Transformative Action Un/Learning
Education designed to change from the inside out, focusing on the big challenges facing our world today and the tools we can use to address them.
Flexible Online Structure
Learn anywhere. Study while you work, travel or volunteer. Immerse yourself in a new culture abroad or focus on local projects while receiving a world-class education.
Focus on Community Led Education
Built on a platform designed to foster connections, discover a community of changemakers ready to collaborate, discuss, and celebrate the journey.
Join Forces to Co-Create a Better Future
Are you feeling overwhelmed and unsure of how to make a meaningful impact in the field of climate action and permaculture? It’s understandable to feel a sense of anxiety and powerlessness in the face of such pressing global issues, but we believe that by taking action and working together, we can create positive change. Our Ecosocial Design program is designed to empower individuals like you to become active participants in the movement towards ecological regeneration and social justice. Together, we can design a brighter future for our planet.
Find Your Way
Our 8 module on-demand course will provide you with the knowledge, skills and resources you need to become an empowered co-evolutionary change agent. The course is designed to give you a comprehensive understanding of the principles of Ecosocial Design, starting from creating regenerative livelihoods, managing time and learning, thinking about work and money, understanding the systems of oppression, designing for community and governance, creating a regenerative culture and finally, working with nature. Each module is designed to build upon the previous one, providing you with a holistic understanding of how to design a better world.
Program Overview
As an enrolled student of our Ecosocial Design Certificate Program, you’ll be joining a community of individuals who share a passion for creating a more sustainable future. Our 8 module on-demand course provides you with the tools and resources you need to become an empowered change agent, as well as access to a peer-to-peer community support platform on Mighty Networks. The course is designed to be self-paced and flexible, allowing you to fit it into your busy schedule and work on your own time.
On the Mighty Networks platform, you’ll have access to a community space where you can connect and collaborate with other students, share resources, and ask questions. This platform also provides you with a space to reflect on your progress and share your own experiences and projects with the community. The community is a great way to build relationships with like-minded individuals and support each other on your journey towards ecological regeneration and social justice. The community is an integral part of the course and will be a valuable resource for you as you apply your new skills and knowledge in real-world situations.
What You Will Learn
How to design our own livelihoods, congruent with ecological and social regeneration, in ways that are good for the planet, good for society and good for ourselves. This course explores how we can generate our own living through creating and developing regenerative enterprises. It includes stories and case studies from prior explorers in the regenerative enterprise field, models and frameworks that describe attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors typical of people who do well at creating enterprises.Topics include new mutualism, income solidarity and raising capital, extending our concept of investment and generating value beyond cash alone to include eight forms of capital.
This module introduces you to a collection of practical theories and action-oriented strategies to assist in the design of managed, flexible promises – commitments that flow with life’s changes, build trust in relationships, and pave the way for livelihood streams requiring transparent accountability.
Many people are unable to think and act in visionary terms because they are convinced that they neither have the intelligence to do so nor the permission. This module is about turning that view upside down. In this segment, we look at learning abilities through appropriate experiences and projects, tools to help you succeed and the philosophy we employ in our approach to transformational action un/learning.
Learn to analyze your own worldview, ready to spot any dissonance or misalignment, consider the origin of your worldview; determine whether and how you need to shift it. Bring the idea of worldviews and changing worldviews beyond absolute prescriptions and learn how worldview affects design.
We will introduce the leaderful model, a framework for building and maintaining a leaderful culture, and examine the various tools and strategies for fostering inclusive and participatory decision-making processes. We will also examine the importance of intergenerational collaboration and the role of storytelling in building and sustaining resilient communities.
We will explore the context and complexities of modern project design and management, as well as Ecosocial approaches such as Dragon Dreaming. We will examine the importance of agile systems and explore a variety of design methodologies. We will also explore the principles of permaculture design and their application in ecosocial design projects.
Lastly we weave together the threads of this course by exploring our approaches to effectively tracking our work and un/learning. We demonstrate resilient documentation and counter non-documentation syndrome so that the movement may learn together and grow from our collective experience.
Additional Benefits
As an enrolled student of our Ecosocial Design Certificate Program, you’ll have access to a variety of resources that will enhance your learning experience and support you in your journey towards becoming an empowered co-evolutionary change agent. One of the key benefits of our program is the community support platform on Mighty Networks. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to connect and collaborate with other students, share resources and host study sessions in the community space. This platform also provides you with a space to reflect on your progress and share your own experiences and projects with the community.
Beyond the community support, you’ll also have access to recorded keynote lectures from expert speakers on each module to supplement your learning experience. These lectures will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the principles and practices of ecosocial design and give you access to the latest research and thinking in the field. The community and keynote lectures will be a valuable resource for you as you apply your new skills and knowledge in real-world situations.
In addition you will join the Gaia U Alumni Network: a place to share work and volunteer opportunities, first access to Deep Dive programs design to take changemakers to Masters level, and a vast network of worldchangers from across the globe
Cost and Enrollment
Our Ecosocial Design Certificate Program is now available at a special rate of just £125. This represents a significant reduction from our previous cohort’s fee of £440. This is the lowest rate ever offered for this program and is a great opportunity for you to take the first step towards making a real impact in the world. Don’t miss out on this chance to join our community of like-minded individuals and become an empowered co-evolutionary change agent. Our course is designed to provide you with the tools and resources you need to design for a better world. Enrol now and take advantage of this special offer.
As an added benefit, members of the Permaculture Association of Britain are entitled to a discount on the course fee. So don’t hesitate, sign up now and start your journey towards a brighter future.