US Domestic Earth-based Skills Training in Resilience
We are living out of balance. The COVID-19 crisis is simply the most recent indicator. In order to live fully and resiliently, we must first engage in the great work of our time: responding to the Earth’s call for healing and regeneration. A resilient Earth is one in which living systems are in balance. Resilient Earth Corps members are helping to restore the balance.
Join us for a deep dive into the real world skills of resiliency. From art and activism to cooperative living to permaculture design to regenerative agriculture, build resilience within yourself, your community, and the planet. These are the skills which will support a resilient future for us all.
Are you ready to join the Corps and engage in the Great Work of our time ?
Resilient Earth IMMERSION PROGRAMS –Three 3-week long structured modules with a group of up to 10 participants. You can do one, two, or all three programs.
Module 1: Be Local | Mar 7 – Mar 27, 2021 *
Module 2: Be Bioregional | Mar 28 – Apr 17, 2021 *
Module 3: Be Global | Apr 18 – May 7, 2021 *
*Due of COVID-19, dates are subject to change.
Come build resilience for yourself, your community and for the Earth.
Questions? contact@thriveithaca.org
When you join one of our trainings, you will be living, working, and learning alongside others who share your passion and drive, your desire for a healthy planet, your commitment to being the change you wish to see in the world. At the end of your training, you will receive Resilient Earth Corps certification and join a growing movement of people responding to the Earth’s call for healing, regeneration, and restoration of balance.
“The Resilient Earth experience was honestly life-changing. I feel so much more confident as a person. I now feel that I actually have something to offer.”
You will experience first-hand what it means to live in community with a strong connection to the natural world and where communication and service are among the most important aspects of your time here. You’ll live, cook and eat together (respecting social distancing), and spend time outdoors gaining the skills you need to live resiliently so that you can be in service to the one planet we call home!
Resilient Earth Corps is for you if:
You want to be part of a movement for social and environmental change.
You want to live in greater balance with the natural world and with respect for all people.
You are taking time to find out more about the world and your place in it.
You want to learn skills and apply them to work for positive change on behalf of the planet.
You want to live a more balanced and healthy life.
You are curious about intentional community and low carbon living.
You want to be a part of service corps.
Kids having fun on a summer day at the EcoVillage pond.
The Resilient Earth Corps is a movement of people, committed to working on behalf of change in this time of increasing chaos and natural disruption. We are skilled and in action, committed to taking steps – small and large – to enhance our own resilience, the resilience of our communities, and the resilience of Earth herself. We are growing our own food, building community wherever we are, and supporting a mutually enhancing human – Earth relationship for the planet.
We welcome young people, ages 18+. High school graduates, college students, students taking a gap year, recent college graduates and post graduates. Anyone looking for more direction and a way to make a difference in the world and to the health of the planet. Anyone looking for more life skills, job skills, career skills. Anyone in-between, in a transition time in your life, the time is now!
Come live and learn with us!
Photo by Frank Muller
“Thank you for this incredible experience. It has given me hope for the future!”
You will:
Live your days with a focus on the health and well-being of your self, community, and planet.
Plan meals, cook and eat locally harvested foods in community.
Spend lots of time outdoors, including working on our local organic farms.
Learn a wide variety of practical skills for living more lightly on the planet.
Learn conscious communication skills, and how to resolve challenges that arise when people live together as part of an intentional community.
Explore activism and movement building for positive change.
Have fun and expand your circle of friends.
“Earth Resilience was a great experience. It opened me up to other people and showed me what is possible. Spending time at the EcoVillage gave me a new appreciation for the power of community!”
Questions? contact@thriveithaca.org
Some of the skills you will learn:
Connecting with Self
Yoga, body movement
Meditation, mindfulness
The “Work That Reconnects”; transforming grief into action
Awakening the Dreamer
Telling your Story
Decolonizing your thinking
Poetry, creative expression
Reflection, active listening
Healthy habits for life
Connecting with Community
Cultural Competency
Diversity Training
Understanding Intersectionality
Ecovillage Design
Cooperative living
NVC / Conscious Communication
Conflict resolution
Sociocracy
Community Resilience
Art, ritual and celebration
Anti-racism / social justice
Indigenous wisdom traditions
Food/meal preparation
Self governance, facilitation skills
Activism
Movement building
Connecting with the Earth
Drawdown
Earth skills
Deep Ecology
Permaculture design & ethics
Regenerative agriculture
Wilderness education
Food systems
Natural building, structures
Outdoor leadership skills
Conservation/Reforestation
Deep Listening / Land listening
Nature Connection
A moment of reflection in one of the Common Room areas.