December will be
open to the public.
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