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Submitted by Grifen on Fri, 12/02/2010 - 13:33.
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Those who are willing must choose transition now (Español)
Liora and Andy will make a live appearance to El Manzano via skype conference. Students of the Permaculture Design Course will have the opportunity to think and listen together with two of the plantes finest ecosocial regenerationists, and to explore the role of higher education and action learning in mobilising our people to engage in action for sustainability.
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Submitted by Grifen on Wed, 10/02/2010 - 21:21.
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If Money Rules the World Who Rule Money? (Español)
Margrit and Declan Kennedy will make a short appearance via live skype conference in El Manzano 26th of February 2010.
As a regional centre of the great re-capacitacion we exist to empower people in communities to redesign their life places. Redesigning money is at the heart of this process.
During the summer permaculture design course we will be exploring strategies for alternative economies and supporting students to apply solutions in their own communities.
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Submitted by Grifen on Fri, 15/01/2010 - 17:52.
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Getting Started in Permaculture (Español)
As we develop the Chilean branch of the Permaculture Research Institute, assiting people and communities to self organise for sustainability, we find ourselves working more and more in intensive design conversations. We are learning clearly that dreaming together is the first step, that by standing beside colleagues in conspiracy to design, we make sense together. Our consciousness is raised, and we can move on with a higher level of intention. What follows is a story from Enrique, participant in the a new community project Milenrama in the 5th region of Chile.
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Submitted by Grifen on Thu, 14/01/2010 - 04:14.
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Welcome Anne y Glenn (Español)
 Anne Poelina is Managing Director of Madjulla Inc, an Indigenous community organization that offers consultation in cultural education, research, training and evaluation.
She holds a PhD in Indigenous Mental Health, as well as Masters degrees in Indigenous Social Policy, Education and Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and is currently pursuing her post-doctoral degree with Gaia University.
Poelina is deeply involved in the struggle for Indigenous rights in Australia. Her main projects at the moment are the development of sustainable, holistic models of Indigenous management and models for integrated land and water management.
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Submitted by Grifen on Thu, 14/01/2010 - 03:54.
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Por Penny Livingston y James Stark (Español)
 Gaia University Associates Penny Livingston and James Stark are the founders of the Regenerative Design Institute
(RDI) in Bolinas, California. RDI has hosted a Gaia U orientation for
the last two years and is currently in development to become an
autonomous Regional Center in October of 2010.
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Submitted by Grifen on Thu, 14/01/2010 - 03:38.
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 Gaia University is thrilled to announce the launch of a new degree pathway offered in partnership with the City Repair Project
in Portland, Oregon. The City Repair pathway will be open to both
Masters and Bachelors Associates. City Repair members will serve as
specialist advisors for Associates, and will be intensively involved in
the first orientation for the program, which takes place in Portland in
May, 2010. The creation of the City Repair pathway is the first step in
the formation of an independent Portland-based Regional Center of Gaia
University.
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Submitted by Grifen on Thu, 14/01/2010 - 03:30.
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Participants from Five Continents in Attendance (Español) The first Gaia University orientation in the Virgin Islands came to a
close December 13th. It was the largest and most diverse group of new
Associates thus far, with people from five continents in attendance,
ranging in age from their late teens to mid-sixties.
The orientation took place at the Virgin Islands Sustainable Farms Institute
(VISFI), located on the island of St. Croix. VISFI is currently in
development to become one of an ever-growing number of linked Gaia
University Regional Centers. VISFI’s founder, Ben Jones, graduated from
the Gaia U OLE (Organizing Learning for EcoSocial Regeneration) pathway
this October.
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Submitted by Grifen on Thu, 14/01/2010 - 03:24.
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Incredible Growth and Redirection (Espanol)
 2009 has been a year of incredible growth and new direction for Gaia University and its Associates.
Early in the year, twenty-five Associates and organizers came together at the Huehuecoytl Ecovillage
in Mexico to share their goals and dreams for the project and
strategize about ways to bring them to fruition. We are happy to
announce that many of the visions that sprung from this gather-in have
been manifested, including the creation of this monthly newsletter,
which is meant to inform, inspire and connect the Gaia U network as
well as bring news of Gaia U activities and developments to the public
at large.
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Submitted by Grifen on Tue, 24/11/2009 - 22:10.
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UNPRECEDENTED CHANGES AND CHALLENGES
“The
changes and challenges we are currently facing are unprecedented. It is
to the Earth and the emergence of a new humanity that I dedicate my
service.”
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Submitted by Grifen on Tue, 24/11/2009 - 22:09.
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WHAT WATERSHED DO YOU LIVE IN
Do you know what watershed you live in? What soil type the earth beneath your feet is composed of? The migration patterns of the animals in your area? Bioregionalism considers this type of awareness fundamental to creating societies rooted in regenerative living practices. Last month, the 10th Continental Bioregional Congress was held at The Farm, an intentional community and eco-village in Summertown, Tennessee. Gaia U graduates Gregory Landua and Jennifer English partnered with the Cumberland Green Bioregional organization to make this Congress a reality.
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Submitted by Grifen on Tue, 24/11/2009 - 22:05.
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INTEGRACIÓN DE LA CULTURA Y LA ECOLOGÍA

The central theme of Gaia U Bachelors Associate Seda Saine’s work is the integration of culture and ecology. In his view, there is a very real cultural poverty created by the sense of separation from the natural world that most people in our society feel.
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Submitted by Grifen on Tue, 24/11/2009 - 22:04.
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NEW ASSOCIATES: ´´WE ARE INSPIRED´´
Sixteen new associates and twelve returning associates participated in
the most recent Gaia University orientation and end-of-year session,
held at The Farm in Tennessee from September 28 - October 4. Most associates stayed on to attend the 10th Continental Bioregional Congress, which you can read more about below.
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Submitted by Grifen on Thu, 29/10/2009 - 11:36.
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It has been said that we are the most useless generation that ever walked the earth (Hopkins, 2008). Our cosy western lifestyles have led us to reliance on the supermarket, and food transported thousands of kilometres around the planet. As we have chased economic growth at all costs, we have rejected a lifestyle where we had to take care of our own needs, and many of the basic skills that go along with resilient simple living. We forgot once common knowledge, common sense, like how to cook and preserve, to grow our own food, build our own homes, how to fix things when they break, how to live in community.
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Submitted by Grifen on Mon, 28/09/2009 - 19:49.
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 Solo faltan unos días para el comienzo del 10º Congreso Bioregional Continental. No pierdas la última oportunidad de inscribirte en este evento inspirador que se llevará a cabo en la Ecoealdea The Farm en Summertown, Tennessee, del 3 al 11 de octubre 2009. Los tarifas aumentarán en las últimas semanas antes del congreso.
La perspectiva bioregional recrea un amplio sentido compartido de identidad regional basada en la nueva conciencia del y hacia el respeto de la integridad de nuestras comunidades ecológicas.
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Submitted by Grifen on Mon, 28/09/2009 - 19:39.
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Asociado Destacado
Cambiando tu banco es una de las maneras más simples y eficaces de apoyar a tu comunidad local y poner fin a la utilización de tus fondos personales para proyectos destructivos. El Asociado de Pre-grado Kyle Thiermann, ha creado un sitio web y un documental dedicados a denunciar el desenfrenado mal uso de fondos de titulares de los bancos multinacionales. Kyle documentó un viaje a Chile, donde visitó un pueblo, cuya economía local y comunidad están siendo destruidos por las inversiones del sistema bancario internacional en la industria del carbón.
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