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Hey Griffen....that sounds awesome..ecohome workshops alive and well in Chile...On another note our BBE correspondence course is now NZQA official through a joint venture with Aoraki polytech in Timaru

Hi grifen - I'm hopeless - I've just seen this - will do
cheers Graeme

Kia Ora Grif,

Have just had time to read the gaia U stuff. Looks interesting and a way of formalising the individual courses that the various Ecovillage Networks were running already at Findhorn, Steyrberg and the Farm.
I like the emphasis on action-oriented learning -too much academic learning is sterile lectures and books and does not engage the heart and mind nor teach us much about earth ethics. I speak as one who taught in Universities and still gives the occasional lecture there on sustainable cities. I am connected with a Youth Environmental Forum here in Christchurch and the work done with them is much more hands on and directed by the students themselves.

I have been developing an idea of combining adventure tourism, social action and
earth centered sustainability education for the past few years. For an example go to
Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots Foundation. I believe that small teams of young people working together on projects, visiting more remote and so called resource poor areas and working alongside local people and communities, and seeing some of the issues first hand will influence them for life into being earth guardians or tohunga... At the moment it is haphazard as to how a young person may learn such things and link into the multitude of local and global organisations working on humanitarian, conservation and/or aid/development projects.

There is also a need to address how we can live here more sustainably in cities.
Perhaps a ROG programme in Aotearoa/Oceania can begin to address some of these issues. Any news from the Chile connection?

Doug C.

Grif

you got the email of all the course info?

Hey Dude,

Thanks for getting back in touch! I have been in hibernation a wee bit for the last month after the birth of my first baby boy! Hurrah! Would love to talk soon - as you say much to talk about. Am catching up at work at the mo, but feel free to email me with a taste of what's on your mind and will skype you up soon.

best wishes

Andy

Thanks for your reply.
I don't think i am interested in starting any course at this moment. What i find appealing is your call for committed people to start the ROG in NZ

Hello Grifen

What are the costs involved for potential participants in this event?

Kind regards

Tomas

An Invitation to join us in Chile
We are seeking to gather a pioneer group of talented and capable people with relevant experience to form two core organising groups for a new education and teaching paradigm, applying the Gaia University model as a foundation for an indigenous system in Chile, and in New Zealand / Australia. We are looking for; people committed to world change through practice that exemplifies the change they wish to see in the world and, social entrepreneurs passionate about the role of learning and change in the coming global transition.
We know it will be a big effort for you to travel to Chile, we will make it as easy as possible for you to join us!

Struth Grifen. Sorry I haven't really followed Gaia University well. Will try and read stuiff on it in the next couple of weeks but I am in Southland for a while.

Just Possible?! youll need more conviction than that man! ;)
Ill leave some posts in Gaia forum