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Holistic Semester 2020 Connect With Your Roots

Lost Valley Education & Event Center A 501c3 Non-Profit Find your people.

For the last 31 years, we have taught sustainability. Our holistic approach engages students in ecological, social, and personal growth. We believe that a whole person, empowered with the right tools, has immense power to change the world.

The Program

“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.”

- Bill Mollison Internationally Recognized 2 Certificates Awarded

Spheres of

Sustainability Taught 5

Week 12 Program Years of Teaching 31 at Lost Valley This 12-week semester introduces the five spheres of sustainability: Personal, Social, Ecological, Economic, and Worldview.

We integrate dynamic classroom learning with an immersion experience in our . Our diverse staff are knowledgeable, creative and inspired - and here to help you grow.

Students earn two internationally recognized certificates:

1.) The Design Education Certificate (EDE), a holistic sustainability standard anchored by Gaia Education and recognized by UNESCO (info).

2.) The Design Certificate (PDC), the global standard in Permaculture education.

Adventure with us into the heart of . It might just change your life forever... Transformational

“Permaculture has taught me a new lifestyle, not just new knowledge.”

- Lizzie, HSS student WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 5 SPHERES OF SUSTAINABILITY Personal • Social • Ecological • Economic • Worldview

Evolving personal identity, mindfulness meditation, tai ji/qi gong, artistic expression, body movement & healing, and more WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 5 SPHERES OF SUSTAINABILITY Personal • Social • Ecological • Economic • Worldview

Our social sustainability teachings include:

Community organizing, self-governance, conflict resolution, non-violent communication and more WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 5 SPHERES OF SUSTAINABILITY Personal • Social • Ecological • Economic • Worldview

Our focus on ecological sustainability includes:

Permaculture design, , /forestry, , water systems and more WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 5 SPHERES OF SUSTAINABILITY Personal • Social • Ecological • Economic • Worldview

We teach nuances of economic sustainability -- Sharing economy, One Planet development, , right livelihood, bioregionalism, and more WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

5 SPHERES OF SUSTAINABILITY Personal • Social • Ecological • Economic • Worldview

Worldview as part of sustainability teachings includes:

Remembering our place in nature, indigenous wisdom, spiral dynamics, Teal Organizations, spiritual activism, and more

“Lost Valley has allowed me to explore deep within myself, and also an environment to explore the natural world. I connect to the nature around me.

Life-Changing I am inspired to live more sustainably in all aspects of my life. I am forever grateful for this experience and for the connections I’ve made to the people here. Lost Valley holds a special place in my heart.”

- Mikayla, HSS Student Where will it take you?

● Discover your life’s purpose ● Lay the foundation for a fulfilling, confident adult life ● Awaken as a creative and passionate global citizen ● Grow into authentic leadership capacities ● Gain life-long skills that serve you, others, and the world ● Learn to nurture true and lasting friendships ● Restore and renew family relationships ● Break free from patterns that no longer serve you ● Find your authentic voice and unique gifts Class Dates. Class Times.

The 2020 Fall Semester will be held August 31st - November 20th

Mondays: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Social & Economic

Wednesdays: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm - 4:45 pm: Ecological - Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) course

Fridays: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm - 6:00 p.m. Personal & Worldview Outside the Classroom

Life at Lost Valley is like a dream. I stepped into passion by reconnecting with the natural world. The community envisions itself as a part of nature, not excluded from it. I cultivated art, music, games...really anything I wanted to do.

-Onjae, HSS Student Outside the Classroom ● Discover the Pacific Northwest, from the wild Oregon Coast to the high Cascade Mountains ● Experience unique Eugene culture 30 minutes away - food, music, and festivals ● Explore Lost Valley's 87 acres of forest, meadow, creek, and trails ● Join in gardening, community projects, bouncing on the trampoline, and dipping in the swimming hole ● Room and board are fully included - enjoy community meals 5 days per week ● Social events and outings with new friends

Empowering

I am so eternally grateful that I came here. My experience has been very transformative in the way that I find myself communicating with others and the way that I think, especially about myself, and how I want to continue down my life path… For me, the biggest gain was in personal sustainability. - Zoe, HSS Student Community Living Community Living

● Find your tribe ● Co-create sustainable culture ● Become fully integrated in community life ● Belong to a diverse group of artists, activists, educators, and entrepreneurs ● Empower your voice within sociocratic self-governance ● Build lifelong relationships ● Learn to care for the whole

A Vision of Sustainability

Lost Valley, since 1989 OVER 30 YEARS OF STUDYING SUSTAINABLE LIVING

For the last three decades we’ve been educating students about sustainable living. We are a community that gathers around a set of collective understandings and interests, common in our hearts:

● To live lightly on the Earth ● To cultivate a spirit of service ● To explore the essence of family, tribe, and partnership ● To dedicate ourselves to personal growth, healing, and spiritual understanding We are the seed of a growing Ecovillage movement.

The intentional community movement is growing, and Lost Valley is on the forefront in the U.S. The Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) certificate is offered in many places throughout the world, but Lost Valley is the only one providing this program in the entire United States.

The Land THE LAND Our 87-acre nature sanctuary with ancient oak savanna meadow dating to indigenous times creates a hidden world all its own, tucked away on the edge of Oregon's Willamette Valley. One step on the land reveals a place thousands have known as serene, magical, and healing.

Travel from the city and find sounds of traffic replaced with bird song stories; smells of smog swapped with rich forest air; tall buildings transformed into cathedrals of mossy trees; cold concrete re-born into soft organic soils underfoot; grocery stores disappearing into winding trails of wild edibles.

Breathe deeply. You're Home. The wisdom of the ancient past lies underfoot. Camas Lily, once a staple food of the indigenous, illuminates spring meadows and red jasper tool-stone emerges from the garden soil.

Those who live here connect with and steward the land in both a personal and communal way: digging in the garden, stargazing in the meadow, enjoying the earthen sauna, singing around a campfire, walking the trails, cultivating and wildcrafting herbs, working with the chickens, meditating at sunrise, sunbathing on the trampoline, and more. We plant, nurture, harvest, and eat our own fruits and vegetables. An enjoyable, whole-hearted, holistic immersion into the word of permaculture. Beautiful location; a diversity of knowledgeable instructors; and good people to share in the journey. Hands-on and hearts-on education with a conscience. - Jesse, PDC Student

Cost COST

$1400/month as an Early Bird (deposit by July 1 for Fall 2020).

Regular price is $1600/month. This is an all-inclusive package covering housing (renovated dorm room or camping), full meal plan, all other site fees, and course instruction.

If you need it, there is limited financial aid. Visit our financial aid page for options – the application deadline for our Fall 2020 semester is June 15.

Apply APPLY

Thank you for taking in the information included here, and for your interest in the program. If you are ready to apply, click here: APPLICATION FORM. To learn more about our organization, you can visit lostvalley.org.

Have questions? Please email [email protected] or call 541-937-3351. After receiving your application, we’ll schedule a video call to see if you and the program are a good match. Only after that is registration allowed.

Cheers, til we see you here!