2008 African Women and Water Training
Building Relationships and Self Reliance to Support Tech Transfer
the African Women and Water Program. This is an annual 5-day gathering that provides thirty African women with the tools to implement a water service project from start to finish. The conference design is holistic, in that women not only share proven and appropriate water technologies, but they share valuable organizational skills and strategies to full ...learn more
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Alan Rafael Seid
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About
For more information about my work, see www.alanseid.com
About me:
About me:
- grew up bilingual/bicultural in Mexico City, Mexico, until the age of 14
- Self-designed interdisciplinary undergrad major in Sustainability (1993)
- Began with an interest in tools, skills, processes, practices & methodologies for sustainable and integral living
- Began applying Joe Dominguez's 9 Step Program for personal financial transformation in 1992 at the age of 21, which led to
- From 1998 to 2005 took 7 years off from paid employment to (1) full-time explore, learn, develop skills in sustainable living tools, processes, & practices, (2) work on myself (eg: sit meditation courses), and (3) engage in an extensive land-search which led to some residential intentional community experiences, and purchasing a former retreat center: Bodhi Creek Farm, 25 acres in the foothills of Washington State's North Cascades, with the intention of forming a sustainability learning center
- Currently practicing permaculture on Bodhi Creek Farm with a focus on edible forest gardens and permaculture-based forestry
- I have a facility for articulating other people's work to groups, and currently teach 5 workshops:
- Nonviolent Communication (NVC) (originated by Marshall Rosenberg),
which I prefer to call "Empowered Communication" - an excellent tool for creating mutual understanding without coercion, preventing and resolving conflicts, and finding common ground through our shared humanity; (Certified Trainer); - Permaculture Design (originated by Bill Mollison & David Holmgren),
an ecological design system for human households and settlements based on working with, rather than against, nature, including but not limited to an emphasis on food systems that mimic the way natural ecosystems work;
- Financial Integrity (FI) (originated by Joe Dominguez),
a practical and proven integrated approach to transforming personal finances, work, and consumption patterns; a tool for creating a relationship with the energy we call money that is clear and empowered; helps us navigate not only our own issues in relation to money, but also a culture and society that is confused and confusing in this area; a micro tool with macro ripple effects;
- Integral Sustainability (based on Ken Wilber's Integral Model),
starting with the conceptual framework from the most widely read and influential of contemporary American philosophers, a man referred to as "the Einstein of consciousness" and who has done the most, of anyone I'm aware of, to integrate East and West, North and South, premodern-modern-postmodern, Science and Spirituality -- so we start with a guided tour of all that -- and then look at how this might, can, and does inform sustainability work and initiatives;
- The 8-Shields/Acorn Model (as taught by Jon Young)
a universal pattern that can be used as an organizational structure, a checklist for events, a flowchart for projects, and much more; fun and effective;
(I've taught these workshops to hundreds of individuals, groups, organizations, institutions, boards, communities, and college classes, starting with the FI workshops in 1994 and have added more to my repertoire as I've integrated those bodies of work; my 7 years off from paid work from 1998 to 2005 [see above] were key in this process)
- Nonviolent Communication (NVC) (originated by Marshall Rosenberg),
- I also offer conflict mediation, meeting facilitation, and communication skills training for individuals, couples & families, through Cascadia Training & Mediation: www.cascadiatraining.com.
- I am President of the Board of the New Road Map Foundation, which disseminates the Financial Integrity Program (see above, and www.newroadmap.org)
- I serve as Regional Executive Director for the Pacific Northwest Region of SGLA (Sustainable Global Leadership Alliance), an organization that delivers leadership programs for youth, focused on sustainability work. See: www.sgla.org.
- If you think I can be of use to you, your organization or your project, please don't hesitate to contact me; I'd love to talk
- If you are in the area and would like to come visit, get in touch with me!
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Remove AlanSeid over 2 years ago
Hi Tim. Responding via email. ~A
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Hey Alan!
Thanks for the props on my profile. I'm really curious about the idea of Financial Integrity. How does this apply to individuals?? to business?? I'm becoming highly conscious of where the money that I spend ends up (local, responsible companies vs foreign nasty ones). Any more info you can provide would be great! Peace, Tim |
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