Global Village Institute

GLOBAL VILLAGE INSTITUTE DEVELOPS, DEMONSTRATES, AND DISSEMINATES COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIES TO REMOVE CARBON FROM ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN AND PROMOTE BIODIVERSITY.

POCKET PROJECT, WARDENBURG, GERMANY: ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACHES TO COLLECTIVE TRAUMA INTEGRATION IS THE CULTIVATION OF COHERENCE AND RESILIENCE IN GROUPS, FOLLOWED BY A PROCESS OF CONSCIOUSLY TURNING TOWARDS AND WITNESSING INDIVIDUAL, ANCESTRAL, AND COLLECTIVE TRAUMA MATERIAL. AS WE GATHER PEOPLE AROUND A SHARED INTENTION, WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND CAN INTEGRATE THE PAIN, BIT BY BIT, THAT COULD NOT BE PROCESSED BEFORE. THE ENSUING RELEASE LEADS TO MINDSET SHIFTS AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGE - AN INCREASE IN COMPASSION AND COLLABORATIVE ABILITY, CREATIVITY, AND INNOVATION AND A DECREASE IN ISOLATION, POLARIZATION, AND SEPARATION. AS WE RECLAIM THE CONTENTS OF OUR UNCONSCIOUS, WE BECOME MORE EMPOWERED TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.

CARBON COOL LAB: WORKING WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS, COMMON EARTH, PROJECT NOAH, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION CAMPS AND OTHERS, GVI IS BUILDING ROBUST SOCIAL STRUCTURES, ECONOMIES, AND ECOLOGIES CENTERED UPON CARBON DRAWDOWN BY NATURAL MEANS. IN 2021 THIS PROGRAM INCLUDED REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPE COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE HUBS FOR INDIGENOUS AND REFUGEE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN PANAMA AND BELIZE.

ECOVILLAGE TRAINING CENTER: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GLOBAL ECOVILLAGE NETWORK, PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA, AND GAIA UNIVERSITY, THE INSTITUTE EDUCATES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND TRANSFERS TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH AN IMMERSION PEDAGOGY OF ECOVILLAGE LIVING, CLASSROOM ACTIVITY, AND HANDS-ON SKILL-BUILDING EXERCISES, TOGETHER WITH WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OUTREACH ON SIX CONTINENTS. IN 2021 GVI PROVIDED PUBLIC LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS THROUGH INTERNATIONAL WEBINARS AND PRODUCED NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS AND COURSE MATERIALS.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION