Sundays from 1-4PM August 30 - December 13 Boulder Meadows Community Room 4500 19th Street in Boulder (No class Labor Day and Thanksgiving weekends)

In this time of unprecedented environmental and economic crisis, we can no longer afford to simply keep repeating the patterns of the past. We need to make a quantum leap in our leadership. This course will provide you with information, skills, tools, and practice to lead more successful change initiatives in your community.

 Topics Will Include:

The Long Emergency and Transition

Personal Resilience Plans

Holacracy

Community Mapping

The Psychology of Change

Facilitating Dialogue

Cultivating Diversity

Transforming Conflict

Alternative Economics And More

You will also have an opportunity to further hone your leadership skills through a Community Leadership Project that you will design and implement in collaboration with a small group of your peers.

Free Introductory Classes: August 12, 7-9PM Boulder Meadows Community Room 4500 19th Street in Boulder August 22, 3:10-4:20PM

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THE TEAM Don Hall is Transition Colorado's Education and Outreach Coordinator, a graduate of the Environmental Leadership Master's Program at Naropa University, and a certified Permaculture Designer. He will be the lead instructor for this course.

Ellen Rosenthal is the Director of the Living Earth Center, an organization committed to creating resilient community through teaching sustainable living skills and fostering deep connections with life on earth. She holds three certifications in permaculture design and teaching.

Jessica Johnson is a graduate of the Environmental Leadership Master's Program at Naropa University. Her work involves helping individuals and communities to create more sustainable lifestyles through connecting with their own inner gifts and living a life of love and purpose.

Lynette Marie Hanthorn is a co-founder and Executive Director of Transition Colorado, a non-profit organization that embraces the ethics and principles of the global Transition Movement to localize and regenerate community. She is a certified Transition Trainer and Holacracy Facilitator.

Michael Brownlee is a co-founder of Transition Colorado, and a board member of Transition US, working as a catalyst for community Transition and Relocalization in response to global crises. He is also a certified Transition Trainer.

Richard Dart, a geologist for the US Geological Survey, teaches outdoor survival based on a philosophy that emphasizes rediscovery of our natural place in the natural world. Richard has recently developed an important community mapping tool for Transition.

For more information or to register, please call Transition Colorado at 303-494-1521 or email don@transitioncolorado.org. $550. Need-based partial scholarships are available. 10% discount if registered by August 15. There will also be a 11-week online version of this course beginning September 2009. Please contact Transition Colorado for additional details.