Development Model and N/S thematic | Sustainable Design Systems | Alternative Solutions | Alternative Economic Systems | Cultural Diversity & Personal Development | Group /Team Work | Sustainable Human Settlements |
Current state of the planet and our responsibility in this crisis. | What is permaculture? Concepts, history and ethics | Transforming waste into resources - compost - water cleansing and filtration -ecosan | Alternative Economic Systems | Approaching a different culture | Conflict solution & decision-making through consensus. | Ecovillages around the world |
Globalization and the North/South thematic. Practical: Foreign aid; role-play and exercises. | Permaculture principles. Zones and sectors in the permacultural design. | Renewable energies; solar, hydraulic and eolic power. | Micro-finance systems | Spirituality and ethnic cosmogonies | - Collective cooperation towards a common goal - collective and private spaces | Examples of sustainable development; - Eco areas and neighbourhoods. Ecocentre. |
Foreign aid from the locals’ perspective. The fight on poverty. | The natural resources and the elements of permacultural design. Natural patterns and cycles. | Adaption and innovation within the technologies | Solidary economy | Self development | From vision to concretization of ideas on a development project | GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) & ENA (Ecovillage Network of the Americas) |
Sustainable development. Development based on human values. | Ecologic forestry and agricultural systems designed following permacultural principles. | Structures, natural and alternative building-methods | (LETS) Local Exchange Trading Systems | Cultural translation | From small to big; From a local to a bioregional perspective | Networks of alternative movements around the world Transition Town |
Formation and Training
