{"id":228,"date":"2013-03-12T11:57:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T15:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/?p=228"},"modified":"2013-03-12T11:58:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T15:58:42","slug":"228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/2013\/03\/12\/228\/","title":{"rendered":"BEYOND UVM: Metta Earth Leadership Training: Generation Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Metta Earth Leadership Training: Generation Now<\/b><\/p>\n

Where:<\/b>\u00a0 Metta Earth Institute in Lincoln, VT<\/p>\n

When:<\/b>\u00a0 June 15th<\/sup>-30th
\n<\/sup> July\u00a0\u00a0 6th<\/sup>-21st
\n<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 July\u00a0 29th<\/sup>-Aug 4th<\/p>\n

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Credits:<\/b>\u00a0You may be able to earn credits through your university.\u00a0Assistance is available.
\nCost:<\/b>\u00a0 Two Week Course $1500, One Week Course: $800<\/p>\n

(Program tuition, meals, housing, and materials are included.)
\n*Alternative financial arrangements and fundraising assistance may be available.<\/p>\n

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Join us for a Metta Earth Leadership Training igniting a generation of emerging leaders to bring forth a thriving, just, and sustainable world.\u00a0The Metta Earth Leadership Trainings are one and two week trainings for young people that take a holistic approach to combating the rampant environmental and social justice issues facing society today by providing young people with the knowledge, skills, and experiences to be effective leaders back in their communities. Participants will build their inner and outer leadership abilities through experiential learning opportunities in topics such as: organic farming & permaculture, ecovillage planning, primitive skills, yoga, meditation, and social change organizing.\u00a0 The training will be held at the Metta Earth Institute- a learning community actively committed to balancing the contemplative lifestyle with activism in the mountains of Lincoln, Vermont.<\/p>\n

Throughout a course, participants will:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Acquire practical skills and knowledge through hands on experiences in organic gardening, permaculture, ecovillage design, animal husbandry, natural living, foraging, whole foods cooking and preserving, and farmstead life-ways.<\/div>\n
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\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0Develop transformative social change skills – storytelling, community building and organizing, authentic communication, and personal empowerment practices – to help grow and accelerate the \u2018Movement of movements\u2019 emerging in our time.<\/div>\n
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\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0Deepen into your life’s purpose with daily yoga and meditation.<\/div>\n
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\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Reconnect, energize, and gain new perspectives in a wilderness retreat while learning primitive and outdoor living skills.<\/div>\n
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\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Learn how to effectively facilitate the WakeUp experience, one of our generation’s most powerful tools for raising awareness and inspiring action.<\/div>\n
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*For more information visit :\u00a0http:\/\/www.mettaearth.org\/gennow.html<\/a>
\nIf you are interested in attending this training, please send a letter of interest and intent to\u00a0info@mettaearth.org.\u00a0 Also, please feel free to share this opportunity with others you think may be interested!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Metta Earth Leadership Training: Generation Now Where:\u00a0 Metta Earth Institute in Lincoln, VT When:\u00a0 June 15th-30th July\u00a0\u00a0 6th-21st \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 July\u00a0 29th-Aug 4th Credits:\u00a0You may be able to earn credits through your university.\u00a0Assistance is available. Cost:\u00a0 Two Week Course $1500, One … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1252,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46474,46462],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beyond-uvm","category-east-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}