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X-WR-CALNAME:Permaculture–Regenerative Design Institute–Northern California–Permaculture Certification, Leadership & Nature Awareness  |  December 11 2009- January 10 2010
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SUMMARY:The Ecology of Leadership
DESCRIPTION:<p><span style=\\"color\: #444444\; font-size\: 12px\; font-weight\: bold\;\\"><a href=\\"http\://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/ecology-of-leadership-bolinas\\"><img style=\\"float\: left\;\\" src=\\"http\://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/5401230863_44550fe918_m.jpg\\" alt=\\"\\" width=\\"180\\" height=\\"180\\" /></a></span><span style=\\"color\: #333333\; font-family\: verdana\, geneva\; font-size\: 12px\; font-weight\: bold\;\\">A transformational pathway to thrive and serve in a changing world</span></p><p><strong style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">Offered\:</strong><strong style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\"> February&ndash\;July 2012<br /></strong><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\"><strong>Location\:</strong>&nbsp\;</span><strong style=\\"color\: #000000\; \\"><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">Commonweal Garden\, Bolinas\, CA<br /></span></span></strong><strong style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Info\:&nbsp\;<a href=\\"http\://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/ecology-of-leadership-bolinas\\">Meeting Dates\, Program Logistics &amp\; Registration</a></strong></p><h2><span style=\\"color\: #333333\; font-family\: verdana\, geneva\;\\"><span style=\\"font-family\: verdana\, geneva\; color\: #333333\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #444444\; font-family\: Verdana\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight\: normal\;\\"><p style=\\"font-family\: Verdana\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;\\"><span style=\\"line-height\: 15px\; background-color\: #ffffff\;\\"></span></p><h2 style=\\"color\: #444444\; font-weight\: normal\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #333333\; font-family\: verdana\, geneva\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #000000\; font-family\: Verdana\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size\: 11px\; font-weight\: normal\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\"><a href=\\"http\://www.regenerativedesign.org/watch-video-ecology-leadership\\">Watch the EOL video to learn more about the EOL experience.</a></span></span></span></h2></span><p style=\\"color\: #444444\; font-weight\: normal\;\\"><span style=\\"font-family\: verdana\, geneva\;\\">We live in a time of tremendous global change. And\, many of us are feeling significant shifts in our personal lives and the communities in which we live and work. &nbsp\;</span></p></span></span></h2><p><span style=\\"font-family\: verdana\, geneva\; \\">And as unsustainable eco-social paradigms and systems are challenged and composted\, we are called to seed and cultivate new visions for our future. &nbsp\;<br /></span><span style=\\"font-family\: verdana\, geneva\; \\"><br />But how do we do that effectively? &nbsp\;</span></p><p><span style=\\"font-family\: verdana\, geneva\; \\">To address that question\, we invite you to join one of the powerful circles of change-makers discovering how a practice rooted in deep nature connection\, inner transformation\, and leadership skill development can revolutionize your life and service in the world.</span></p><h2>The EOL Journey</h2><p><strong><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">Through the EOL journey\, you will reconnect with your heart and the natural world\, become a more grounded and effective leader\, and transform your \\"inner ecology\\" to cultivate positive changes in your life and community.</span><br /></strong><br />For many\, nature-sourced leadership becomes a new way of thinking and being. The process of cultivating our leadership capacity is an adventure\, full of opportunity\, challenge and possibility. The Ecology of Leadership gives you the tools to navigate this adventure and bring your leadership forward in the world\, supported by a powerful alliance with the natural world and a community of other leaders.<br /><br /><strong><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">EOL workshops are geared toward change-agents\, nonprofit and community leaders\, people in personal or professional transition\, eco-social entrepreneurs\, and people who long for more fulfillment in their lives and deeper impact in the world.<br /></span><br /></strong></p><h2><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">Leadership Sourced in Nature Connection</span></h2><p>Through EOL\, you will experience what is naturally yours &ndash\; an intimate relationship with the natural world. You will learn to source your leadership from this connection and stay attuned to the patterns in your own life\, creating a new level of effectiveness and awareness in your leadership.<br /><br /><strong style=\\"color\: #444444\; font-size\: 12px\;\\">What happens in EOL?</strong></p><p>On your leadership development journey\, you will\:</p><ul><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Discover your true gifts\, passions and vision </span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Develop new skills and behaviors that are aligned with this vision</span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Create a way of living and leading that moves you toward your dreams for yourself and the world</span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Design and implement a self-inspired project\, giving you the opportunity to practice new leadership skills while making a difference in your community</span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Explore your patterns of belief\, behavior and thought and determine which ones serve you and which can be released and &lsquo\;composted&rsquo\;</span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Receive structured coaching and support from your peers between workshops</span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Adopt stress-reducing routines that connect you with nature</span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Take on practice assignments that will help cultivate your leadership skills and integrate the skills\, mindset\, and routines of the course into your daily life</span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Nurture a regional leadership circle that will continue to serve and support you on your leadership journey after the formal component of the program ends<br /></span><br /><span style=\\"font-size\: small\;\\"></span></li></ul><p><span style=\\"font-size\: medium\;\\"><span style=\\"font-weight\: bold\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #993300\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #993300\; font-size\: small\;\\"><img style=\\"float\: right\; margin-left\: 6px\; margin-right\: 6px\; margin-top\: 3px\; margin-bottom\: 3px\;\\" src=\\"http\://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/3407968644_e478233229.jpg\\" alt=\\"\\" width=\\"272\\" height=\\"202\\" /><span style=\\"color\: #444444\; font-size\: 12px\;\\">What you will learn</span></span></span></span></span></p><p>You will come out of EOL with a \\"Leadership Tool Bag\\"\: a collection of concrete skills\, habits\, mindsets and approaches that improve your well-being and effectiveness as a leader. These powerful tools include effective communication\, project development and stewardship\, the ability to create and honor commitments\, inner permaculture\, effective time management\, coaching skills\, and more.<br /><br /><strong style=\\"color\: #444444\; font-size\: 12px\;\\">Manifesting your vision</strong></p><p>As EOL unfolds\, you will learn to integrate nature awareness\, &lsquo\;inner gardening&rsquo\;\, and leadership skills into your daily life and service path. You will begin to experience leadership as a dynamic process that translates your awareness and insights into effective action toward your goals.&nbsp\;<br /><br />Many EOL alumni have taken remarkable strides toward living into their vision.<br /><br /><a href=\\"http\://www.regenerativedesign.org/eol-testimonials-0\\"><span style=\\"text-decoration\: underline\;\\">Read what they have to say about their experience HERE!</span></a></p><p>Supported by skills and insights from their EOL journey\, here are just a few accomplishments of previous EOL graduates\:</p><ul><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Start an <strong><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">organic farm</span></strong></span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Teach women to <strong><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">ride bicycles in Africa</span></strong></span><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\"></span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\"><strong>Travel</strong> </span>around the world</span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Find a <strong><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">life partner</span></strong> and start a family</span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Help Berkeley become a <strong><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">Fair Trade Town</span></strong></span></li><li><span style=\\"color\: #000000\;\\">Overcome a limiting phobia<br /></span></li><li><strong><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">Write a book</span></strong></li></ul><p>Growth is the work of a lifetime and each person's path is different. Your transformation will reflect your own challenges and callings.</p><p><a href=\\"http\://www.regenerativedesign.org/watch-video-ecology-leadership\\"><span style=\\"text-decoration\: underline\;\\">Watch the EOL video to learn more about the EOL experience.</span></a></p><h2><span style=\\"font-size\: 16px\; font-weight\: bold\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #993300\;\\"><span style=\\"font-size\: medium\;\\"></span></span></span>Your Program Directors</h2> <p><span style=\\"font-size\: 16px\; font-weight\: bold\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #993300\;\\"><span style=\\"font-size\: medium\;\\"><img style=\\"float\: left\; margin\: 3px 6px\;\\" src=\\"http\://farm3.static.flickr.com/2238/2292038475_eeb8eba5f5.jpg\\" alt=\\"\\" width=\\"108\\" height=\\"128\\" /></span></span></span></p><p><strong><a href=\\"http\://regenerativedesign.org/christopherbio\\">Christopher Kuntzsch</a></strong> is co-founder and co-director of the Ecology of Leadership programs at RDI\, served as Sustainability Coordinator at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, and has a private leadership coaching and consulting practice. His background includes working as a wildlife biologist\, naturalist\, and course instructor for the University of California\, US Fish and Wildlife Service\, Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group\, the Pacific Crest Outward Bound School\, and more.&nbsp\;<a href=\\"http\://regenerativedesign.org/christopherbio\\">Read Christopher's full bio</a>.</p><p>&nbsp\;</p><p><a href=\\"http\://regenerativedesign.org/jamesbio\\"><span style=\\"font-size\: 18px\; color\: #993300\; font-weight\: 800\;\\"><span style=\\"font-size\: medium\;\\"><img style=\\"float\: left\; margin-left\: 6px\; margin-right\: 6px\; margin-top\: 3px\; margin-bottom\: 3px\;\\" src=\\"http\://farm7.static.flickr.com/6087/6124088305_0632d67da5_s.jpg\\" alt=\\"\\" width=\\"108\\" height=\\"108\\" /></span></span>James Stark\, M.A.\, F.E.S.</a>\, is the co-director of the Regenerative Design Institute. He co-founded and co-directs the Ecology of Leadership program and is a senior trainer in the two-year Regenerative Design and Nature Awareness training program\, preparing young global community leaders for the &ldquo\;Great Turning&rdquo\; of our era. <a href=\\"http\://regenerativedesign.org/jamesbio\\">Read James's full bio</a>.<br /><span style=\\"font-size\: 18px\; color\: #993300\; font-weight\: 800\;\\"><span style=\\"font-size\: medium\;\\"><br /><span style=\\"color\: #444444\; font-weight\: bold\; font-size\: 12px\;\\"></span></span></span></p><h2><br /></h2><h2>Explore and connect with EOL &ndash\; free!</h2><p><a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ecology-of-Leadership/268953285614\\">EOL on Facebook</a><br /><a href=\\"http\://twitter.com/ecolead\\">EOL on Twitter</a></p><h3 style=\\"color\: #444444\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\">Join us for a Free Introductory Evening<br /></span><p style=\\"color\: #444444\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\"><em></em></span></p><p style=\\"color\: #444444\;\\"><strong style=\\"color\: #333333\; line-height\: 15px\; background-color\: #ffffff\;\\">Dates to be announced.</strong></p></h3><p><span style=\\"line-height\: 15px\; background-color\: #ffffff\;\\"><span style=\\"color\: #333333\;\\"><br /></span></span></p><h2>Scholarship fund for young leaders</h2><p>Please note that we welcome donations into our EOL Scholarship Fund\, which provides financial support to young community leaders who would otherwise be unable to take part. If you would like to submit a donation\, please contact our office at (415) 868 9681. We are grateful for your gift as this supports the vision we hold for this program.</p><p><img src=\\"http\://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/423337739_1b9dc03c2e_s.jpg\\" alt=\\"\\" hspace=\\"3\\" width=\\"64\\" height=\\"64\\" /></p> <div><address></address></div>
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SUMMARY:Permaculture Courses
DESCRIPTION:<h3><span style=\\"font-size\: small\;\\"><strong><strong>Re-design  your life\, re-envision the world!</strong></strong></span></h3> <p><img style=\\"float\: left\;\\" src=\\"http\://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2942954096_19ed304c77_m.jpg\\" alt=\\"\\" width=\\"180\\" height=\\"180\\" />Are you looking for an empowering and sustainable way  to create change in yourself\, the land you live on\, and your community?</p>
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