A whole systems immersion experience of ecovillage living, together with classes of instruction, access to information, tools and resources, and on-site and off-site consulting and outreach experiences.



ETC hosts courses with a mix of paying participants and social justice participants. Trainees from all over the world include Russian exchange students (Ecoville), disadvantaged and homeless children (Kids to the Country), students from Mexico and Central America, Israeli Kibbutzniks, and Native Americans. Social justice participants are drawn principally from the surrounding 8-state mid-South region, with special focus on Nashville and Davidson County, where the Center works with the Green Neighborhoods Project and Earth Matters Tennessee. Thirty to 50 social justice program trainees take part in the program each year, with thousands of community residents affected.



We are always exploring ways that others, particularly corporate and foundation sponsors, can participate in the further development of our training and demonstration programs. Our immediate need is for sponsors and donors to help us help incipient ecovillage experime nts throughout the world. An immediate goal is to foster the growth of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and, specifically, its regional office for the Americas, The Ecovillage Network of the Americas (ENA).