September Update:
Colab Training Programme is hosting the Journey of Colab-Oration on Monday Sept 23, 2024 3pm – 4:30pm UTC and Wednesday Sept 25, 2024 3pm – 4:30pm UTC, a storytelling and story sharing space for the old and the new navigators of the ecosystem we love, our International Permaculture Colab. We realize that it is not a one way for all, therefore we are creating this space for the old and the new to come together and share, mentor, guide by learning from our stories made here in the Colab. We would like as many stories be voiced on this space.
This Quarter, the Reevaluation & Counseling (RC) Cohort project has made significant progress by adopting and expanding the one-on-one teaching method introduced in the Q2 2024 report. This approach provides greater flexibility for both learners and teachers while promoting consistent mutual practice sessions. Additionally, it allows us to connect new learners within the Colab environment to established RC communities, both geographically and through the pre-Colab Gaia U network.
Currently, three to four learners are actively participating, ensuring at least three reciprocal teaching and session exchanges weekly. These sessions total six teacher-led events per week, with one learner also engaging with advanced RC practitioners and communities in Sacramento and the Foothills, further enhancing their experience. Peer learning and session-swapping between participants is becoming a regular practice, which strengthens the cohort’s skill development.
December Update:
Three sessions were delivered this year successfully and the recordings were published within Colab. The sessions are Creating & Maintaining a Sociocratic Ecosystem, Active & Responsible Participation in Open Governance and A Journey in CoLab Oration, the recording of which is published on Colab’s youtube channel at https://youtu.be/vQ3sBcEAAng?si=fvPjlK8ECdUS_X0X
If you feel inspired to further this conversation relevant to your environment and teams, please contact us at learn@perma.earth
An article outlining OMBRA training, what it entails and how to participate was published. More information about this can be found here: https://gaiauniversity.org/rc-pathway/
There was an intention for CoLab Members attending 1-on-1 mentorship with Andrew to give them the experiential and theoretical skills, around 4 people took up this opportunity. Towards the end of the year there was a change of objective to produce an article about what Re-Evaluation Counseling is and how it is being offered.
The team is intending recenter its objectives around maximising impact through the CoLab training program for Y3.