The Spirit of Life Centre, Greece – a place to pause, re-connect and draw inspiration!

Eco-Campus, @ The Spirit of Life Centre, Mani, Greece provides an independent

forum set up to serve the needs of One Living Planet.

The Eco-Campus Community (Sangha) welcomes thinkers and entrepreneurs,

eco-visionaries and scientists, artists, writers and teachers as well as creative
specialists, ecologists and all those whose livelihood depends on Nature.

We comprise a network of members and specialists that you can be introduced to,
in order to meet, exchange ideas, listen, collaborate and share ideas and contacts
that may be relevant to your career, enterprise or organisational needs.

The Spirit of Life Centre (SOL) is here to support

“Green” charities, investors, Social Entrepreneurs
and their communities to realise positive change.

At the Centre, we understand that, faced with

issues and concerns, it is not always to
government or institutions, universities or
academics, politicians or leaders that we have to
turn.

As men and women, as members of community we

can look to be inspired by other sources of help:
those around us, the marketplace, within our
communities – thus we realise our own unique
response as citizens of the planet.

“Eco-” comes from the Greek word “ikos” which

means “household”.
With the words “eco-nomy” and “eco-logy” the Ancient Greeks show they realised
the connection between their own daily lifestyles and the bigger picture.
This realisation calls for active participation for all.

Thus, a commitment to citizenship, participation and open society made Greece

the “cradle of democracy” in its early days. The challenges we face, as citizens of
the planet, demonstrate, like them, it is time now for us to achieve together what
we cannot achieve alone.

About you
You are invited to Greece to orient yourself to the needs of Socially Responsible
Enterprise, understand, consider and respond effectively to the demands of living
in times of change.

The services we offer

Our key points of specialisation are: people-ready organisation, sustainable
business development, eco-living, work-life balance, ethical enterprise, Social
Enterprise and community regeneration.

Our points of reference

Take a look at our points of reference: some of the people who inspire us, the
organisations whose values we share.
Here are a few people whose thinking can unlock human potential:

 Sun Tzu
 Lao Tzu
 James Lovelock (ecologist)
 Satish Kumar of Resurgence

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 Dee Hock (founder of VISA International)

 Ketan Patel of Goldman Sachs
 Joanna Macy (writer)
 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (independent academic and business advisor -
former Thinker of the Year)

 Resurgence Magazine
 Schumacher College
 Forum for the Future
 Feasta: Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
 FLOW
 New Economics Foundation
 International Business Leaders’ Forum
 The Soil Association
 Friends of the Earth
 Slow Food
 The Hub
 Alliance for a New Humanity
 Centre for Human Ecology
 Zaadz
 Social Venture Network

Local initiatives that we chose to support,

include, among others:
 Transition City Bristol
 Bristol Sustainable City Charter
 Schumacher Council
 Big Café
 Bordeaux Quay
 Knowle West Media Centre
 Flow Internet Cafe
 Fair Trade Foundation
 Be The Change
 In Praise of Slow
 Agora Space
 World Future Council
 Transition Culture
 Spirit of Life Centre, Greece

Membership benefits
The newsletter is available for FREE.

Student membership is for those who want to study for an

independent career or achieve financial independence, and
includes a year’s subscription to Resurgence magazine.

Membership for individuals is £10 a month or £40 per

annum and entitles members to discounts and savings on
courses, workshops and seminars as well as invitation to
events on our programme calendar.
If you do not have membership, non-members’ rates apply.

We also have Family Membership – this is especially for those who want to take
advantage of family bookings for walking holidays, leisure activities and retreat
centre vacations, not just in Greece. We work with recommended venues that
share our ethos.

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Benefits for professional members

As a service to professional members you have access to creative services,
design, IT support and corporate education (see SOL Curriculum) as well as ideas
incubation, new markets support, translation and multi-cultural orientation.

The savings you can make, more than cover the cost of membership.

Professional members with an interest in supporting Social Enterprise and flexible

workspace have introduction to services available from: The Hub (35, King Street,
Bristol).

Professional Membership is by invitation.

Enterprise members have access to the services of Social Venture Network and
the Association of Sustainability Practitioners - run independently of SOL
Community, but to whom you can be introduced.
We have an ongoing programme of supporting local events and networking
events by invitation.

Enterprise membership is by donation, however we recommend a minimum

amount in order to cover running costs and enable access to services, advisors,
support, expertise, resources and introductions, as well as invitation to our
ongoing programme of events.

For those who want to know more

Benefits for Enterprise members includes:

 Personnel training
 Interim management
 Coaching and mentoring
 Leadership programmes
 E-campus (corporate education)
 English as a Foreign Language services
(courseware and tutoring)
 Language learning (course development and tutoring)
 Curriculum Development for in-house training

Our areas of expertise

The disciplines that we draw from - include cross-disciplinary expertise in:
 Education and learning
 Ecology and environment
 Design and eco-design
 Architecture and urban ecology
 Community re-generation
 Media
 Publishing
 Creative services
 Language and culture
 Multi-culture
 Brand management
 Communications and PR
 Translations and multi-culture
 IT
 Asset management
 Local government
 Healthcare
 Law, accounting and start-up

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 Recruitment and HR
 Strategy and continuous improvement – kai-zen

One Living Planet – courses for learners and education providers

The Curriculum comprises 42 specialist areas of expertise that comprise the basis
for a one-year blended learning programme that is available for part-time study.

Enrolment is by application to professional and enterprise members.

Strategic benefits
Membership benefits include: access to courseware and curriculum development
for EFL, language learning and leadership.

Course enrolment is available through a combination of residential study as well

as blended learning (distance learning) so you can study at your own pace.

Whole Person Development

Continuing professional development

Individual training is less than the cost of a full-time MBA, and provides
university-level learning with all the benefit of an in-house solution.

One Living Planet - services for schools

A Curriculum Development and Publishing service for those interested in human
ecology and Gaian Perspectives is available for: schools, colleges and education
providers.

We welcome prospective coaches, tutors, mentors and educators who want to

study for a career in human-scale education. See: www.resurgence.org.

SOL Community for One Living Planet.

Introducing Resurgence Foundation and Schumacher College: www.resurgence.org.
For investors in sustainable community.