Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) is a complete sustainability training program based on the international Gaia Education curriculum. It was offered for the first time in the United States in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2007-2008.
As an advanced training course, EDE empowers citizens and communities to take the lead on sustainability in all its aspects.
The course is designed for:
- Students and educators
- Health care professionals
- Permaculturists/horticulturists
- Architects and designers
- Builders
- Community leaders
- Government officials
- Religious organizations
- Community and regional planners
- Peace activists
… and everyone else interested in sustaining our planet.
Presented by Village Design Institute
at the University of New Mexico
- Based on the Gaia Education Ecovillage Design Curriculum
- Recognized as a contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2004 - 2012
- A program of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN)
The course was presented at the University of New Mexico
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, with field trips and hands on projects at various sites, communities and ecovillages around the city and state for the last two days of each Dimension.
Each of the 4 dimensions was covered in a 10-day program consisting of five weekday evenings and two full-day weekends. The EDE training presented viable models for both urban and rural environments.