We express our deepest gratitude to our visionary congress cosponsors! Stay tuned for more congress cosponsors, including information about each and links to our cosponsors’ good work. If you wish to become a cosponsor, please download our cosponsorship kit.
Gaia University —Gaia University offers international students accredited Bachelors and Master degrees as well as graduate Diplomas through a pioneering educational concept. The self-directed, action learning methodology allows you to combine short residential courses with home-based project work while being supported by a professional network of advisors, tutors, mentors and workshop providers. You combine your ideals with practical experience to promote local and global sustainability, regeneration, justice and peace. Unfold your passions in any areas of Sustainabilty/Regeneration from Bioregionalism to Permaculture, Ecovillage Design, Post Petroleum Energy Descent Planning, Holistic Health, Ancient Wisdom and more
The Farm; One of the oldest ecovillages in the country, The Farm is home to dozens of families and individuals on thousands of acres of woodland in Summertown, TN., and it includes many Farm-founded businesses and projects, including The Farm midwives, charitable services including Plenty and Kids to the Country, the Ecovillage Training Center, the Farm store, SE International, the Book Publishing Company, the Hippie Museum, Farm Soy Diary, Mushroom People, Tempeh Lab, Village Media, the Second Foundation, and much more.
Ecovillage Training Center: Located on The Farm, the Ecovillage Training Center offers whole systems immersion experience of ecovillage living, together with classes of instruction, access to information, tools and resources, and on-site and off-site consulting and outreach experiences. ETC is also an eco-hostel, and has hosted courses in permaculture, organic certification professions, herbalology, installing solar electricity and water heating, and yurt, bamboo, cob, earthbag, roundpole, and strawbale construction, biofuels, midwifery, an annual children’s camp, and ongoing demonstrations in alternate energy, hybrid vehicles, constructed wetlands and sustainable farming. We inaugurated a student exchange program with Israeli kibbutz, Russian and Brazilian ecovillagers and a social justice program for training disadvantaged populations.
Plenty International: Believing that all life is connected and how we live affects the world, Plenty’s founders were committed to creating an organization to help protect and share the world’s abundance and knowledge for the benefit of all people. This broad purpose has been channeled into priorities and an evolving philosophy of aid and development as we have gained experience. Today, Plenty’s focus is on Indigenous People, youth, women, and the environment.
Goddard College — Progressive education for creative minds: Goddard’s students are regarded as unique individuals who take charge of their own learning and collaborate with other students, staff and faculty to build a strong community. Goddard encourages students to become creative, passionate, lifelong learners, working and living with an earnest concern for others and the welfare of the Earth. Individualized MA in Environmental Studies (with place-based studies focus), Individualized MA in Transformative Language Arts, MA in Socially Responsible Business & Sustainable Communities, and BA and MA in Health Arts
Kansas Area Watershed Council: One of the oldest continuous bioregional groups on the continent, KAW Council covers much of Kansas as well as southern Nebraska and eastern Colorado. Founded in 1982, KAW Council hosts annual gatherings, monthly walkabouts, potlucks, presentations and programs, workshops and more, and over the years has helped organize the first continental congress in 1984, and took the lead in bringing the congresses back to life by organizing the 2002 Continental Bioregional Congress on the Prairies. KAW members have been active in bioregional organizing on the local, bioregional and continental level. Join our listserv and visit our website where you can learn more and see writing from our publication of 20 years, Konza. www.KawCouncil.org
