Gaia Education_Sustainability Education

Gaia Education
At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education
www.gaiaeducation.net

Gaia Education
At the Cutting-Edge of SustainabilityEducation
GaiaEducationpromotesa holisticapproachtoeducationfor
sustainabledevelopment.
GaiaEducationdevelopscurriculaforsustainablecommunitydesign drawing
fromgoodpracticewithin ecovillages worldwide.
GaiaEducationworksin partnershipwithurbanandruralcommunities, universities,ecovillages, government and
non-governmentagencies andthe United Nations.

Origins of GaiaEducation:Timeline
Fjordvang
Denmark 1998
Findhorn
Scotland 2004
Galgafarm,
Hungary 2005
Wongsanit
Thailand 2007
Solheimer
Iceland 2008
UMAPAZ
Brazil 2010
Duemosegaard
Denmark 2011

GEESE
GlobalEcovillageEducators
for a SustainableEarth

What isan Ecovillage*?
Anenergy-efficientsettlement
An emission-freesettlement
A quiet andbeautiful settlement
A settlementwhichvalueswater
A predominantlywaste-freesettlement
A settlementofhealthybuildings
A settlementofnativespeciesand
productiveplants
A settlementofcreativeconflictsolving
A settlementofhumanvalues
Asettlement ofoccupant responsibility
Asettlement ofdiversity
Asettlement on a human scale
Asettlement ofshort distances
Asettlement which uses as little space
as possible
*byDeclanandMargrittKennedyin1999.

EDE 9 Faces10 Languages
Ecovillagedesign EducationEDE:125hourcourse,carried outover 155timesin morethan34
countriesonsix continentssince2005.Morethan5000peoplehaveparticipatedin these
sustainabledesign courses.
UrbanEDE
Indigenous EDE
Vocational-EDESlum
3 MonthsDesign Studio
GaiaYouth
OnlineDesignfor SustainabilityProgrammes:
OnlinePost-GraduatebyUOC in Spanish
On-lineGEDSin English & Portuguese

GaiaEducation Curriculum

Endorsement ofUNITAR
Official Contribution to UNDESD 2005-2014
Promoting a cross-culturalintegration of the values
inherentinsustainable development into all aspects of learning-
learning to be,learning toknow, learning todo, learning tolive together, and learning totransform oneself
and society

GaiaEducation
“Learn how toDesign with the Best Expertsof
Carbon-ConstrainedLife-styles”

•Construction ofa solar water chatcher with PET bottles.
•Cooperatives, alternative currencies andexchanges as economic alternatives.
•Natural Building techniques with Cob.
•SARARmethodology tosolve sanitation issues andrainwater harvesting.
Mexico HuehuecoyotlEcovillage

United StatesDancingRabbit
•Vision Quest
•InterPlay: groupconnecting and
personal growth through embodiment
exercises.
•Project with a community business,
analyzing the local waste stream for
“upcycling” potential.
•Economics for intentional communities.
•Natural building practicum
•Food lectures.

• 3 design projects: urban,local &bioregional.
•25 educators from national and international origins
•200 hours ofactivities ofwhich 192 were curricular, 152 theory, 40 ofa
residential internship and8 in open especial events.
Argentina Espacio ECO

• “Thisprogramhadexcellent facilitators;theenvironment wasvery
inspiringandrelevant.Thebiggest strengths Ifoundwasthe
experiential element oflearning.”
•I”havelearntmoreaboutthereallifechallenges ofcommunity lifeand
gainedanappreciationforthequalities andactionsthathelpa
community become successful, particularlysolidarity.”
Italy Federation of Damanhur

•56 hoursoftheoretical-practical lessons, holistic design processes and
20 hours of practical community living trainingat the El Nagual Ecovillage.
•Economic Dimesion: Solidarity and Love Economy & Social Business
andyouth entrepreneurship.
•Social dimension: Art, Ritual, & Social Transformation. simplicity and
self-sufficiency
•Worldview Dimension: Changing the paradigm ofEducation.
Brazil Gaia Youth Cocriare

• 24 participants representing 13 tribal women organisations.
• EDEfor indigenous people.
•Permaculture, cooperatives andbarter systems.
•Deep understanding ofrespect andvalues
India Orissa

•Participants 14 countries from20 to60 years old.
•Group games, participatory exercises, language comprehension andlearning styles.
•Creating mini cob houses
•Facing global challenges with innovative solutions.
•Looking at economic pitfalls andpossibilities ofourtimes.
•Sociocracy & Groupdecisionmaking
ScotlandFindhorn Ecovillage

ChileEl Manzano
• Permaculturehands-on experience
•Dragon Dreamingtraining
•Design of human scale settlements
•Leadership, facilitation & communication

•32 participants : 11 women and 21 Men, Christians, Muslims and a full representation of all tribes in the Village. Age
ranged from 19to 57.
•Outcomes: to develop a plan for the Tourism Development of the area.
•Economic dimension: Wealth Indicators activity.
•Social dimension: support the existing social structures inthe Village
•Workshops on Non Violent Communication & Womensupport groups.
•Celebration in the form of singing, dancing and games.
The Gambia Kartongecovillage

“It’s incredible. It’s life changing. I think you’d be hard
pressed to find someone that came here and didn’t
learn something about themselves. I think you can
learn something from every experience in the EDE
course.”
Nicaragua InanItah
Matt Corso, 23

On-lineProgrammes
• GaiaEducationDesign forSustainability-GEDS(English)
ByOpen University Catalonia(UOC)
• Post-graduateprogramme-GEDS(Spanish)
BySpanish Open University Catalonia(UOC)
• GaiaEducationDesign forSustainability-GEDS(Portuguese)
ByGaiaEducation

Academic Partnerships
• Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
• UOC Post Graduate
• Masteron Design for Sustainability Herriot Watt
• Living Routes- Certified Programmes
• Universidade Lusófona deHumanidades eTecnologias- MasterDegree

Publications:
4 Keys Patronage&ForewordbyUNESCO
Languages:English&Spanish
More information about the 4keyshere

Publications:Curriculum& Manuals
Gaia Youth Activities Guide Teacher´s ManualEDE Curriculum
Available at Gaia Education Web Page & Kindle Store

Gaia Education Online channels
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7´213followers https://www.facebook.com/GaiaEducation
484followers https://twitter.com/GaiaEducation
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