CREATING A REGENERATIVE LIVELIHOOD
FULFILLING YOUR PERSONAL VISION
LIBERATING EDUCATION MODEL
By joining our global community and enrolling in one of our Bachelor’s programs you will have taken a significant step toward clarifying and fulfilling your personal vision while creating a regenerative livelihood.
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CAREER IN ECOSOCIAL REGENERATION LEADERSHIP STRATEGIC DESIGN
Gaia University Master’s degrees are accredited programs designed for those making the transition from functioning at an operational level to becoming strategic. They are also ideal for those moving out of a corporate career and into a career in ecosocial regeneration.
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Your Own Projects
You will create a series of projects throughout your Deep Dive Program. You will design and direct your projects with the support of your advisers and mentors, using constructive skills and tools that we will help you to develop.
The Three Pathways
The core content of all Deep Dive programs stem from the following three pathways.
Provides a broad professional foundation for your life-long career and learning choices.
Design-based work
Balance of Permaculture ethics
Learn and practice conscious design skills
Design and generate ecosystem restoration
Hands-on engagement
Self-directed and designed projects
Enables your areas of interest to emerge organically with consideration of the Permaculture Ethics.
Choose your concentration
Design your Degree
Create your Degree title
The three pathways are flexible and can be adjusted or changed if you find that another is better suited to you.
Action Learning Cycles
You can think of an ALC as the equivalent of a year’s work in a traditional university, except with more flexibility. An ALC always begins with 12 “In Program” months, but you have the option to cater your program to unexpected life events that may occasionally interfere with your studies.
Orientation
Each Gaia University Deep Dive and Degree Program begins with an Orientation lasting about 6 months and consisting of these two Certificate Programs.
The first part of Orientation contains a series of 8 online courses. Upon completion you will receive the Certificate in Ecosocial Design, and you will be ready to begin the second part of Orientation.
Live interactive webinars
Creating Regenerative Livelihoods I & II
Managing Time & Promises
Tracking Your Learning Journey
Project & Design Thinking
Learning & Unlearning
Thinking About Worldviews
Growing Resilient Communities
The second part of Orientation is centered around two intensive learning experiences. Upon completion you will receive the Certificate in Auto-Ethnography and Learning Design, and you will be ready to move on to the next phase of your program.
Life & Career Review
Readings and activities
Live interactive webinars
One-on-one mentoring and advising
Document work in an e-portfolio
Learning Intentions & Pathway Design
Want to test the waters? You can enroll in these two Certificate Programs without committing to a Deep Dive Program!
Program Phases
Following the Orientation you will focus on your self-chosen project work. This process is guided by the two Program Phases, each lasting one year.
Pre-Capstone Phase
Acquiring skills
- Broaden your knowledge base and skills.
- Cast a wide net around your areas of interest.
- Practice your skills in action learning.
- Develop methods of resilient documentation.
Capstone Phase
Applying skills
- Focus on strategic projects of your choice.
- Apply and refine Skillflexes.
- Receive personal Advising support.
- Hone your skills in creating Output Packets.
- Learn to support others as an associate mentor.