LIST OF THEMES FOR LECTURES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES, NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS
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. Â |
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; –Â 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 |
The course leaders will be staff from the organization “Change the Worldâ€. The language can be Norwegian, English, Spanish or French.