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EVENT: Ecovillages as campuses for sustainability education and social change
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Oct 22nd, 2006 - 14:46:35 |
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"Ecovillages as campuses for sustainability education and social change"
Tuesday, Oct. 24th, 7pm, EcoVillage Common House -first neighborhood
Rachel Carson Way, Ithaca NY
Ecovillages are communities striving to model sustainable development -
ecologically, socially, culturally, and spiritually. From appropriate
technologies to holistic health; from sustainable agriculture to group
facilitation, ecovillages are integrating solutions within human-scale
communities and creating new cultures and "stories" in which we can live
well and lightly. Come learn about the growing ecovillage movement worldwide
(e.g., Findhorn, Scotland; Auroville, India; and Sirius, MA) and explore the
possibilities and challenges of using these communities as sites for
education and social change.
Daniel Greenberg has studied and directed community-based educational
programs for over 17 years. He visited and corresponded with over 200 U.S.
intentional communities for his Ph.D. dissertation on children and education
in community, and later spent a year at Findhorn in Scotland working with
children and families there. He is founder and Executive Director of Living
Routes, which partners with UMass-Amherst to develop accredited
ecovillage-based education programs that promote sustainability. He lives
at the Sirius Community in Shutesbury, Massachusetts with his wife, Monique
and their two daughters, Simone and Pema.
Living Routes
Study Abroad Programs for a Sustainable Future
UMass Amherst-accredited January, Summer, Semester and Year Abroad programs
in Ecovillages worldwide
http://www.livingroutes.org
Study Abroad in Ecovillages, or sustainable communities, where issues of
ecological sustainability and social justice meet. In Ecovillages around the
world, people are creating and modeling sustainable lifestyles in harmony
with their local environments - restoring ecosystems and habitat, developing
participatory models of governance, growing Fair-traded organic food,
building "green" homes, and utilizing renewable resources such as wind and
solar energy.
These communities provide ideal "campuses" to immerse yourself in
academic,experiential and service learning about sustainability, and prepare
for lives and careers that make a difference.
Living Routes offers accredited study abroad programs (January, Summer,
Semester and Year Abroad) with integrated Service Learning in Ecovillages in
India, Scotland, Senegal, Brazil, Peru, Mexico and the U.S All Living
Routes programs contain an intergrated Service Learning component. Students
receive an academic transcript from UMass Amherst, and academic credit is
widely transferable to colleges and universities throughout the U.S.
Earn 4 or 16 academic credits as you:
* Learn about the indigenous use of medicinal plants and intern in teaching
in southern India
* Study Human Ecology, help regenerate forests, and live on a
self-sufficient island in Scotland
* Get hands-on experience in sustainable development and build fluency in
French in Senegal
* Build a super adobe house, learn organic farming and dance Capoiera in
tropical Brazil
* Become a skilled consensus facilitator & leader for social change in the
volcano belt of Mexico
* Design ecological homesteads/landscapes with expert faculty in beautiful
western Mass.
* Learn how Amazonian Fair Trade Coffee coops protect biodiversity and a
living wage in Peru
To learn what students learn and experience day-to-day on one of our
programs, check out our student Blogs at
http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblog.php
Please feel free to pass
this information on to Listservs, faculty, and students you think might be
interested in our programs.We accept students on a rolling admissions basis.
For an application, please go to
http://www.livingroutes.org/admissions/apply.htm
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