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Gaia Education At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education

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Gaia Education At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education

Gaia Education promotes a holistic approach to education for sustainable development.

Gaia Education develops curricula for sustainable community design drawing

from good practice within ecovillages worldwide.

Gaia Education works in partnership with urban and rural communities, universities, ecovillages, government and non-

government agencies and the United Nations.


Origins of Gaia Education: Timeline

FjordvangDenmark 1998

Findhorn Scotland 2004

Galgafarm,Hungary 2005

Wongsanit Thailand 2007

Solheimer Iceland 2008

UMAPAZ Brazil 2010

Duemosegaard Denmark 2011

GEESEGlobal Ecovillage Educators

for a Sustainable Earth


What is an Ecovillage*?An energy-efficient settlement

An emission-free settlement

A quiet and beautiful settlement

A settlement which values water

A predominantly waste-free settlement

A settlement of healthy buildings

A settlement of native species and

productive plants

A settlement of creative conflict solving

A settlement of human values

A settlement of occupant responsibility

A settlement of diversity

A settlement on a human scale

A settlement of short distances

A settlement which uses as little space

as possible

*by Declan and Margritt Kennedy in 1999. www.gaiaeducation.net

EDE 9 Faces 10 LanguagesEcovillage design Education EDE: 125 hour course, carried out over 155 times in more than 34 countries on six continents since 2005. More than 5000 people have participated in these sustainable design courses.

Urban EDEIndigenous EDE

Vocational- EDE Slum3 Months Design Studio

Gaia Youth

Online Design for Sustainability Programmes: Online Post-Graduate by UOC in SpanishOn-line GEDS in English & Portuguese



Gaia Education Curriculum

Endorsement of UNITAR Official Contribution to UNDESD 2005-2014

Promoting a cross-cultural integration of the values inherent in sustainable development into all aspects of learning- learning to be, learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together, and learning to transform oneself and society


Gaia Education “Learn how to Design with the Best

Experts of Carbon-Constrained Life-styles”


•Construction of a solar water chatcher with PET bottles.

•Cooperatives, alternative currencies and exchanges as economic alternatives.

•Natural Building techniques with Cob.

•SARAR methodology to solve sanitation issues and rainwater harvesting.

Mexico Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage


United States Dancing Rabbit

•Vision Quest

•InterPlay: group connecting 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 of activities of which 192 were curricular, 152 theory, 40 of a residential internship and 8 in open especial events.

Argentina Espacio ECO


• “This program had excellent facilitators; the environment was very inspiring and relevant. The biggest strengths I found was the experiential element of learning.”

•I” have learnt more about the real life challenges of community life and gained an appreciation for the qualities and actions that help a community become successful, particularly solidarity.”

Italy Federation of Damanhur


•56 hours of theoretical-practical lessons, holistic design processes and 20 hours of practical community living training at the El Nagual Ecovillage.

•Economic Dimesion: Solidarity and Love Economy & Social Business and youth entrepreneurship.

•Social dimension: Art, Ritual, & Social Transformation. simplicity and self-sufficiency

•Worldview Dimension: Changing the paradigm of Education.

Brazil Gaia Youth Cocriare


• 24 participants representing 13 tribal women organisations.• EDE for indigenous people.•Permaculture, cooperatives and barter systems.•Deep understanding of respect and values

India Orissa


•Participants 14 countries from 20 to 60 years old.•Group games, participatory exercises, language comprehension and learning styles. •Creating mini cob houses•Facing global challenges with innovative solutions.•Looking at economic pitfalls and possibilities of our times.•Sociocracy & Group decisionmaking

Scotland Findhorn Ecovillage


Chile El Manzano

• Permaculture hands-on experience• Dragon Dreaming training• Design of human scale settlements• Leadership, facilitation & communication www.gaiaeducation.net

•32 participants : 11 women and 21 Men, Christians, Muslims and a full representation of all tribes in the Village. Age ranged from 19 to 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 in the Village •Workshops on Non Violent Communication & Women support groups.•Celebration in the form of singing, dancing and games.

The Gambia Kartong ecovillage


“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-line Programmes

• Gaia Education Design for Sustainability - GEDS (English)

By Open University Catalonia (UOC)• Post- graduate programme- GEDS (Spanish)By Spanish Open University Catalonia (UOC)

• Gaia Education Design for Sustainability - GEDS (Portuguese)

By Gaia Education


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Gaia Education (UK) year '10/11 - est spend at 10 May '11

Academic Partnerships

• Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul• UOC Post Graduate• Master on Design for Sustainability Herriot

Watt• Living Routes- Certified Programmes• Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e

Tecnologias- Master Degree


Publications:4 Keys Patronage & Foreword by UNESCO

Languages: English & Spanish

www.gaiaeducation.netMore information about the 4 keys here

http://www.gaiaeducation.net/index.php/en/publications/4-keys.html

Publications: Curriculum & Manuals


Gaia Youth Activities Guide

Teacher´s ManualEDE Curriculum

Available at Gaia Education Web Page & Kindle Store

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