Damanhur (http://www.damanhur.org) A United Nations award-winning sustainable community in Northern Italy, Damanhur is an eco-society based upon ethical and spiritual values. In creating community, Damanhur has drawn on ancient knowledge, esoteric traditions, and modern research to promote a culture of peace and balanced development through solidarity, volunteering, a respect for the environment, and social and political commitment. ![]() Tamera (http://www.tamera.org) The "Healing Biotope 1 Tamera" in southern Portugal is an international training and experimental site for the development of peace research villages and healing biotopes worldwide. The goal of Tamera is to live together according to the principles of non-violent cooperation and to establish a center for global peace work. ![]() Findhorn (http://www.findhorn.org) The Findhorn Foundation is a spiritual
community, ecovillage and an international centre for holistic education,
helping to unfold a new human consciousness and create a positive and sustainable
future. From the very beginning in 1962 the community was founded on the
principles of inner listening, co-creation with nature and service.
Auroville (http://www.auroville.org) "Humanity is not the last rung of the terrestrial creation…Evolution continues and man will be surpassed…For those who are satisfied with the world as it is Auroville obviously has no reason to exist.” “Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity.” --The Mother The Ojai Foundation (www.ojaifoundation.org) The mission of The Ojai Foundation is to strengthen individuals, families, schools and communities by teaching ways to listen and speak from the heart, to honor life's passages and to appreciate our connection with nature—supporting the emergence of a compassionate, sustainable and peaceful world. Advisory Group/Collaborating Organizations Andrew Beath: Earth Ways Eric Utne: Earth Corps, Utne Institute Meredith Little: School of Lost Borders Roshi Joan Halifax: Upaya Foundation Jack Zimmerman: The Ojai Foundation Krystyna Jurzykowski: Fossil Rim/High Hope Jeff Cooke: Environmental internship consultant Roger Milliken: Conservationist/businessman Robert Gass: Social Action Agent Peter Shenstone: Planet Ark (Australia) Marlow Hotchkiss: Council trainer, elder of the Ojai Foundation Jim Hickman: Co-Founder of Esalen Citizen Diplomacy, USSR Abigail Alling: Biosphere Foundation and Planetary Coral Reef Foundation Bruce Deboskey: Lawyer/activist, as and if needed Elias Amidon and Elizabeth Roberts: Institute of Nature and the Human Spirit Vance Martin: The Wild Foundation Associated Organizations Regenerative Design Institute, Wilderness Within, the Shikari Tracking Guild, Pachamama Alliance, Golden Bridge, Rippleffect, Ocean Revolution/Native Oceans Global Passageways, Bioneers, Kitchen Gardeners International |




