Wongsanit Ashram has released the 2011 dates of it annual Ecovillage Design Education & Training of Trainers course.
The four week Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course, held at the Ashram and taught in English, is unique in that it blends the wisdom and indigenous knowledge of traditional communities in Asia with the wisdom of new, emerging paradigms of intentional communities of the West.
For the second year running, this EDE will include a 5th week –
Design Studio. The Design Studio week is the culmination of the previous
4 weeks of learning’s -participants will work on an actual design site
where they will have an opportunity to apply their knowledge and insight
gained. A choice of working with either an existing Thai village or on a
new design will be offered. In the case of the former, knowledge of
the community is drawn using a process of participatory action research
(PAR). This knowledge is then built upon towards sustainable development
of the village. In the case of the new design, open ended creativity is
encouraged in a process of designing from the ground up.
The EDE and Design Studio course is followed by a two week Training of
Trainers course. Here participants will be taught an innovative approach
for creating and organising learning experiences. The TOT is aimed at
participants of the EDE interested in becoming trainers in the field of
ecovillage design.
All three courses – EDE, Design Studio and TOT are experiential and
participatory in nature, integrating heads, hands and hearts in a
holistic learning experience.
The dates & venues of the courses are below. Participants may choose
to do some or all portions of the courses.
Dates
Ecovillage Design Education: 17 January – 13 February 2011
Design Studio: 14 -20 February 2011
Training of Trainers: 21 February - 6 March 2011
Venues
The primary venue will be Wongsanit Ashram outside Bangkok in Thailand
We also plan to visit relevant projects in the local area.
Teaching team
The course will be facilitated by a team from the Spirit in Education
Movement (SEM). The main facilitators for the course will be: Pracha
Hutanuwatr, Jane Rasbash, May East, Paola Vidulich
We also offer talks and workshops by guest speakers, including Sulak
Sivaraksa, Asian intellectual; Sunisa Jamwiset, alternative communities
researcher and representative of NextGEN Thailand; Thana
Uthaipattrakoon, consultant of the Natural Building Project of Wongsanit
Ashram.
Activities