[Lapg] Ecology of Leadership

LM Gmail livingmandala at livingmandala.com
Thu Oct 22 12:51:26 PDT 2009 

Dear Friends,

There are still a few more spots available in the Ecology of  
Leadership program course beginning this weekend through RDI. Amazing  
program!

More information below.

-Living Mandala

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The Ecology of Leadership
5-Month Ecology of Leadership Immersion


Commonweal Garden, Bolinas & Santa Barbara, California

October 2009 - February, 2010

Click here for more information.




The Ecology of Leadership

Many of us are searching for ways to make a difference, to transform  
our families, communities and the world we live in. And each of us can  
make a difference – we all have the seeds of leadership and service  
within us. We can nurture these seeds, learning the skills and tools  
we need to transform ourselves and embody our highest potential.

Whether you have prior experience and training, or you have recently  
felt called to step onto a path of leadership for the first time, this  
program is a unique opportunity to deeply explore who you are, who you  
wish to be, and what your specific offering is to others.

Through the Ecology of Leadership courses, you can learn to articulate  
your vision, get in deeper touch with your gifts, and develop new  
tools, routines, mindsets and skills to be more effective in  
manifesting what you see for yourself and the world.
The Adventure

Course Description

The process of transforming your life and bringing your leadership  
forward in the world is an adventure, full of opportunity, challenge,  
and possibility. The Ecology of Leadership provides many pathways to  
step into this adventure, helping you to explore the landscape within  
and without, supported by a powerful alliance with the natural world  
and a community of other leaders.

The Ecology of Leadership will allow you to experience:

     * Being engaged in a deep personal relationship with the natural  
world – and feeling nature's regenerative power
     * Discovering and/or focusing your true nature, passions, and  
vision
     * Transforming and releasing old patterns to develop new skills  
and ways of being
     * Developing the capacity to live a life you love
     * Creating a way of living and leading that manifests your dreams  
and your potential

The Journey

At its foundation, the Ecology of Leadership has three main elements:  
re-establishing your intimate relationship with the natural world,  
developing a powerful leadership tool bag, and exploring your "inner  
ecology" to remove blocks to your potential.

We Are Nature

Through the Ecology of Leadership, you will experience what is  
naturally yours – an intimate relationship with the natural world from  
which a unique quality of leadership arises. You'll learn to source  
your leadership from this connection with the earth, and stay attuned  
to the natural patterns in your own life, creating a new level of  
effectiveness and awareness to your leadership.

Leadership Tool Bag

This element includes powerful skills, habits, mindsets, and ways of  
being that improve your effectiveness as a leader, including:

     * Effective communication
     * Making and honoring powerful commitments
     * Project development and stewardship
     * Moving your vision forward in the world
     * Presentation skills
     * Getting things done with grace and ease
     * Using time effectively
     * Coaching – helping others grow, transform, and develop new skills
     * Bringing all aspects of your life into balance and harmony

Inner Ecology

Our "Inner Ecology" influences how we show up as leaders. You'll  
discover how your thoughts, mental models, beliefs, and the stories  
you tell – about yourself and those around you – affect your life and  
your ability to make a difference in your family, community, and  
chosen work in the world. As you understand and transform your inner  
ecology, you become more effective at manifesting your dreams.

5-Month Ecology of Leadership Immersion

The five month Ecology of Leadership course meets once a month on  
select weekends. The first, second, fourth and fifth months meet both  
Saturday and Sunday, and include a Saturday evening session. In the  
third month, we meet for just ONE day - either Saturday or Sunday -  
from 9:30am to 5:00pm.

The time commitment for your participation – outside of workshops and  
the project you will develop – will vary by individual. However, you  
can expect to spend approximately 6-10 hours per month in peer  
coaching and engaging in program assignments on your own time. The  
assignments are designed to integrate into and empower the life that  
you choose to lead. Please consider your capacity to participate fully  
before applying to the program.


Dates

Bolinas Meeting Schedule
October 10-11, 2009 (can be made up in Santa Barbara this weekend)
November 14-15
December 5 or 6
January 16-17, 2010
February 13-14

Participants are welcome to bring camping gear and stay overnight at  
Commonweal Garden during consecutive meeting dates.

Santa Barbara Meeting Schedule
October 24-25, 2009
November 21-22
December 12 or 13
January 23-24, 2010
February 20-21
Program Tuition


Instructors & Facilitators

The Orientation will be lead by Gaia University co-founders and co- 
presidents - Andrew Langford and Liora Adler.

James Stark - co director of the Regenerative Design Institute


James Stark, M.A., F.E.S.,  is the co-director of the Regenerative  
Design Institute (RDI). He co-founded and co-directs the Ecology of  
Leadership program and is a senior trainer in the 3-year, full-time  
Regenerative Design and Nature Awareness training program, preparing  
young global community leaders for the “Great Turning” of our era.  
James has committed his life to exploring how we – ourselves, our  
communities, and our species – might move as quickly as possible back  
into harmony with who we are and the natural world. He considers the  
programs at RDI a nursery for growing visions of the new era, and  
providing skills and tools to bring the visions to life. For decades,  
James dedicated himself to community visioning and organizing in West  
Marin – during which he co-founded the following organizations, among  
others: * West Marin Growers Group (WMGG), which was created to ensure  
food security in Marin County. WMGG grew into the 5013c, Marin  
Organic, which introduced the Marin Organic Food Label and hosts the  
West Marin Farmers Market.* Waste Free Now, which is committed to West  
Marin becoming waste free and hosts the innovative annual Recycle  
Circus including a "Stuff Exchange" for people to redistribute  
community resources.* KWMR "Watershed Radio", which is a licensed  
501c3 community radio station in the tenth year of providing a voice  
for West Marin residences and heard around the world live through web  
casting. * CLAM - Community Land Trust Association of Marin, an  
affordable ecological housing land trust (5013c) created to provide  
affordable housing in the face of increasing gentrification. James’  
years working with visioning led him to an interest in exploring the  
inner world and to earn a master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology from  
the University of Santa Monica. Like the natural systems and patterns  
that guide permaculture, his work now is to help others explore the  
inner patterns that affect how visions become reality.  He believes  
that creating a loving, peaceful inner world provides the soil for the  
seeds of our world visions to grow.

Christopher Kuntzsch

Christophe is co-founder and co-director of the Ecology of Leadership  
programs at RDI. The son of an opera singer and orchestra conductor,  
he was born and raised in Germany and moved to the United States at  
age 13. With early years as a sponsored table tennis player, rock  
musician, and adventurer-seeker, his passion for wild landscapes and  
their inhabitants led him to the University of California, Santa Cruz,  
where he delved into the world of ecology, conservation biology,  
natural history, and adventure education. He spent many subsequent  
seasons serving as a wildlife biologist, naturalist, and course  
instructor for the University of California, US Fish and Wildlife  
Service, Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, and the Pacific  
Crest Outward Bound School, among others. Those formative experiences  
led further into studies of nature awareness, spiritual practice,  
tracking, and permaculture and to an integration of insights from  
those fields into the realms of human development and leadership.  
Dedicating his service path to leadership and personal development  
projects for the last 7 years, he supports conscious change-makers in  
getting in touch with, nurturing, and germinating the seeds of  
possibility they hold within. Through personal coaching, consulting,  
and facilitation he has helped hundreds of eco-social activists and  
entrepreneurs, sustainability professionals, non-profit leaders,  
manager s, C-level executives, artists, and healers get in touch with  
their purpose, vision, and leadership potential through a synergy of  
self-awareness, personal practice, skill development, and engagement  
with the natural world. Christopher’s background includes dual  
bachelors degrees – in Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies  
- from the University of California, Santa Cruz, 5 years of intensive  
coaching and facilitation as director of coaching services at Steve  
Dudley Associates (http://www.stevedudleyassociates.com/),  
certification in permaculture design from the Regenerative Design  
Institute (http://www.regenerativedesign.org/), trainer certification  
with the Center for Leadership Studies (http://www.situational.com/),  
the co-active coaching fundamentals from the Coaches Training  
Institute (http://www.thecoaches.com/), completion of the 1-year  
Interchange counseling development program, the residential program at  
Wilderness Awareness School (http://www.wildernessawareness.org/), and  
studies at Tom Brown, Jr.’s Tracker School http://www.trackerschool.com/) 
. Recently, Christopher has been consulting with sustainability  
stakeholders and programs at the University of California and is  
excited to bring the new wave of Ecology of Leadership programs and  
events to the Bay Area and Southern California in 2009. Christopher  
also loves living in community, tending his garden and chickens,  
cavorting with bobcats visiting his yard on the edge of Santa Cruz,  
picking his mandolin at the local barn dance, and surfing one of his  
favorite point breaks. His website (http:// 
www.christopherkuntzsch.com/) has more information if you'd like to  
know more or contact him.


Ecology of Leadership Podcast

Hear Ecology of Leadership directors James Stark and Christopher  
Kuntzsch talk about the Ecology of Leadership program on a Sustainable  
World Radio podcast.


More Information

For more information click here. or visit www.regenerativedesign.org





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