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  • From: Larry London <london@sunsite.unc.edu>
  • To: permaculture-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
  • Subject: International Communities Semester (fwd)
  • Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:19:07 -0400

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From: danimoni@well.sf.ca.us (Daniel Greenberg)
Newsgroups: alt.community.intentional
Subject: International Communities Semester
Date: 14 Sep 1995 03:23:23 GMT
Organization: The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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Summary: Geocommons College International Communities Semester, Spr. 1996
Keywords: Community Intentional Travel International Communities


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GEOCOMMONS COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES SEMESTER
A Journey into Ecology, Community, and Spirit
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A project of the
Gaia Education Outreach Institute and the University of New Hampshire

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APPLY BY: September 30th for SPRING, 1996 (January through May) Program
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JOURNEY with 8-12 students to exemplary communities in Europe & India
working towards sustainability.
WORK side by side with community members in schools, farms, kitchens,
and in reforestation/alternative technology projects.
EXPLORE sense of place, cross-cultural and world development issues,
ecological literacy, and community dynamics.
PRACTICE mindful, sustainable living in a daily balance of studies,
work, recreation, reflection, and community.
GAIN skills & inspiration for creating sustainable career directions,
life-long courses of learning, & an ecological identity, joining self,
society, and nature in an enduring, harmonious "commons of the Earth."

Communities visited include:

THE FINDHORN FOUNDATION, Scotland: 2-week program in sustainable
community living. Findhorn has 30 years of educational experience in
nature, ecological design, human development, and spirit.

PLUM VILLAGE, France: 10 days of meditation retreat in a small inter-
national community under the guidance of Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese
Zen teacher, poet, environmentalist, and peace activist.

MITRANIKETAN, India: 3 weeks participating in a training/demonstration
center for village empowerment and exploring the state of Kerala's
contrasting sustainable elements and environmental devastation.

AUROVILLE, India: 4-5 weeks of studies, cross-cultural explorations,
and service work in an intentional community of 1,000 people from 33
nations, founded in 1968, whose goal is "to realize human unity."

DERBYSHIRE FARM, New Hampshire: 2 weeks orientation and 3 concluding
weeks of synthesis, portfolio completion, public presentations, field
trips, evaluation, and closing celebration.

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GEOCOMMONS COLLEGE was initiated in 1991 by Gaia Education Outreach
Institute, a non-profit organization promoting life-centered education
from an ecological world-view. It is based on Derbyshire Farm, a
beautiful hill farm and wilderness site in southern NH and future site
of an educational eco-village that Geocommons students are helping to
design. Geocommons College also serves as a design and demonstration
field laboratory for the University of New Hampshire Environmental
Conservation minor in Sustainable Living.

COURSEWORK & CREDIT: One umbrella course, World Study for a Sustainable
Society (EC 686), will cover 3 subjects: Elements of Sustainability,
Community Building, and World Perspectives on Sustainability. UNH
students register for 12 credits and non-UNH students for 11 (or more
through their own schools).

TOTAL COSTS: $8,400 includes tuition, travel, room, and board. Current
financial aid usually applies. Some scholarships are available.

FOR MORE INFO, check out: http://www.well.com/user/cmty/GEO/ or contact

Gaia Education Outreach Institute
Derbyshire Farm, Temple, NH 03084
phone/fax: (603) 654-6705
email: geo@igc.org
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  • International Communities Semester (fwd), Larry London, 09/15/1995

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