A Short Course by

LAND INSIGHT

Supported by the Institute of Relational Being

LIVING WITH THE LAND

INTRODUCTION TO DEEP ECOLOGY AND THE ART OF LAND-RESPONSIVENESS

No prior experience in this field is necessary.

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Outline

Location : Online

Duration : 3 weeks. (Monday,Thursday)

Dates :  17th, 20th, 24th, 27th February and 3rd & 6th March 2025

Timing : 6 pm to 8 pm Indian Standard Time (Time slot may change. Participants will be informed the final time closer to the date*.)

Language : English

Facilitators : Per Ingvar Haukeland, Karina Miotto

Facilitator-in-Learning : Chaitali Chaudhari

Facilitators

Per Ingvar Haukeland

Per Ingvar Haukeland, Professor Ecophilosophy/Ecopedagogy, University of South-Eastern Norway, linked to the Outdoor Life Studies program. Haukeland has worked with the philosopher Arne Naess for close to 20 years, including the books Life’s Philosophy (2003) and Deep Joy: Into the depths of deep ecology (in Norwegian). He has worked for 15 years as a center leader and senior participatory action-researcher at the Centre for NatureCulture-based innovation at Telemark Research Institute. He is currently researching developing a sense of indigeneity, learning from the Sami, Kven and Norse traditions in Norway, as ways of bridging the past and the future in ways that are both broadly sustainable and land-responsiveness.

Karina Miotto

Karina Miotto is a Deep Ecology specialist, trained at Gaia Education, Sharing Nature, and Schumacher College, learning from luminaries like Stephan Harding, Joanna Macy, and John Seed. Deep Ecology shapes her work, bridging logic and intuition across workshops, mentoring, activism, writing, and academic research. Over 10 years, she has applied this philosophy to climate change adaptation, including a project in the Australian Alps with La Trobe University. Karina also fundraised for the Gondwana Foundation to protect the Daintree Rainforest and published CHANGEMAKERS: The Courage to Transform the World. Since 2019, she has mentored changemakers, empowering transformative action.

Chaitali Chaudhari

Facilitator-in-Learning

Chaitali Chaudhari is an ecological designer and educator dedicated to fostering meaningful connections between people and landscapes. Founder of Land Insight, she brings together her background in architecture, regenerative design, and ecological thinking to inspire respect for the land. A graduate of Schumacher College’s MA in Ecological Design Thinking, her dissertation and work explores the Goethean approach to architecture, emphasizing place-based and more-than-human responsiveness. With hands-on experience in vernacular eco-architecture and permaculture, Chaitali integrates practical knowledge and cultural sensitivity. Through foodwize, she extends her passion into sustainable food systems, creating holistic learning experiences for urban consumers.

Living with the Land Short Course

About

This course will explore the connections between humans and the land from within a deep ecological perspective. Deep ecology is a direction within ecophilosophy, ecopsychology and cultural ecology that opens the world of sensuous and imaginative co-respondence with the powers of the land as HOME (eco). It uses both science and philosophy to explore the material and spiritual aspects of our responsiveness to these powers. This is important to be attentive to whether one is an educator, architect, permaculturalist, poet or artist, or simply seeking a deeper connection to and sustainable living in the land one inhabits together with the more-than-human. It brings further the work of Arne Naess on deep ecology. The course is also in honor of the late Stephan Harding, whose classic text Animate Earth (2006), opens an animistic door to uniting depth psychology, science and ecophilosophy through Gaia, the Earth goddess. The course combines both practical and theoretical perspectives, which will also delve into various ways of understanding the land and landscape as a way of living, and ground the course in the broader and mythopoetic image of a Tree of Life. 

The course will have six sessions that gets at various ecological depths of the Tree of Life: 

  1. INTRODUCTION. Seed, soil and soul. Depth of attention. 
  2. Roots. Depth of experience
  3. Trunk: Depth of awareness. 
  4. Branches: Depth of Consequence.
  5. Flowers/leaves. Depth of transition
  6. SUMMARY. Fruits: Depth of learning

The course will take place for a 2-hour gathering, and then exercises in between sessions and discussions among the participants. The participants will create what we for this course call a Gaia-philosophy.

This Short Course is Recommended if …

  • You seek a deeper, more meaningful connection with the land and the more-than-human world.
  • You are an educator or any kind of designer (eg: architect, landscape designer, permaculturist, and so on) aiming to integrate ecological insights into your work.
  • You are a poet, artist, or philosopher exploring the imaginative dimensions of ecological responsiveness.
  • You feel a calling to explore regenerative practices and sustainable living.
  • You value interdisciplinary learning and are curious about bringing together science and philosophy.

Conditions of Participation

  • To get the best of this course and support real transformation, you will need to participate fully in all of the sessions, as the programme is cumulative. 
  • Since the course is interactive, you will get the best results by joining the calls and participating live. 
  • There will be homework assignments between the calls, which all participants are expected to do in order to keep up with the group experience.
  • Access to basic materials for note-taking, sketching, or journaling is recommended. Pre-reading resources will be shared prior to the course.
  • A willingness to explore diverse perspectives and contribute respectfully to the shared learning environment.
  • Reliable internet access and a device capable of joining video calls.

Tuition Fee

The tuition fees for this course directly support the work of the facilitators and Land Insight, enabling them to continue their transformative efforts in a world that urgently needs regenerative practices and fresh perspectives. By joining this course, your contribution sustains their exploration of the vital connection between Deep Ecology, design, and ecological awareness—work that resonates far beyond the classroom.

We understand that participants come from diverse financial backgrounds and aim to make this course accessible to all. To achieve this, we offer a flexible fee structure:

For Indian Participants – 

Early Bird Rate – ₹ 6000/-  (Use coupon code EARLYBIRD at the checkout. Valid only until 25th January)

Standard Rate – ₹ 8,000/-      

Supporter Rate – ₹ 12,000/-  

For Participants from Europe, the UK, and the USA – 

Standard Rate – € 250 /-

Supporter Rate – € 300 /-

If you are from a country not listed above, please feel free to contact us at landinsightinfo@gmail.com. We will be delighted to provide a fair rate for your participation.

If you are able, we warmly encourage you to pay the Supporter rate.

We firmly believe that financial constraints should not be a barrier to participation. If affordability is a concern, please reach out to us at landinsightinfo@gmail.com. We’re happy to discuss your circumstances and work with you to make your participation possible.

Have questions or want to know more about this short course? Please write to us at landinsightinfo@gmail.com.

INDIAN PARTICIPANTS APPLY HERE
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