Sustainable Living Expedition with Upward Spirals

Join us for the world famous Sustainable Living Expedition; an 9 day / 8 night, all-inclusive, educational adventure where you’ll tour organic food production, green building, food forestry, renewable energy systems, and regenerative community development in action. Daily workshops and knowledge sharing sessions with Upward Spirals and other experts will share with you the knowledge, plans, tools and connections you need to create sustainability for yourself and in your communities.

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Discover Nature’s Genius with Biomimicry

If you’re looking for cutting-edge professional training designed to inspire better ways to innovate, join us in the rainforests and reefs of Costa Rica for a hands-on introduction to nature’s genius. This five-day exploration with our world-class instructors through interlinking ecosystems provides a phenomenally diverse and fascinating backdrop to help introduce you to the biomimicry methodology, allowing you to discover, unpack, and be inspired by the power of biological intelligence.

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Permaculture and Yoga Program (PYP)

With the era of consumerism, the world faces many challenges from loss of habitat, to environmental degradation and social disconnection. We believe it’s time to cultivate opportunities for positive change and learning. Permaculture – derived from the words “permanent” and “culture” – is a design science based on mimicking efficient patterns and relationships found in nature. Permaculture is yoga for the land, as yoga is permaculture for the body.

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Permaculture and Yoga Program (PYP)

With the era of consumerism, the world faces many challenges from loss of habitat, to environmental degradation and social disconnection. We believe it’s time to cultivate opportunities for positive change and learning. Permaculture – derived from the words “permanent” and “culture” – is a design science based on mimicking efficient patterns and relationships found in nature. Permaculture is yoga for the land, as yoga is permaculture for the body.

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Sustainable Living Expedition

The sustainability opportunity of a lifetime. Grow your network, expand your knowledge, and experience regenerative lifestyles in paradise!

Design your life, find your tribe, on an educational expedition where you’ll tour sustainable solutions and regenerative communities in Costa Rica.

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Analogue Forestry

This class will be taught in Spanish and translated into English.
La forestería análoga es una herramienta de la restauración ecológica para el soporte de vida del planeta. Utiliza los bosques naturales como guías para crear paisajes ecológicamente estables y socioeconómicamente productivos.
Analog Forestry is an approach to ecological restoration which uses natural forests as guides to create ecologically stable and socio-economically productive landscapes. Analog Forestry is a complex and holistic form of silviculture, which minimizes external inputs, such as agrochemicals and fossil fuels, instead fostering ecological function for resilience and productivity.

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World IT Forum (WITFOR)

WITFOR 2016 intends to bring together members of the ICT community from governments, academia, industry and associations, to discuss recent proposals aimed to reach the sustainable development goals, promoted by the United Nations, to improve global conditions by reducing poverty and hunger; achieving universal education; promoting gender equality; ensuring environmental sustainability; combating diseases and reducing mortality.

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Permaculture and Yoga Program (PYP)

With the era of consumerism, the world faces many challenges from loss of habitat, to environmental degradation and social disconnection. We believe it’s time to cultivate opportunities for positive change and learning. Permaculture – derived from the words “permanent” and “culture” – is a design science based on mimicking efficient patterns and relationships found in nature. Permaculture is yoga for the land, as yoga is permaculture for the body.

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