One of our Sirius 2010 graduates, the talented and creative Emily Dodd has put together a fantastic analysis of her journey into the wild with the Wilderness Foundation last year. In her article, Emily reflects on her direct experiences day-by-day, how her time in the wilderness inspired her and her subsequent journey home. It is [...]
The latest developments in leadership practice and theory compel leaders to respect the value and diversity that each person brings, and to share power and decision making. The challenge for us as leaders is how to utilise these values and powers! Facilitative Leadership provides an oppotunity to explore to explore speicific practices, skills and tools [...]
IISC is pleased and excited to offer Pathway to Change™, a course that provides methods and tools to design and facilitate a collaborative change process. The three-day workshop, which will run from September 22-24 in Boston, is deeply rooted in David Chrislip’s collaborative premise – “If you bring the appropriate people together in constructive ways [...]
Andrew Muir was one of the five laureates to win a prestigious Rolex award last year (2008) for his work on the Umzi Whetu project in South Africa. We are pleased to inform you a special documentary on the Laureates of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise 2008 will be shown on National Geographic Channels International [...]
The Gaia Foundation would like to invite you to a special event in collaboration with Navdanya, India. Community Resilience: A new form of Community Governance to deal with Climate Change An evening with Prof. Jacqueline McGlade and Dr Vandana Shiva On Monday 15 June 2009 6.30pm drinks & light buffet at Hampstead Town Hall (213 [...]
Little Baddow Conservation Society ‘Living Landscapes’ A talk by Steve Plumb Monday 8th June at 8.p.m at St. Andrew’s Room One of the pleasures of living in Little Baddow is the enjoyment of the scenery, the views, the woods and the walks. However, even here, there is always the threat of development and urbanisation. Steve [...]
The next event in the Conservation Challenges for the 21st Century lecture series – “Climate change and wildlife conservation: crisis or opportunity?” will be held at ZSL on Wednesday 20 May 2009. Roughly 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the loss of tropical forests in developing countries. Largely owing to deforestation, Brazil [...]
The Living Mountain, Rhinog Mountains, Gwynedd, N. Wales 28th-30th Aug 2009 (option to stay on until 31st no extra cost) Cost £100, Camping, self catering The Living Mountain will be a weekend exploring our inner worlds in relation to the wild and beautiful outer environment of the Rhinog Mountains in North Wales. We will camp [...]
If you are scared, what do you do? How do you be? How do you support others when you are feeling vulnerable? How do you manage yourself in a crisis? And how do you lead yourself out of it? Can you find meaning or a catalyst for change in the midst of crisis and craziness? [...]
Title: Earth Walk Location: East Sussex and West Kent Description: The “walks” will be short walks of about a couple of hours, usually set in the beautiful Wealden countryside of East Sussex and West Kent. We will walk at a leisurely pace stopping often to give our senses a chance to take in aspects of [...]
Title: Wild Leaders Youth Conference Location: London – TBC Description: Our second conference will give you the chance to attend talks and lectures from respected environmental leaders and campaigners; develop a wealth of different skills and gain the knowledge you need to lead community activities, projects and treks; join facilitated workshops to discuss and plan [...]
Title: WILD9 – World Wilderness Congress Location: Merida, Mexico Description: WILD9 is the next WWC to take place and this time it is in Mexico. As the world’s oldest environmental congress, we have seen tremendous change over the past three decades. Today, climate change is impacting us daily, freshwater is disappearing at an alarming rate, [...]
The Gaia Foundation are very pleased to invite you to two Special Events with Alastair McIntosh. 1) “Hell and High Water: Climate Change as a Spiritual Challenge.” An evening talk with Alastair McIntosh – Friday 27th March 2009 Alastair McIntosh’s recent book, “Hell and High Water: Climate Change, Hope and the Human Condition” has been [...]
Title: Closing date for WILD9 Young Professional Scholarship Applications For more information see www.WILD9.org and submit your application to scholarships@wild9.org Date: 31st July 2009
Title: Closing Date for WILD9 Delegate support Fund applications. For more information see www.WILD9.org Date: 1st June 2009
