very interesting shared wisdom hereat:
WikiPedia (www.wikipedia.org)
(http://tsol.benn.org)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ecovillage Network UK" <office@...>
To: "Andrea Zettel" <andrea.zettel@...>; <ecovillageuk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:26 PM
Subject: [ecovillageuk] Wiki, open processes, ecovillage education


>
> Andrea Zettel Andrea Zettel <andrea.zettel@...> wrote:
>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>The Travelling School of Life is an open organisation. That means,
>>everyone
>>can participate, everyone's input is welcome. Like open software.
>>The idea of open software (like Linux, for example) is: the more open and
>>transparent it is, the more people can take part in improving it. The more
>>people can take part in improving it, the faster it improves.
>>The idea of an open organisation is somewhat similar.
>>
>>We've now created communication platform on the web. It's a "wiki-page",
>>created with open source software, where everyone can easily post notes,
>>create a new page or edit a text. 'Wiki' is often used by open
>>organisations, because anyone can directly participate in
>>creating/editing the site. Try it out, it's really easy!
>>http://tsol.benn.org.
>>
>>The Travelling School of Life's apporoach to education is experimenting
>>and
>>sharing skills and knowledge. We (we=you=I=them=...) start doing, and
>>expect
>>to enter in a dynamic of doing- evaluating- improving- joinig/growing-
>>doing- evaluating- improving- joining/growin- doing...:
>>In the 'host meetings' the hosts shall get prepared for receiving students
>>at their place. It's a 'training of trainers', based on sharing of skills
>>and experiences.
>>In 'students' opening courses' students shall get prepared for their
>>ecovillage travel ('what is community', etc.).
>>The contents of these courses are what we hope to create together, with
>>the
>>experiences, knowledge and skills of everyone!
>>
>>The wiki-page is there to talk about everything that has to be talked
>>about
>>(contents of courses, contents of ecovillage education, vision, etc.); and
>>as soon as the first host-course gets granted (through EU), there's the
>>physical space for people to meet - for all people who want to take part
>>and
>>already start experimenting on a practical level.
>>
>>The responsible persons from the EU youth program are observing the
>>activities around TSoL with growing interest. If we can show some good and
>>convincing practical outcomes soon (that could be: youth who have taken
>>part
>>in different courses that worked well, functioning network and framework
>>for
>>the continous improvement), there is a good chance to include TSoL more
>>directly in the future Youth Program. But in order to reach this, we have
>>to
>>be very active now, need a lot of input and participation, and a good
>>'training of trainers'.
>>
>>
>>hope to see you soon on the wiki page (http://tsol.benn.org)
>>and hope to be able to invite you soon to the first 'host meeting'.
>>
>>snowy greetings from Germany,
>>Andrea.
>>
>>PS: concerning Gaia University, ecovillage curriculum and Travelling
>>School
>>of Life: Hope we can join energies!
>>And I have one question: As far as I know, Gaia University is now being
>>established somewhere in US. Are there any efforts/intentions of a
>>'European
>>Version' of it?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Dear Liisa, Dear Michael
>>>
>>>
>>
>>...
>>
>>
>>>On process, and ways of involving more people effectively, as Linus=20
>>>Thorvalds has done for Linux:
>>>
>>>How many of you know about Wikipedia, and, more generally about
>>>Wikis,=20=
>>>
>>>and even Wikiversity? Wikis are the just about strongest open=20
>>>collaborative development and simultaneous publishing tools around.
>>>And=20=
>>>
>>>WikiPedia (www.wikipedia.org) proves that incredibly professional and=20
>>>robust products can be created through using such tools. Check out,
>>>for=20=
>>>
>>>instance, the wikipedia entry for 'eco-village'.
>>>
>>>Already, people are piggybacking on this to create a collaborative=20
>>>university -- try GOTO 'wikiversity' from inside Wikipedia... If you=20
>>>haven't seen this, it'll blow your socks off, or it ought to. This=20
>>>might be a good place to do (i.e. publish and develop) the
>>>eco-village=20=
>>>
>>>curriculum. Then it's freely available to all, and acts as the taster=20
>>>to bring people to eco-villages to get the experience...
>>>
>>>PLUS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU CHECK OUT THIS LINK: =20
>>>http://www.shibumi.org/eoti/index.htm
>>>
>>>Yours playfully,
>>>
>>>David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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