FEB 16 UPDATE - Cecilia's FB page and Melbourne event has been updated!!!
THIS MONTH - I will be doing workshops in Australia
オーストラリアでワークショップ／プレゼンするよ〜
（英語で）
We are still finalizing the details but here is what I have so far
2/18 Day event with Cecilia Macaulay in Southern Highlands
(
Cecilia Macaulay and Annabel Brown from Southern Highlands Steiner School is organizing this event)
Details will be posted on
Cecilia's Facebook ← updated!
2/20 Evening event with Cecilia Macaulay in Sydney
Details will be posted on
Cecilia's Facebook ← updated!
2/22 Evening event in Seymore on Permaculture based Social Change Projects around the world
(
Richard Telford from Abdullah House is organizing it for me)
Facebook Event Info Here
2/25 Event in Melbourne topic and venue to be decided
(I think Richard Telford, and Adrian from Permablitz Melbourne is organizing this)
Facebook Event Info Here ← updated!
or on
Melbourne Permabliz ← updated!
Thank you to everyone helping me!
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BELOW ARE THE TOPICS I NORMALLY OFFER IN JAPAN
(What I initially sent to Richard and Cecilia)
＊I'm quite
flexible so I can mix and match, redesign, cater, whatever seems most
exciting for the space. I can make things shorter too, but I like to go
deep and often that requires time. All I really need is people and place
and the rest we can make with onsite resources!
My journey with permaculture and inspiring permaculture stories from the West Coast 2~3 hour presentation
This
is my story of exploring the world of "peace" and "sustainability".
From the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to living in the jungle of Costa Rica
with no running water or electricity, to my visits to various amazing
permaculture communities. My story focuses more on people and
relationships (social permaculture), social change and empowerment,
rather than food production. I end with how I am cultivating the
cultural soil to plant radical practices of peace and ecology through my
project called Tokyo Urban Permaculture.
The permaculture and social change projects I focus on are
Both
show case not just food systems but thriving communities that are
impacting the larger society. The Bullocks is a rural example where 12
interns are trained each year to learn any skill they want and
experiment with designing culture/community. City Repair is an urban
example of residents reclaiming public space and illegally taking over a
intersection, creating a beautiful mandala painting, earthen benches,
kids playhouse, free tea station, etc. Eventually the persuaded the city
government that it was for the public good, and their illegal action
has been legalize (they call it legal innovation). Now the city actively
promotes this behavior and City Repair has pioneered urban ecological
design and community renewal.
Powerpoint Presentation with beautiful pictures
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) 2~3 hour workshop or whole day
This
is an experiential workshop on how to interact with each other and
yourself in a way that aims to nourishe everyone. How do we communicate
in our full authenticity while holding others with
loving care? How do we shift from a power-over paradigm to a power-with
paradigm, where all life matters equally? Why do we get stuck in
conflict, and how can we navigate beyond it? We will explore these
questions through powerful interactive practices.
By changing
our worldview and connecting with needs (rather than our judgements),
we will be able to engage with conflict, whether in our family, work, or
in social change work, comfortably and compassionately.
Below is an add for a whole day NVC and systems thinking workshop
http://livingpermaculture.blogspot.sg/2015/11/dec-4-2015-kai-sawyer-on-nonviolent.html
Zen and living mindfully
This is a workshop where we will
experience
mindfulness by just practicing what we do everyday with mindfulness. We
will do mindful walking, mindful eating, mindful resting, mindful
sharing, and most importantly mindful breathing. It will be a time to
just be, experience the miracle of being alive, and be present with
reality rather than our thoughts. Simple and effective practices that
you can do anytime anywhere. Inspired by the teachings of zen master
Thich Naht Hanh and the daily practice at Plum Village. Let us enjoy
slowing down, being present, and feeling refreshed.
Adventures in the world of the Gift Economy 2 ~ 3 hour presentation/workshop
An
overview of what the gift economy is, how it is at the foundation of
how our world works. From understanding that our earth is a gift
ecology, to various forms of gift economies that we are already
participating in, we will explore the gift economy through exciting
examples and inspiring stories (e.g. our birth, open source, Burning
Man, Karma Kitchen, Vinoba Bhave). I will share how I started to
consciously participate in the gift economy, shift my life from worrying
about making money to living in service, and living in a world of
pricelessness. There will be an experiential activity to have a taste of
what it feels like to live the gift.
I have offered almost
all of my workshops on a donation basis (no suggested price) since 2011,
and live a most amazing life. I live on donations from thousands of
people, and I live in a world of interdependence where trust and care
flow naturally. I make less decisions based on fear and feel more free
and alive. This is an invitation to live a more hopeful, more free, and
more fulfilling life.
Systems Thinking through Games 1.5 ~ 2 hour workshop
This
is a workshop based on the book The Systems Thinking Playbook by Sweeny
and Meadows. We will all become a part of a system, experience what
happens, observe and discuss how it relates to our world. Why is it so
hard to make changes even if we know there is a problem? Where are the
leverage points for change? By using games we can have fun, better
understand how systems work, and see how we can make effective
interventions.
I
can talk about how I made the Urban Permaculture Guide book starting
with no money and no desire to write it myself. Over 15 people, many
professionals, willingly volunteered to make the book and through
crowdfunding, we made an amazing glorified zine that is in its 4th
printing. The bookmaking process itself was an experiment in social
permaculture by using onsite resources and designing beneficial
relationships. The book is a synthesis of cultural regeneration for a
more sustainable Tokyo and Japan. More info here:
Urban Permaculture Guidebook (crowdsourced crowdfunded zine)
Peace and Permaculture DOJO
The
Urban Permaculture Guide was both an experiment in social permaculture
and the gift economy, as well as developing the cultural soil for the
Peace and Permaculture Dojo (PPD). The PPD is another experiment in
dynamic social design, where my main role is to set favorable conditions
for a human guild to thrive. We just finished crowdfunding about
$63,000 USD to fix the old farmhouse. More info here:
Peace and Permaculture DOJO
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MY BIO
*sorry I'm not so good with English bios, so feel free to edit
BIO for NELIS
Kai is a nonviolence activist or 共生革命家 in Japanese. Born in Tokyo, raised in rural Japan (Minami Uonuma),
Hawaii, Osaka, California, and the jungle of Costa Rica. He considers the earth
his home.
After the September 11th
2001 terrorist attacks in the USA and subsequent US invasions, Kai began to
engage with issues of war, structural violence, intergenerational justice,
agroecology and sustainability, while attending the University of California
Santa Cruz. He became the co-chair for the Education for Sustainable Living
Program (ESLP), a radical educational experiment that collaborated with
world-class sustainability leaders such as Vandana Shiva, Satish Kumar, and
Frances Moore Lappe. ESLP facilitated institutional change through student
empowerment and participatory action research.
He founded Tokyo Urban Permaculture
as an experiment to fundamentally transform the culture and politics of Tokyo,
after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011. He teaches permaculture,
nonviolent communication, mindfulness, systems thinking, social change and
about the gift economy (gift ecology) around the world. Currently, he is
training youth activists in Japan on nonviolence, and is developing a “Peace
and Permaculture Dojo” to train the next generation of change makers in Japan.
He is passionate about life,
gardening, and alleviating suffering of all beings.
