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Gaia Jovem: harnessing the power and vitality of youth
Gaia Jovem is the pilot project for implementing the Gaia Education pedagogy with youth in Brazil.
By Aline Satyan, facilitator of Gaia Jovem Brazil |
In the transition from mere ‘sustainability’ to a ‘regenerative culture’ perspective, youth is a key factor. The future is for them and we, as facilitators, need to be led and directed by the inspirations and drivers of young people of the world.
The Gaia Jovem project emerged from the Ecovillage Design Education programme…
Whole Systems Approach to Ecological Design
Excerpt from the Ecological Design dimension of Gaia Education’s online course in ‘Design for Sustainability’
Before looking at applied and tested solutions in the areas of energy, food, water, and building, it is essential to explore and understand a whole systems framework for design that reminds us to link products, to buildings, to communities, industrial systems, cities, bioregions and into national and global collaboration. Design for sustainability is about creating synergies between…
“Civilization 2.0”
Article Series: Ecological Design for Sustainable and Regenerative Futures. Read about the series below.
By Albert Bates |
Suppose everyone in the world planted one tree every day. How long would it take to restore the carbon balance? My co-workers and I at the Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology have done this calculation a number of different ways. The simple answer is that if everyone in the world planted one tree each day, by the end of the second year, the sequestered …
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UNESCO launches mid-term report: “Education for Sustainable Development: Partners in Action”
The Global Action Programme mid-term report has been developed and is now available online.
UNESCO launched today the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development mid-term report, entitled “Education for Sustainable Development: Partners in Action”.
It includes infographics illustrating key achievements at the halfway mark of the GAP, based on GAP 90 Key Partners’ contributions.
The Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a concr…
The School Garden
Sewing the Sustainable Development Goals into the grounds of Education. Exploring the benefits that can be unleashed when a school garden combines with the classroom, a non negotiable way to imbibe the fundamental underpinning of all the SDGs into education.
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals aim to end poverty, food insecurity, inequality, prejudice, exclusion and environmental degradation while fostering among all humans the belief in global citizen…
Funding granted by Scottish Government to Youth-led Regenerative Farming and Income Generation project in Zambia
Our students create transformational change around the world. Join the next round of the Gaia Education Design for Sustainability online courses.
By Giovanni Ciarlo
I am often asked: who takes the Gaia Education courses? Where do they come from? And, what can they do with the learning?
The answers actually amaze me, and they should also impress anyone looking for new skills and ways of thinking globally while acting locally.
In the 2016-17 online Gaia Education Design for Sustainability …
GEDS Graduates design skills applied in the wider complexity of bioregions
Our students create transformational change around the world. Join the next round of the Gaia Education Design for Sustainability online courses.
By Giovanni Ciarlo
I am often asked: who takes the Gaia Education courses? Where do they come from? And, what can they do with the learning?
The answers actually amaze me, and they should also impress anyone looking for new skills and ways of thinking globally while acting locally.
In the 2016-17 online Gaia Education Design for…
Welcoming a new generation of Gaia Education Certified Trainers
Gaia Education starts a new term with a new generation of certified trainers who have completed the learning journey. Join a ToT and become a trainer yourself!
By Ginny Gegg |
As migratory geese fly southwards in preparation for the colder months, our own flock of GEESE is returning for the beginning of this term and their numbers have increased. We extend a warm welcome to a new generation of Gaia Education Certified Trainers with a renewed set of competences, knowledge and sk…
Regional development as the third wave of eco-social innovation
Tackling environmental, economic and social challenges with new viable alternatives.
By Daniel Wahl.
All around us environmental, social and economic crises are converging at local, regional and global scales. It is becoming self-evident that the side effects of the globalising, neoliberal development model are neither good for most people nor the planet. Something needs to change. The writing has been on the wall for a number of decades, and the number of people involved in protot…