**Note that the above link for “open enrollment” is closed because we are first inviting applications for the free cohort where we will check eligibility. Read below for more information, and apply to join us in April here.
Resilience is the capacity of a system to live and develop with change, uncertainty and disturbance. In a social-ecological system, resilience reflects the capacity to sustain human well-being in the face of change, by buffering shocks, adapting, and when necessary, transforming. In this course, you will actively engage with the complexity around you, enabling you to begin on a more sustainable and just, future pathway, for yourself, family, community or organisation.
What we will cover
We will spend time understanding, engaging with, and mapping personal and interpersonal resilience, and why we are doing this work. There will be space to look at your own context more deeply by doing some practical exercises using the tree model and working with system dynamics. We will honour the land and all those that came before us, our ancestors and elders, by listening and connecting. We will dive into looking at tipping points at a global level and exploring regional and local tipping points. We will then focus on the importance of this work to also envision future scenarios and develop strategic pathways. And finally we will explore resilience attributes and how these can be used to help strengthen resilience over time.
Who is this course for
This course is for any one who is interested in deepening their understanding of social-ecological system dynamics of their community or organisation. We also create the space for those who want to understand their own personal and interpersonal resilience and how this interconnects with the wider whole. We will explore strategic actions to address sustainability challenges, while building capacity for adaptive and transformative change.
What you will get out of this course
- Deepen understanding of resilience of social-ecological systems
- Understand personal and interpersonal resilience
- Explore tipping points and the impact of climate change and polycrisis on our communities.
- Create space to connect with the Earth and your ancestors
- Envision alternative future scenarios and develop strategic pathways.
- Explore local, bioregional and regional resilience
How to participate
The first cohort will begin in April 2025, a special free of costoffering only for members of communities connected with GEN. Due do this special offering, we are welcoming applications here. Applications close on 16 April and candidates will be notified if they are invited by 18 April.
Read more about this special cohort and what it means here.
After finishing the first module of the course, you will be invited (if you like!) to join the global community of practice of ecovillages exploring how to navigate the interlinked crises of our time; and join a working group to learn and develop tools for the whole network.
