Honoring our Ecoversities Alliance Ancestors Aloha friends Join us to honor the Ecoversities Alliance Ancestors - 1st November, (6am Hawai'i, 9am PDT, 10am Mexico, 12noon EST, 5pm GMT, 6pm ECT, 9:30pm India, 11pm Thailand), 90min Join Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86725526782?pwd=GzDMAx3ORuYKIAWbwDR5iSilXzNAqM.1 The Ecoversities Alliance is 10 years old this year (August 2025). The roots of the Alliance were entangled through relationships built during the Enlivened Learning project (2012-2013). These relationships supported the manifestation of the first gathering at Tamera Ecovillage in southern Portugal with 50+ kindred folks from many parts of the world experimenting in the field of higher education. The Ecoversities Alliance has flourished into a thriving international and multi-regional knowledge movement and community of practice. Along the way a number of folks who came (or almost came) to that initial meeting were part of initial conversations with the co-founders of Ecoversities. They all emphasized the importance of building inter-regional and trans-local alliances to transform our education systems. Sadly several of these folks have passed and are now our ancestors. In this 10 year anniversary we want to make space to honor the life and work of these Ecoversities Ancestors and introduce their contributions to a new generation of Ecoversitarians. Please join us on the 1st of November, a time of honoring the ancestors in many parts of the world, to celebrate the life of these friends and ancestors of the Ecoversities Alliance. Session facilitated by Udi Mandel, Kelly Teamey and sierra ying allen, Spanish Translation available. Some of people being honored on this day and those who will be speaking about them are: Narcisse Blood (Blackfoot elder and co-founder of the Kainai Studies programme at Red Crow Community College) - speaker Ryan First Diver (Narcisse’s friend, student and colleague at the Kainai Studies programme, Beaver Bundle keeper, snake-wrangler). Liora Adler (Gaia U International) - speaker Andrew Langford (Liora’s husband and Gaia U co-founder, permaculturist innovator and educator). Gustavo Esteva (co-founder of Unitierra, Mexico, de-professionalized intellectual, writer) - speaker Yeyo Beltran (Gustavo’s friend, colleague, co-founder of Unitierra and Herramientas para el buen vivir). Pracha Hutanuwatr (co-founder of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists; Spirit in Education Movement; and Ecovillage Transition Asia) - speaker Petra Carman (Pracha’s student, colleague, and facilitator, co-founder of Karuna Society). There will be space during the call to share practices of remembrance and spontaneous tributes to any of the other beautiful souls who have become fertile soil from which the Alliance grows. [image: image.png] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ecoversities Friends" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ecoversitiesfriends/CA%2Bf3bOqQe9ArnSNQs_H... <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ecoversitiesfriends/CA%2Bf3bOqQe9ArnSNQs_HiM_csd59xo3CJnPti-VOm20HLpQCaGA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> .
