Gaia: eco adventure villages & zevolution - introductions & interests

SEMINAR Integral Leadership for Sustainable Evolution, 4-9 Aug NL

http://AnoukA.gaia.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:30:52 GMT

Dear collegues,
Please consider spreading the word about or attending this amazing seminar for emerging leaders and change makers. You're welcome!

Are you awake? 
Are you on a mission? 
Do you have a big ego and an even bigger heart?

This seminar serves the evolution of emerging leaders all over the globe. Everyone, entrepreneurs, artists, managers, teachers, trainers, technicians and consultants, are welcome to join us from August 4th to 9th, 2009 in the Netherlands!

Keywords: integral leadership, integral, Ken Wilber, sustainability, evolution, innovation, triple-p, cradle to cradle, C2C, green technology, integral theory, Ervin Laszlo, Herman Wijffels

Your trainers will be Clint Fuhs, Irini Rockwell, Barrett Brown, ...

http://www.experienceintegral.org
http://events.linkedin.com/Integral-Leadership-Sustainable/pub/77440

Our PURPOSE for this event is to assist emerging leaders and change agents worldwide (consultants, politicians, artists, bankers, students, entrepreneurs, etc) with taking the next step in their contribution to a sustainable evolution on our planet.

We do this by:
- facilitating the emergence of personal purpose and reflection on talents,
- by offering the tools and the latest applications of theory in the fields of leadership and sustainability and
- by creating a welcoming space that invites you to to let go and grow together.

We are really excited about the seminar and how it is coming together. It is going to be an amazing experience for all of us.

want to visit you and share our visions:-)

http://skillsurfers.gaia.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:39:02 GMT

Hey all of you
we are a group of around 10 young people doin a project called "skillsurfers"
we will be travellin round in our 3 busses this winter and spring in france, spain and portugal
to exchange ideas and experiences and discuss with different people about a better world ;-)

our main topics will be
education networks, fairtrade and solidarity economy, lohas, open source and other... (see our profile)

we are also very much interested in visiting ecovillages and other sustainable living communities, learning e.g. about permaculture...

we thought using the internet and cool social networks would be a good chance to meet interesting people from these countries who might be interested in our tour and help us on our way
- so here we are on gaia :-)

if you are interested we would be happy to meet you on our way!

have a look at our profile and our website www.skillsurfers.eu
as well as www.couchsurfing.com/people/skillsurfers

thanks guys
love&peace :-)

Creating Affordable Travel Opportunities

http://riversearain.gaia.com — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:37:14 GMT

Hi there,

Many people I know, including myself are ushering in the vision of ecotourism, eco-retreats etc. I recently became a Leisure Travel Consultant with a company that buys bulk travel packages and have been wanting to have them include more eco-retreats as an offering to members.
I also have the ability to create a custom group excursion at wholesale prices. I am an advocate of green standards and would love to coordinate packages with those of you that own or have relations with eco-retreats. Maybe we can design some things together.

In Peace,
Raymond Powers
http://www.raymondpowers.worldventuresdreamtrips.com
http://www.simplebrilliance.com

Re: neva's retreats

http://roderick.gaia.com — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:08:27 GMT

Neva Said:

"I think this type of event faciliatates rapid transformation and heals the imbalances created by our current cultural atmosphere."

Eco resort villages, or simply eco-adventure resorts, have a lot to offer when teaming up with teachers or practicioners such as yourself :~)

There's a symbiotic relationship here... with coaches and destinations. The coach can come to teach at the destination with marketing / invitations administered by the resort. Otherwise, the coach can bring her own clientele to the resort. Either way, it's a win win sitaution.

Neva, are there any particular retreats that you have loved working with? What makes for an ideal retreat?

neva's retreats

http://nevafusion.gaia.com — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:45:37 GMT

Greetings fellow travelers! I love taking folks into beautiful natural environments to delve into spirituality through yoga, meditation, nature hikes, journaling and sharing. You can check out my web site www.innerdomain.org to see the types of places I go and the work that I do. I think this type of event faciliatates rapid transformation and heals the imbalances created by our current cultural atmosphere. Namaste

Re: Just wondering

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:17:41 GMT

Wow, well def. not the same marking as my daughter, wow thats wild! Very exciting actually, I dig the idea of the chinese character for king. I like the symbolism and the deep personal meeting it carries for you. Very powerful magic there for you and your project.

Re: Just wondering

http://roderick.gaia.com — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:55:17 GMT

Hey Liz :~)

thanks for being HERE xxO (kisses and a hug!)

I'm at the Red Victorian now near Haight and Ashbury in SF, chilling at a fellow Zaadzster and Eco Adventure Retreat & Evolution pod member's bed and breakfast and cafe, and am lovin' the vibe and a REAL connection. Soooo refreshing! Yum.

Anyhow, with respect to your question, there were two marks on my body and then there is my name. The first mark was kind of like a birthmark, but in lines, and it was at the center of my forehead, kinda inbetween the eyebrows...

And, funnily enough, it's the character for our pod and part of the symbol for the enterprise I started some months (actually, years) ago :~) it's a beautiful character and means leadership or king in Chinese. The bottom line represents earth, the middle line, humanity, and the top line, heavens. And the leader is one who unites / harmonizes the three and brings them together. Beautiful hmmm? The mark on the forehead dissappeared after a few weeks, but my mom brought me to her classroom where a korean student identified the character. it's puzzled me ever since :~0

then there was this tiger or lion's paw on my shoulder. it was a birthmark too, but dissappeared when I was about 7 or so. And then the name given to me by our spiritual leader (from the spiritual organization SUBUD), who 'received' the name for me, means king or leader. Roderick.

And so now I am on the path of training myself to be a leader, and to inspire leadership in others, and to create harmony in the best way I know how :~)

~drigo

Just wondering

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:18:32 GMT

Hey drigo, so what is this about some prophetic disappearing marks on your body? Am interested to know more - sounds a bit like what my daughter has.. perhaps....

Liz

Just wondering

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:18:20 GMT

Hey drigo, so what is this about some prophetic disappearing makrs on your body? Am interested to know more - sounds a bit like what my daughter has.. perhaps....

Liz

New Zealand Eco- Spiritual Tourism and Events Company

http://andrewmorrison.gaia.com — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:26:44 GMT

Hello everyone.

It has been a long help dream of mine to start a carbon neutral eco-spiritual tourism and events company in New Zealand where I am from. I am clarifying my vision and looking for input from people passionate about this vision. I would like to put on an event that attracts 100-200 people to Aotearoa New Zealand for an authentic and transformative cultural experience. This will be complemented by tours on spiritual, sustainability and social entrepreneurial themes. The Prime Minister of NZ has recently declared that she wants the counrty to be the first truely sustainable nation! So the timing is good.

How you can help: Connect with me, offer feedback and ideas, help me make it happen as only you can. I'd also want to learn what your doing and need next and see how I can help.

For the Highest Good,
Andrew

Re: hola

http://roderick.gaia.com — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:31:56 GMT

Hi Lisa,

It would be wonderful to exchange information from eco-adventure retreats around the globe... on courses, on menus, on architectural designs or sketches of appropriate technologies, on ideas for boosting occupancy, etc, etc...

I hope to set up something in the future that can do this and provide software to resorts to help them with basics like accounting, inventory, etc. And, where I live in Indonesia, you're absolutely right about high speed falling coconuts vs. high speed internet. Lots of internet cafes popping up here and there, but a web presence would help them so much to connect to the online folks who are looking for places exactly like theirs but don't know how to reach them...

what kinds of things were you thinking about in terms of exchanging ideas or how can this pod be of greater value to us???

thanks for your comments and ideas!!!

warm and best regards,

~drigo

Re: Ideas

http://sweeplotus.gaia.com — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:16:09 GMT

"Retirement eco-villages"? What a brilliant idea!! I have long daydreamed about social clubs for elders. Live-in social clubs, too, with access to housekeepers and medical staff. Different from nursing homes. An eco-village would be ideal. Who has the time and inclination to start one?

Re: hola

http://sweeplotus.gaia.com — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:09:10 GMT

I don't know. Would this pod be the most useful kind of venue for exchanging ideas among eco-retreats? Once in the tropics, I will certainly direct people to this site. Perhaps you have something else in mind, something for which a website would be more useful? I'm ignorant about websites and online communities. I'd like to learn more because these seem like a good tool to connect people in yet another way. Interesting challenge: many eco-retreats don't have Internet; they have only high-speed coconuts. I wonder how they share ideas.

Re: hola

http://telesterion.gaia.com — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:39:43 GMT

I've heard that about Costa Rica.

I wonder if there is a web site that connects all those projects together in one place?

hola

http://sweeplotus.gaia.com — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:44:52 GMT

I just joined this pod, so want to say hello. I´m soon moving to Costa Rica, where eco-lodges, retreat centers, and community projects abound. This country truly has its finger on the pulses of ecology and community. Part of my job will be to head the ¨Community, Action, Service Program¨ for high school kids. They are expected to spend a specified amount of time outside of the classroom doing useful things in the community and enjoying nature on eco-adventures. I´m so excited!! I look forward to sparking ideas off of one another as I explore this pod.

Re: Ideas

http://roderick.gaia.com — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 09:34:59 GMT

Hi Lindsay,

Welcome to the pod :~)

You can post info about existing eco villages and retreat centers by clicking on this link. You can find the section by clicking on the discussions tab at the header of the pods page and scrolling down to "existing eco-adventure +++ retreats worth visiting"

Very happy to see you offering links about places you know of - that's part of the purpose of the pod - to share our respective resources and info and experiences so that we can support each other and future members of the pod to build their own retreats / villages, visit one, intern at one, live at one, etc...

Thank you for being here :~)

~drigo

Re: Ideas

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:27:57 GMT

Hi there Tsuya...nice to see you pic and thoughts again...

Where do I post ecovillage info in the US? I see that there is supposed to be a place to post this, but I can't find it... I know quite a few places and resources on this...

Thanks,

Lindsay

Ecowonderland

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:23:05 GMT

Hi there:

I am really interested in this pod b/c I know that my not too distant future plans is to embark on an adventure to lead me to a place of settling... I have loved ecovillages and intentional communities since I first learned of them... Even the Mormon communities in my Mississippi homeland tugged at many curious threads of mine...not b/c they believed the same religion...but that they LIVED DIFFERENTLY...

I have visited some communities such as Auroville, Green Gulch Farm, and Magic. They are spectacles to me and there are so many more I wish to see... However, the questions that overtake me are...Why am I attracted to these communities? What have I learned? When will I find my community that lives off the land and with the land and for the land?

I dream of building a cob house (hybrid with straw bale)... I dream of building an herb garden that I can tend to for the rest of my life... I dream of knowing some part of someplace very well -- the weather...streams...animals...birds...insects...soil... This will come, I know...

I have experimented with cob, CSEB, and straw-bale... I am learning more about medicinal herbs... And, I am on the path to becoming a teacher of yoga... I would love to apply this knowledge to a community one day...and learn more -- bee-keeping...cheese-making...quilt making you name it!

I look forward to connecting with you all.

Be well,

Lindsay

Aloha From Maui!

http://galacticwhitewizard.gaia.com — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:51:53 GMT

I have found that my greatest pleasure in the world is hosting Zaadzter-like people around my new home, the island of Maui! This is an extraordinary place, but it takes some skill to dodge the tourist traps and find the deep magic that is here.

I am hoping to organize this passion into a hostel/retreat type situation, but land prices being what they are on Maui, it may take a while! In the meantime, I'm sharpening my skills by hosting couchsurfers. I have very humble accomodatoins at the moment, so I can only take on folks one at a time. But we have a blast and as a consequence I learn more about the island with every visit!

I look forward to the day when I will have much more room to host friends and organize events that will help me share the beauty and fantasy that is Maui at her best!

A Hui Ho

Re: Introducing Rachel - TravelFocus

http://buddhamouse.gaia.com — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:17:36 GMT

Drigo,

Thank you for the welcome! I can't really do much to my site (it's a replicating site through the company I work with). But I can book with any travel vendor I want. So I'm in the research phase. I will definitely check out what the others in the group have.

I'll be starting my eco tour advertising in January, so then I'll see what kinds of trips St Louis folks are after.

I look forward to learning here!

Namaste,
Rachel