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Aspen's programme provides a framework for decision-making, that not only helps clients create, then execute their design, but does so in the context of ensuring each action accounts for the bigger picture. It places them in a position of choice and control and better able to create sustainable outcomes.

Aspen is currently the only Certified Educator offering holistic decision-making skills in mainland Europe. Her ability to address her clients needs and her knowledge of Holistic Management is outstanding.

Ann Adams,
Director of Outreach,
Holistic Management International

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We now have definite goals, financial and land-based plans, and are confident that we can achieve them ....
... As a person I feel that I've learnt a lot about myself and about the importance and value of the relationships we have with the people in our lives.

Sally Beckett
New Zealand

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Aspen has presented me with a clear understanding of what the Holistic Management framework is and how I can relate it to my business and my personal life. I am encouraged to put the process to work and see its true power in my own practice.

Mick Oates
Australia

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The Holistic Management® seminar offers you new skills to ensure that every decision you make is leading towards a sustainable future. This holistic decision-making framework enables you to create sustainable lives, landscapes or livelihoods whatever you do and wherever you live.

For the first time in Europe Holistic Management has been used in three continents, for over thirty years, to reverse desertification, revive communities and create sustainable livelihoods. But this is the first time that this training has been available in Europe. In our complex world, it is becoming increasingly difficult to manage the varying elements, never mind ensure sustainability. Holistic Management provides simple support to do just that.

Structured support

Holistic Management is a simple framework which ensures that every decision leads to a sustainable outcome. It enables us to move effortlessly from the big picture to the smallest detail, without losing sight of our vision or losing track of what needs to be done.

Whatever we do and wherever we live, Holistic Management offers the tools to enable us to:

• Be clear about how we want our life, landscape or livelihood to be.
• Understand what it takes to consistently move towards that outcome sustainably.
• Manage the resources we have to achieve what we want.
• Keep ourselves moving in the right direction.

And this framework can be learned in a week-long residential seminar in the perfect environment at Semilla Besada.

The perfect environment

The residential seminar at Semilla Besada provides you with currently the only opportunity to learn this holistic decision-making framework in mainland Europe. Here you can learn the skills to create sustainable outcomes in every aspect of your life, or landscape or livelihood. The seminar is held in a breathtaking natural environment, where you will have the opportunity to see the process at work on this 16 hectare sustainable subsistence farm. The combination of theory and practice encourages confidence in application.

Residential Seminar Benefits

You will leave feeling confident about your understanding of the framework and empowered to use it in your life and work. More specifically you will benefit from:

• The only opportunity in Europe where you can learn this framework.
• A week-long period of un-interrupted focus in a unique environment.
• Consideration of you and your needs.
• An opportunity to learn with others and benefit from their insights and questions.
• Comprehensive and easy to absorb training.
• Accomodation in a comfortable four-person apartment.
• Personal attention from a certified trainer.
• On-going contact and support.

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Residential Seminar Features

So that you have an idea of the structure of the seminar, the following features are part of the training programme.

• Full board and accomodation in The Lodge.
• Six hours daily training in the holistic decision-making framework.
• The use of lectures, practical exercises and group activities.
• A maximum number of four participants to ensure individual attention to your needs.
• The inclusion of comprehensive handouts and access to Semilla Besada's reference video and book library.
• Step-by-step training and practice to enable you to define parameters and draft an holistic direction.
• Consideration of the ecosystems processes and the tools used to manage landscapes.
• Training in the testing process that ensures that you sustainably move towards your holisticgoal.
• Step-by-step training and practice in the relevant management protocols which enable you to organise, plan, monitor and control outcomes in a feedback process for:
  • Finances
  • Land
  • Animal movement
• Understanding of the management guidelines that inform the practice of Holistic Management.
• The use of the framework in the following modes: decision-making, policy-making, research focus and problem diagnosis.
• The following goods and services are included:
  • One hour follow up coaching.
  • One year's subscription to Holistic Management International's 'In Practice' magazine.
  • A copy of the Holistic Management Self Study Guide

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Residential Seminar Dates

Holistic Management for Designers Seminars are of 7 days duration. They start at 4pm on Friday and finish at 4pm on the following Friday.

To see the dates for the coming season please view the Calendar

If these dates don't work for you please contact us as we may be able to schedule other courses.

Your Financial Investment

650 Euros to include full board and accommodation in a twin-bedded room at The Lodge.

As your satisfaction is our priority, we provide a full money-back guarantee.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

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