[Capacity Development] Capacity Development - Sustainability

[EDE Thailand - Paola]

Dear Friends,

ECOVILLAGE DESIGN EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF TRAINERS, THAILAND

17 JANUARY TO 6 MARCH 2011


Wongsanit Ashram is pleased to invite you to our 4^th  annual Ecovillage 
Design Education (EDE) and Training of Trainers (TOT) courses, holistic 
and participatory courses in social, ecological and econmical 
sustainability.

Promoting a more holistic and interconnected way of life, EDE courses 
are run in many different urban and rural contexts around the world. 
Founded by Gaia Education, EDE has become the predominant course for 
those interested in understanding, exploring, joining and/or (re-) 
forming their own ecovillage.

The 4 dimensions of the EDE -- *Social Design*, *Worldview*, *Economic 
Design* and *Ecological Design* -- take participants on an experiential 
learning journey where heads, hearts and hands come together in an 
exploration & inquiry into community & ecovillage design.

Setting the Thailand EDE apart, a 5^th  week, *Design Studio*, offers 
participants the opportunity to apply knowledge learnt and insight 
gained over the previous 4 weeks on an actual site design project. 
Following a process of participatory action research & development 
(*PAR*), participants design sustainability into an existing Thai 
village or design a new project from the ground up.

The Thailand EDE, taught in English, weaves *traditional knowledge* of 
indigenous cultures from Asia with the new, *emerging paradigms* of 
intentional communities from the West.

In the follow-on *Training of Trainers* course, prepare to be 
enlightened in an innovative approach towards creating & facilitating 
transformative learning experiences. As with the EDE, the TOT is an 
experiential and participative course.

Download the brochure and further information here: www.sulak-sivaraksa.org

If you have any further questions or require further information, please 
don't hesitate to contact me.

We look forward to seeing you here!

With best wishes,

Paola & The EDE Thailand Team


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