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Ecovillage Design Education Course (EDE) Certified through Gaia University

Sat, Mar 01

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Kalapana

This comprehensive course teaches you how to design sustainable community systems for creating thriving villages.

Ecovillage Design Education Course (EDE) Certified through Gaia University
Ecovillage Design Education Course (EDE) Certified through Gaia University

Time & Location

Mar 01, 2025, 8:00 AM HST – Mar 22, 2025, 6:30 PM HST

Kalapana, Kalapana, HI 96778, USA

About the event

Course Details


Ecovillage Design Education programmes, often referred to as ‘EDEs’, provide participants of all ages with the knowledge and practical skills to design a society which uses energy and materials with greater efficiency, distributes wealth fairly and strives to eliminate the concept of waste.


Our immersive Face-to-Face programmes are known to have transformed lives. Previous participants have become agents of positive culture change in their communities and regional economies, they’ve co-created social enterprises and cooperatives, started community projects and became trainers for sustainability themselves – to name only a few paths you can take afterwards. The course will equip you with skills and knowledge you will be able to put into action in any field or sector you are involved with.


Participants become change agents and sustainability designers, taking active roles in transitioning their existing communities, institutions and neighbourhoods, to more sustainable patterns of production and consumption, as well…



Tickets

  • Early Bird EDE Registration

    Sale ends: Jan 01, 2025, 6:30 PM HST
    From $1,000.00 to $1,200.00
    • $1,000.00
      +$25.00 service fee
    • $1,200.00
      +$30.00 service fee
    • Basic Ecovillage Design Ed Reg

      From $1,200.00 to $1,300.00
      Goes on sale: Jan 01, 2025, 1:00 PM HST
      • $1,200.00
        +$30.00 service fee
      • $1,300.00
        +$32.50 service fee
      • Bring Your Own Tent

        Tent includes access to a composting toilet and outdoor showers. Upgrade your camping with a spa pass!

        $400.00
        +$10.00 service fee
      • Semi-Private Room

        Room comes with private bed and curtain separating it from living space. It does get light and noise pollution from living room.

        $500.00
        +$12.50 service fee
      • Private Rm in Container House

        Stay in your own private room created from recycled shipping containers. Includes a bed, side table, light, and storage, with a large open sliding door or screen window that opens to the view outside and a locking door on the inside.

        From $600.00 to $650.00
        • $600.00
          +$15.00 service fee
        • $600.00
          +$15.00 service fee
        • $650.00
          +$16.25 service fee
        • Glamping Tent

          From $650.00 to $700.00
          • $650.00
            +$16.25 service fee
          • $650.00
            +$16.25 service fee
          • $700.00
            +$17.50 service fee
          • Upgraded Ocean Peak Room

            Upgrade your stay with a spa pass!

            $1,200.00
            +$30.00 service fee
          • Ocean View Private Room

            $1,400.00
            +$35.00 service fee
          • Unlimited Spa Access

            Allows you to use Sundari spa during your course 4pm-10pm Mon-Thursday and 10-10pm Saturday and Sun, except for Fridays. Includes hot tub, cold plunge, sauna, pool, hot showers and bathrooms.

            $90.00
            +$2.25 service fee
          • 3 Meals Per Day Plan

            $1,470.00
            +$36.75 service fee
          • 2 Meals Per Day Plan

            $1,050.00
            +$26.25 service fee
          • Dinner Plan

            $650.00
            +$16.25 service fee
          • WorkTrade Meals

            Help out in the kitchen for 5 hours a week to get a reduction on meals. For 3 meals per day

            From $240.00 to $345.00
            • $240.00
              +$6.00 service fee
            • $345.00
              +$8.63 service fee
            • $345.00
              +$8.63 service fee
            • Hilo Airport Pickup

              This is good for 1-2 people, please send airport details to katie@sundarigardens.com

              From $70.00 to $90.00
              • $70.00
                +$1.75 service fee
              • $80.00
                +$2.00 service fee
              • $90.00
                +$2.25 service fee
              • Kona Airport Pickup

                For this ticket to be valid you must choose a flight that arrives 1/31 and be willing to wait to collect other passengers. Kona airport is 2.5 hours away from our location 1-way. Ubers can cost close to $300.

                $150.00
                +$3.75 service fee

              Total

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