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Gaia Education promotes a holistic approach to education for sustainable development by developing curricula for sustainable community design. While drawing upon best practices within ecovillages worldwide, Gaia Education works in partnership with universities, ecovillages, government and non-government agencies and the United Nations.

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Gaia Education Design for Sustainability on-line Enrolling Now for 2010/2011 Programme

A 10-month virtual course based on the four core pillars of the Ecovillage Design Curriculum: the social, worldview, ecological and economic dimensions of sustainability. The curriculum draws on the experience and expertise developed in a network of some of the most successful ecovillages and community projects across the Earth.

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Gaia Education was created by a group of educators called "GEESE" (Global Ecovillage Educators for a Sustainable Earth) who have been meeting over a series of workshops in order to formulate their transdisciplinary approach to education for sustainability.

Ecovillages around the world offer valuable experiences and lessons about the design and creation of sustainable communities in rural and urban settings. Gaia Education is united in the effort to make the knowledge and skills developed in ecovillages accessible to a wide audience. Read more

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Siddharthvillage, Orissa, India
Konohama Family, Japan
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand
The Laughing Fish Eco-Homestead, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
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Kasteel Nieuwenhoven, Belgium
Keuruun, Finland
Tamera, Portugal
Findhorn, Scotland
Sieben Linden, Germany
UOC, Spain
Damanhur, Italy

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Brazil
Universidade Federal, Porto Alegre
Terra Una, Rio de Janeiro
Universidade Holística Internacional, Brasília Ecobairro, Salvador

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The Center for Creative Ecology at Kibbutz Lotan, Israel

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Crystal Waters, Australia

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GEN- Senegal, Africa

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