Information sessions are planned for May and June.
Program Information
The Institute for Earth Regenerative Studies is a local
graduate institute and adult learning center based in northeast Portland
offering stellar programs at the convergence of creativity, eco-restoration,
and the living wisdom traditions. One project of the Institute is WE-CAN, Women
Empowering Climate Action Network, which is a year-long mentored learning and
action cohort to support women and queer women in incubating community-based
climate change, climate action, and climate justice projects. Our circle of
8-12 visionary-activists will meet 1-2 times per month, meet once monthly with
a program mentor with relevant experience, and mentors and visionary activists
will all also co-learn once a month in a larger circle. Visionary-activists,
who may be sparked by background or interests in an arts-based, permaculture/
gardening/ nature-loving, or ecopreneurial approach will cross-pollinate and
learn more about climate justice and Gaian resilience while nurturing their
visionary projects. Encounters will include a combination of project activation
training, collaborative creativity engagements, climate change learning,
community organizing, ecopreneurship skill-building, and the development of a
plan for launching your project.
We are recruiting women visionary-activists to
participate in our maiden cohort!
The cost for participating is a
sliding scale from $10 to $270/month, with many partial and full scholarships
available. A wide range of proposed projects will be considered, for example
projects in food justice community gardening, climate murals, appropriate
technology eco-businesses, women’s empowerment projects, rural-urban
partnerships for permaculture resilience, etc. Use your creative powers to
dream Earth’s next chapters…
Application Form for WE-CAN
Our application
process allows you to gather your materials and email us your application. The
types of questions include describing your project idea, providing some
background information on successful projects or activities in the past, and
two letters of support.
Timelines
Applications
are accepted on a rolling basis with priority given if sent by June 22, 2015
Notifications
will be rolling and will start being sent by August 1, 2015
The program runs from September 2015
through May 2016
We look forward to learning more about your ideas!
www.earthregenerative.org/wecan/
