There is an increasing and urgent global need for viable, sustainable human settlements. Ecovillages provide environmental, social, economic and spiritual sustainability, and an enhanced quality of life for all. Ecovillage communities are cohesive social structures, united by common social and/or spiritual values. Working with the simple principle of not taking more away from the Earth than one gives back, ecovillages are consciously diminishing their ecological footprint. Ecovillage principles apply equally to urban and rural settings, to both developing and over-developed countries.

Ecovillage Training provides a practical forum for learning, and for developing action plans. It draws on the experience and expertise developed within the Findhorn Ecovillage over the past 46 years, as well as on other local and international initiatives.

Findhorn Ecovillage has the lowest ecological footprint for any community in the industrialised world, just half the UK national average. Ecovillage Training teaches concepts, tools and techniques for creating sustainable human settlements. It is one month long and may be attended as a whole, or for one or more of its theme-based weeks.
Topics covered include:

* Ecological building and engineering
* Local organic food production
* Renewable energy systems
* Cooperative social economies
* Group building and global networking
* Deep ecology, earth restoration and environmental art
* Permaculture design

Price:
£1395 for participants with low income
£1595 for participants with medium income
£1845 for participants with high income

Includes 28 nights accommodation and meals.

For more information contact
evt@findhorn.org
and see www.findhorn.org/ecovillage