Humanure Composting

Gaia University Orientation & Degree Programs

Integrative EcoSocial Design / Organizing Learning for

EcoSocial Regeneration / Open Topic

Hosted by the Sustainable Farm Institute, U.S. Virgin Islands

Dec 1 - 13, 2009

For more information visit www.gaiauniversity.org

What is Gaia University?

Gaia University is a growing institution for higher learning with a unique approach.  Our students (called associates) are able to earn accredited Bachelors & Masters degrees and Graduate Diplomas whilst being actively engaged in self and planetary transformation and ecosocial regeneration.

How it Works

Gaia U is based on a methodology called action learning and is guided by the principles of Earth Care, People Care, & Fair Share.  Within that framework, associates work on self-chosen, self-directed projects anywhere in the world they wish, documenting their outcomes and their learning process along the way.  Throughout their program, they are supported by a worldwide network of learning providers, advisors and mentors and a collaborative online E-learning environment. 

Cultivating World Changers

Fusing passion and vision with self-directed practical experience, associates thus initiate and nurture local and global sustainability, regeneration, justice and peace. And they refine themselves to become effective world changers.


Degree Programs

Integrative EcoSocial Design (IESD) BSc, MSc, GD*
For those wanting to integrate ecological and social aspects of design into projects that focus on ecosystems, societies, communities, technologies, and personal lifestyles.

Organizing Learning for EcoSocial Regeneration (OLE) MSc, GD
For those interested in applied organizational learning and design. Some people focus on the development of a GU regional center as their primary project.

Open Topic (OT) BSc, MSc, GD
For those who are working at a strategic level as world changers and want to design their own program topic.

*GD  Post Masters Graduate Diploma


Dates

Orientation Workshop: Dec 1-8, 2009
Extension Workshop (IESD & OLE): Dec 9 - 13, 2009
Closing workshop year: Dec, 2010
Closing workshop year 2 & Gradutation: Dec, 2011

Re-Evaluation Counseling Fundamentals

Workshop (optional / open to the public): Dec 14 - 17, 2009


Venue: Sustainable Farm Institute, U.S. Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute is over one hundred acres of rolling green hills and valleys nestled in the highlands of the northwest corner of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. VISFI promotes the development of agroecology: an innovative field of agriculture that enjoins productivity with resource conservation, using ecological and indiginous management models to create sustainable life systems. We believe local, organic agriculture and a practical educational experience are the first steps toward building vital communities and achieving long term sustainability within a healthy environment. These beliefs led to the establishment of our Four Pillars: Education, Sustainability, Community, and Environment. We use these focal points to guide decisions that will promote our farm’s vision. For more information visit www.visfi.org


Instructors & Facilitators

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

Andrew Langford and Liora Adler have spent the last 35 years working to create projects and tools to address the personal, social, and global transformation of our times. 


Andrew Langford, MSc and PCDip

Gaia University Co-founder and President - www.gaiauniversity.org
Founder of the Permaculture Association of Britain and lead designer of the Permaculture Diploma WorkNet - www.permaculture.org.uk
Global Village Institute, Board Member - www.i4at.org

Andrew brought Permaculture to the UK in 1986 and initiated the Permaculture Association of Britain, as well as the Permaculture Diploma WorkNet upon which the design of Gaia University is based. He has been active in the European permaculture and ecovillage networks, is a member of the European Permaculture Council and has served on the European Council of the Global Ecovillage Network. 

Alejandra Liora Adler. MEd.

Gaia University Co-Founder and President - www.gaiauniversity.org
Global Ecovillage Network International Advisory Council and UN Representative - www.ecovillage.org
Global Village Institute Vice-President - www.i4at.org
Bioregional Coordinating Council - www.bioregional-congress.org

Liora has focused on the human architecture underlying ecovillages and other social change groups. She has shared her experience and knowledge in 30 countries, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Ecovillage Network, its representative to the UN, and as a co-founder of two ecovillage projects in Latin America, Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage in Mexico and La Caravana Arcoiris por la Paz, a mobile project, now in its 12th year, and in Brazil.

More Information

To apply for and register in these programs, please visit: www.gaiauniversity.org
e-mail: info@gaiauniversity.org

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