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We invite you to watch our thought-provoking #Glocalisers webinar series. From Fritjof Capra to Daniel Wahl and Monica Picavêa, these webinars hosted by global experts share valuable knowledge and actionable advice on sustainability issues.

Throughout 2018, we ran monthly webinars with our Glocalisers: globally-connected, forward-thinking individuals promoting locally adaptable and resource-conserving activities, carefully tailored to the biocultural uniqueness of each location.

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Gaia Education’s graduates have amazing stories to share, and Oscar Gussinyer Galceran is one of them. Oscar has been involved in sustainability for over two decades and with permaculture for the last 15 years. During these years Oscar has co-created communities, cooperatives and a social centre. In 2017 he took part in Gaia Education’s Training of Trainers (ToT) in Findhorn. Nowadays, he is dedicated to co-creative facilitation, community resilience, regenerative development and transformat…

Meet Steven England, an experienced practitioner/guide in meditation and mindfulness, and one of Gaia Education’s esteemed Changemakers. In 2016, Steve completed the Training of Trainers (ToT) course at Findhorn. In the same year, he took the Gaia Education Design for Sustainability course (GEDS). Through the Design Studio, Steve collaborated with others to produce The Art of Sustainability (AoS)—a creative forum towards sustainable thinking, through experiential educational events, facilita…

The 2018 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened from 9 to 18 July 2018, at UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting focused on the theme of “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies.” During the first week of the meeting, the Forum reviewed progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, with a focus on resilient societies. Thematic reviews took place on:

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Meet Juan Sebastián Cárdenas Salas, one of our many inspiring Changemakers. His consultancy aims to harmonise the fractures between human economics and natural ecology by viewing them within one interconnected system.

Seeing businesses in a new light

Juan is an evolutionary activist, Changemaker and current student of the Gaia Education Design for Sustainability (GEDS) e-learning programme, living in Medellin, Colombia.  Close to finishing the programme, Juan has inspirational id…

By May East

The case for cities supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is incredibly compelling. Cities generate their own wealth, shape local and often national policies and are spearheading a thrilling new vision of governance for the implementation of the SDGs. Some even say that in this century, it will be the city that becomes the nexus of economic and political power and ecological regeneration. In many cases city officials are responding to transnational problems more…

Since 2005, we have certified over 300 Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) courses, reaching over 17,000 students. The courses have taken place in many different settings, from intentional ecovillages to traditional communities, from urban slums to universities. One such unique environment is Damanhur ecovillage – an inspirational sustainable community in the Valchiusella valley, Italy.

The EDE course gives students skills in how to design a fair and sustainable society, encouraging them to b…

by Daniel Wahl

The Gaia Education ‘Design for Sustainability‘ (GEDS) course is structured around the whole system design framework that informs all of Gaia Education’s courses. It integrates four dimensions: social, economic, ecological and worldview and aims for systemic win-win-win solutions by design.

The material presented in the GEDS online course could be called a foundational training for people who want to play an active part in the Regeneration rising. It offers a systemic over…

Thank you dear Ross for your creative 80 years on this planet. Thank you dear Ross for being a conceptual and practical lead in the Global Ecovillage Network since its inception. In this more than 20 year movement, it is important to honor the uniqueness of Ross.

Ross’ recognition of the ways in which our lives connect with like-minded others ennobles and gives meaning to the everyday experience of our ecovillage creations. His way of holding an idea from a remote action-oriented di…