World Change Conference - Permaculture + Leadership - Joanna Macy, Jon Young and More

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World Change Conference - April 24 - May 2, Berkeley, CA

 

Just a quick reminder that the early registration deadline

for our World Change Conference is coming up rapidly on

April 1st. Save $700 by signing up before April 1st!

 

Common Circle Education is thrilled to announce a powerful

week-long experiential intensive for people wanting to take an

active, empowered role to bring about a thriving, beautiful,

sustainable world.

 

We are bringing together some of the greatest teachers of

our time in a nine-day intensive course:

 

- Joanna Macy (joannamacy.net)

- Jon Young (8shields.org)

- Christopher Kuntzsch (christopherkuntzsch.com)

- James Stark (regenerativedesign.org)

- John Kinyon (johnkinyon.com)

- Shaktari Belew (honoringalllife.org)

- Starhawk (starhawk.org)

- Kevin Danaher (globalexchange.org)

- Richard Register (ecocitybuilders.org)

-- and more!

 

The core components of this course will be:

- Work That Reconnects

- Theory of Spiral Dynamics

- Conflict Mediation through NVC

- Ecology of Leadership

- Eight Shields Model of Mentoring

- Transition Town Training

- and much more!

 

When: Saturday April 24 - Sunday May 2nd

 

Cost: $695 (register before April 1st)

$895 (register between April 1-April 15th)

$1395 (regular rate)

 

Registration: http://commoncircle.com/wcc-apply

 

Where: Common Circle Education, 2130 Center in Berkeley

 

" If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am

convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for

this life is even greater than their fear. " - Joanna Macy

 

About the Conference Components:

 

- THE WORK THAT RECONNECTS

The Work That Reconnects is a pioneering form of group work

that began in the 1970s. It demonstrates our interconnectedness

in the web of life and our authority to take action on its behalf.

It has helped many thousands around the globe find insight,

solidarity, and courage to act, despite rapidly worsening

conditions. Based on systems theory, spiritual teachings, and

deep ecology.

 

- EIGHT SHIELDS MENTORING AND NATURE CONNECTION

The 8 shields mentoring model is based on the patterns that can

be observed in nature. It models these cycles in a way that allows

the observer to categorize these patterns and apply them in a

variety of settings. This mentoring approach is very effective at

mapping the flow of learning. This model is also used for

organizing effective team interactions and cultural processes

within community, educational, business, and many other settings.

 

- THEORY OF SPIRAL DYNAMICS

Spiral Dynamics is a theory of human development based on the

idea that human nature is not fixed: humans are able, when

forced by life conditions, to adapt to their environment by

constructing new, more complex, conceptual models of the world

that allow them to handle the new problems. Each new model

includes and transcends all previous models.

 

- MEDIATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE USING NVC

This workshop gives an introduction to our training program that

strengthens your abilities to apply the skills of Nonviolent

Communication (NVC) to all aspects of conflict - inner and outer,

in your own life as well as others’, and in all types of conflict

situations – from business/organizational to personal, family and

community relationships. Emphasis is placed on seeing one’s

relationship with conflict as a life practice of returning to

presence (i.e. mindful awareness) and mediating from empathic

connection with the needs of self and others and making clear,

“doable†requests to meet the needs of all compassionately.

 

- DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE AND THRIVING CITIES

How can we focus on reshaping cities, towns and villages for long

term health of human and natural systems? By returning healthy

biodiversity to the heart of our cities, agriculture to gardens and

the streets, and convenience and pleasure to walking, bicycling

and transit. We visualize a future in which waterways in

neighborhood environments and prosperous downtown centers

are opened for curious children, fish, frogs and dragonflies. We

will learn about building thriving neighborhood centers while

reversing sprawl development, to build whole cities based on

human needs and “access by proximity†rather than cities built in

the current pattern of automobile driven excess, wasteful

consumption and the destruction of the biosphere.

 

- COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND TRANSITION TOWNS

The Transition Town process supports communityâ€led responses to

peak oil and climate change, building resilience and happiness.

Central to the Transition Town movement is the idea that a life

without oil could in fact be far more enjoyable and fulfilling as

the coming post-cheap oil era is an opportunity rather than a

threat, and we can design the future low carbon age to be

thriving, resilient and abundant — somewhere much better to

live than our current alienated consumer culture.

 

- THE ECOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP

Ecology of Leadership programs have served hundreds of non-

profit leaders, community activists, eco-social entrepreneurs,

and other conscious change-makers, in deepening their paths

of service and the effectiveness and fulfillment with which they

bring their gifts, visions, and passions into their lives,

organizations, communities, and the world.

 

During this 1-day intensive, you will have the opportunity to

touch into the essence, core principles, and practices of the

Ecology of Leadership journey, which integrates pathways for

self-awareness and nature-connection with principles of

regenerative systems thinking and Permaculture.

 

Come and take part in germinating a new paradigm of

regenerative, heart-centered, nature-sourced leadership and

learn how engaging this unique and transformative model

could support you in stepping more powerfully into your gifts,

your passions and more firmly onto your path of service in the

world.

 

- ACCELERATING TRANSITION TO GREEN ECONOMY

The green economy is growing at a rapid rate and will

increasingly challenge the existing, unsustainable economy.

Evidence of this paradigm shift can be seen in growing

consumer demand for nature-friendly products, huge

investments in renewable energy and clean-tech sectors,

and more corporate leaders acknowledging social/environmental

responsibility as a competitive advantage.

 

Due to the complexity of logistics of this event, schedule and

speakers are subject to change.

 

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