Training course: Training on Promoting Sustainable Living

Location: Forest of Dean, UK

Dates: 17-21 September 2016

Number of participants: 32

Participating countries: Italy, Lithuania, Spain, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria and the UK

Organizer: Asha Centre

Apply here: fill this application form and send it to both the partner organisation in your country and uk@ashacentre.org

Deadline to apply: 4 August 2016

Inquiries about this training course: Asha Centre at uk@ashacentre.org

For general Inquiries and consultation: Contact Here

Costs: This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. – Participation, accommodation and meals are all provided free of charge. Travel expenses (from alternating countries – detailed below) are reimbursed at 80%

Training on Promoting Sustainable Living

This training course will be taking an all embracing look at the concept of ‘Sustainability.’

It will explore the topic of environmental sustainability and how it can be deepened and fostered by integrating it with the related concepts of economic, social and personal sustainability.

The course will use non-formal educational methods. It will include site visits to NGOs working with cutting-edge sustainability concepts and offer opportunities to experience sustainable practices directly. It will take place in the organic and beautiful natural surroundings of the ASHA Centre in the Forest of Dean. The training will take place from 13th – 21st September 2016.

Themes addressed include the following:

·         Co-creating spaces of natural beauty to learn and live

·         Using nature as a therapeutic and educational tool

·         Envisioning a sustainable future

·         Living in harmony with the natural environment

·         Connecting to the rhythms and cycles of nature as the basis of community

‘Biodynamics,’ the particular form of organic agriculture used at the ASHA Centre, will be used as a case study of an integrated approach to sustainable living.

If you wish to apply, please bear in mind that travel costs can only be reimbursed when journeying from one of the following countries:

Italy, Lithuania, Spain, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria and the UK.

Training on Promoting Sustainable Living – Asha Centre – UK – abroadship.org

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