EDE - Avnø Højskole, Denmark
Overview
Type: Face to Face
Start Date: January 8th 2023
End Date: March 31st 2023
Website: https://avnohojskole.dk/health-happiness-green-living-3
Contact: hojskole@avno-oasis.dk
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Avnø Højskoles EDE – Health, Happiness and Green Living – is a life-changing experience, which gives you skills to live a healthier, happier and greener life, build community and design permaculture projects.
Why this course?
The period between crises becomes shorter and shorter indicating that the world, as we know it, can’t continue. We face multiple imbalances. On the individual level – anxiety, stress, loneliness and poor health. At the collective level – inequality, discrimination, separation, oil crisis, financial crises and pandemic. On a global scale – climate and biodiversity crises, polluted air, water and soil.
For centuries we have improved life by treating symptoms and borrowing resources from future generations. We can’t maintain such an unsustainable lifestyle any longer. A paradigm shift is on its way. For a solution to work, it needs to be perceived as an increase in the quality of life.
The course Health, Happiness and Green Living is a unique opportunity to increase your understanding of how life works and learn how to design sustainable projects, such as a community, a garden, an economic system, an enterprise, as well as your own health, home and career.
What is different about the course?
- Instead of the Standard 4-week EDE, our course lasts 12 weeks to dive deeper into learning and practicing the EDE program.
- On top of the EDE certificate you also get a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC)
- As the course is planned together with the Danish Ecovillage Network LOES, there will be excursions to several ecovillages during the course.
- There will be an increased focus on self-care, so you can create/maintain the stamina and flexibility required in this changing time.
- You get a better integration of new skills and mindset as you will spend more time on creating design projects. You (and your group) will complete at least two larger designs during the period: An ecovillage project and a permaculture design project.
- There is more free time in our daily schedule for you to continue working on your own projects, as we don't have to "rush" the program and can give enough time for all the learnings to "settle down".
- Avnø Oasis has plenty of projects in the implementation phase which you can get involved in or observe.
- Besides the facilitators from the ecovillage movement, qualified in eco-building and permaculture, we also work with internationally recognized health facilitators with an in-depth understanding of the interconnection of living conditions, food, mindset, lifestyle, body, mind & soul. They will support you in restoring your natural state of health and joy of life.
- The course will include a Macrobiotic cooking workshop and a detailed training in Sociocracy.
- This time the course is offered at a very affordable price, which is lower per month than the standard EDE course.
The venue
The emerging ecovillage Avnø Oasis is a vibrant space of enlightenment, community, transformation and change-making. No one will leave from there untouched. The same counts for an EDE. No wonder, that the combination of an EDE and Avnø Oasis is a perfect match!
Avnø Højskole, one of the first projects of Avnø Oasis offers a global learning space in an inspiring environment. Avnø Oasis is in the process of establishing a co-housing community, a health sanctuary and other green socio-economic enterprises. We aim to turn it into one of the most inspiring green hot spots in the world.
The venue is rather big, with enough space for students to both have privacy and also get the sense of community. Besides the classrooms and the well-equipped auditorium, you find facilities like a gym hall, a fitness center, a library, a music room and even a sewing and a painting room. Avnø is situated near the sea in beautiful natural surroundings with a public nature center just a short walk away. At the site, a permaculture garden is being established and the forest is just next to the main building, offering outdoor ‘classroom’ options.
During your stay you will have rich opportunity to
- Experience the creation of a living community with all its challenges and opportunities. A learning experience that is not possible in an established community.
- Become involved in designing and implementing green projects.
- Meet people from all over the world, who seek a higher quality of life and want to contribute to a better world.
As a student, you may be involved in group decisions, daily-life chores, cultural activities and entrepreneurship. A process that challenges and stimulates your willpower and develops your ability to actively participate in any type of community.
We look forward to having you here, exploring and developing this 3-months-long EDE adventure with us!
If you can’t join the full EDE, it is possible to join selected parts. Contact us for more information.
New Year – new you. We’re inviting you to join us on a transformative adventure!
In 2023 a world-famous Ecovillage Design Education course certified by Gaia Education will take place in Denmark. EDE Avnø – Health, Happiness and Green Living – is a
life-changing experience, which gives you skills to live a healthier, happier
and greener life, build community and design permaculture projects.
No one will leave from Avnø Oasis untouched, as it is a vibrant space of enlightenment, community, transformation and change-making. The same counts for an EDE. No wonder, that the combination of an EDE and Avnø Oasis is a perfect match!
🌀 12 weeks in a community close to the sea
🌀 tours to other Danish ecovillages
🌀 EDE and PDC certificates
🌀 max. 20 participants
🌀 comfortable accommodation and healthy meals
The program of the course includes:
🔆 PDC (Permaculture Design Course – a system of sustainable agriculture)
🔆 Sociocracy (shared decision-making)
🔆 NVC (non-violent communication – a tool for conflict resolution)
🔆 Ecological Building (infrastructure, materials, water and energy management)
🔆 Arts and Crafts (ceramics, woodwork, upcycling)
🔆 Local Economy Basics (alternative economies, community banks and currencies)
🔆 Well-Being Practices (shiatsu, yoga, mindfulness meditation, etc.)
During the course you will have a chance to…
- Experience the creation of a living community with all its challenges and opportunities. A learning experience that is not possible in an established community.
- Become involved in designing and implementing green projects.
- Meet people from all over the world, who seek a higher quality of life and want to contribute to a better world.
- Get involved in group decisions, daily-life chores, cultural activities and entrepreneurship. A process that challenges and stimulates your willpower and develops your ability to actively participate in any type of community.
This time the course is offered at a very affordable price – starting at €2400 for 3 months – which is lower per month than the standard EDE course fee.
Save the dates: January 8 – March 31
We look forward to having you here, exploring and developing this 3-months-long EDE journey with us!
For more information visit our webpage: https://avnohojskole.dk/health-happiness-green-living-3/
*We offer special fee for people in fragile life situations. Please contact us to discuss the details.
** If you can’t join the full EDE, it is possible to join selected parts. Contact us for more information.
How to run an EDE?
Several of our EDE graduates have carried on organising EDE programmes in their local areas, and you are warmly encouraged to do so after completing your course.
The recommended time frame of an EDE is four weeks, however this is not fixed and varies with each individual programme.
The material can be condensed into smaller workshops, spread out over a longer period, or distributed in blocks at different times and locations.