What if Women Designed the city?
Making a living while making a difference.
Making a living while making a difference.
It can be difficult to make ends meet, let alone find a job that enlivens us and allows us to meaningfully contribute to the ecological, political, and social challenges of our time. More than 150 participants already sign up!
Tools and Insights to Help Make Your Vocational Dreams Come to Life
When we think about our livelihood as our service to the wellbeing of ourselves, each other, and the planet, it opens us to dream and explore new possibilities. Pairing these with regenerative and cooperative economic theories and business models empowers us to actualize them and contribute more substantially to the more equitable, sustainable, and just world we envision.
One course. Four dimensions. Unlimited impact.
Each module will have required and suggested reading and/or videos to watch and guiding prompts or questions. The learning will happen through forum participation, reflection, and live sessions led by Della and Silvia by addressing some of these questions.
What is right livelihood or regenerative livelihood?
How do we create a regenerative livelihood for ourselves that is also regenerative for our communities and the world?
How can we make a difference in the world while earning our living?
What are the existing models of livelihood and what is emerging?
Key Benefits
Gain a comprehensive understanding of sustainability.
Be part of a global network of changemakers.
Earn a certificate upon completion from a curriculum recognised by UNESCO.
Opportunity to upgrade your GEDS into a Masters/PhD degree with Ubiquity University.
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Skills Gained
Address complex challenges holistically.
Foster inclusion, equity, and social justice.
Economic perspectives and tools to align work, life, and finances.
Enhance projects and restore ecosystems.
Communicate effectively across diverse cultures and communities.
Sustainable project management and strategic planning.
Strategies that enhance resilience and flexibility.
Impact assessment using sustainability indicators.
Course Details
The course takes place over 12 weeks with virtual meetings offered every other week. There are six modules in this course, each lasting two weeks and each containing module materials and one live virtual session. (note that virtual sessions are being offered at two different times to allow for engagement and participation from different time zones).
The first week of a module is for reading, listening, or watching the module materials. Participants have all two weeks of the module to post responses to the module prompts and reply to other participant’s reflections on the learning platform. The one live session per module happens during the module’s second week.
Themes of the course’s five modules:
Welcome and Introductions - group agreements, learning goals
(Re)Discovering Passions, Gifts, and Purpose
Acupuncture Points for Systems Change
Rethinking Economics, Work, and Money
Regenerative and Cooperative Economic Models and Tools
This course is a virtual learning and practice course that uses both synchronous (live sessions via zoom) as well as asynchronous (learning platform) learning methods.
The live session utilizes the “flipped classroom” approach where participants are asked to teach back the insights from the pre-session materials. This pedagogical approach is inspired by the view that “teaching others” offers learners the highest rate of retention.
At the end of the course, each participant will have created and shared a portfolio and a reflection paper on what are the principles and elements of a regenerative livelihood and how they interact with the participant's community needs and offers.
Each module will have required and suggested reading and/or videos to watch and guiding prompts or questions. The learning will happen through forum participation, reflection, and live sessions led by Della and Silvia.
Key course information
Course type:
Online
Date:
Starts on January 31st, 2026
Duration:
12 weeks
Price:
£300
Live Session:
Weekly
Time and Dates: TBA
Facilitation:
Della Duncan & Silvia Di Blazio
Interaction:
Forum interaction with peers to support learning journey & Live Calls
Certificate:
Provided upon successful completion
Course Facilitators
The GEDS Full Course is guided by dedicated professionals with real-world experience across all dimensions of sustainability.
Meet some of our facilitators:
Della Duncan
Della is the co-creator and co-facilitator of the Cultivating Regenerative Livelihoods Course.
Della guides journeys upstream to the root causes of the challenges of our time to empower us to realize and re-member who we are, why we are here and how we can contribute to the Great Turning.
As a Renegade Economist and moral philosopher, plants in her regenerative livelihood garden include hosting the Upstream Podcast which challenges mainstream economic thinking through documentaries and conversations including most recently The Green Transition: The Problem with Green Capitalism and The Myth of Freedom Under Capitalism, supporting individuals as a Right Livelihood Coach, helping transition businesses and organizations as a post capitalist consultant, co-leading the California Doughnut Economics Coalition, and teaching and facilitating courses and retreats on Right Livelihood, the Work that Reconnects and Regenerative Economics around the world.
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Silvia Di Blasio
Silvia is an Argentinian born Design for Sustainability graduate and EDE facilitator.
With a lifelong passion and dedication to social justice, sustainability, and transformational change. With a degree in Psychopedagogie and Adult Education and a diploma in Career Counselling, Silvia has specialized on eLearning, curriculum design and facilitation for social change.
Silvia brings a long track record of working as an educator, curriculum designer, online specialist, career coach and facilitator in organizations that include, among others the Work That Reconnects Network, the Capra Course, the Permaculture Women’s Guild and three NGOs supporting immigrants and refugees in Canada.
With a lifelong passion and dedication to social justice, sustainability, and transformational change. With a degree in Psychopedagogie and Adult Education and a diploma in Career Counselling, Silvia has specialized on eLearning, curriculum design and facilitation for social change.
Silvia brings a long track record of working as an educator, curriculum designer, online specialist, career coach and facilitator in organizations that include, among others the Work That Reconnects Network, the Capra Course, the Permaculture Women’s Guild and three NGOs supporting immigrants and refugees in Canada.
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Course Facilitators
Della Duncan
Della is the co-creator and co-facilitator of the Cultivating Regenerative Livelihoods Course.
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Della guides journeys upstream to the root causes of the challenges of our time to empower us to realize and re-member who we are, why we are here and how we can contribute to the Great Turning.
As a Renegade Economist and moral philosopher, plants in her regenerative livelihood garden include hosting the Upstream Podcast which challenges mainstream economic thinking through documentaries and conversations including most recently The Green Transition: The Problem with Green Capitalism and The Myth of Freedom Under Capitalism, supporting individuals as a Right Livelihood Coach, helping transition businesses and organizations as a post capitalist consultant, co-leading the California Doughnut Economics Coalition, and teaching and facilitating courses and retreats on Right Livelihood, the Work that Reconnects and Regenerative Economics around the world.
Silvia Di Blasio
Silvia is an Argentinian born Design for Sustainability graduate and EDE facilitator.
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With a lifelong passion and dedication to social justice, sustainability, and transformational change. With a degree in Psychopedagogie and Adult Education and a diploma in Career Counselling, Silvia has specialized on eLearning, curriculum design and facilitation for social change.
Silvia brings a long track record of working as an educator, curriculum designer, online specialist, career coach and facilitator in organizations that include, among others the Work That Reconnects Network, the Capra Course, the Permaculture Women’s Guild and three NGOs supporting immigrants and refugees in Canada.
Fees and Scholarships
The Cultivating Regenerative Livelihoods runs for 14 weeks (including an orientation period).
You can add six extra monthly coaching calls/follow ups (optional)
We suggest you dedicate a minimum of 5 hours a week, plan to be in the calls and fully engaged to receive maximum benefit from this course.
You can choose to pay in full or in instalments.
The course cost is £300. We provide a limited number of scholarships, please apply here if you are unable to pay for the full course. Scholarships are limited and are provided partial (50% and 75%). Applications will be accepted until January 7, 2026 and results will be communicated to applicants by January 15.
For further information, please email: yan.teixeira@gaiaeducation.org
Graduates of our programmes have gone on to contribute to sustainability projects, build communities, become social entrepreneurs, partake in permaculture projects and bio-dynamic farming, support transition movements and much more.
Upon certification you will have the background and confidence to take an active role in Designing Regenerative Livelihoods for yourself and those in your circle and community. You will be able to use diverse tools and practices to identify ways to create livelihood that help heal and regenerate ecosystems and communities.
To receive a Certificate of Completion students need to engage and participate in all activities during the 12 weeks period of the programme Cultivating Regenerative Livelihoods. At the end of their participation students will have successfully completed the minimum required activities and will have access to an alumni platform with all the content of the course and access to some sharing and interaction tools with other participants.
Learn more about the book that inspires the course
This course is inspired on May's book What if Women Designed the City?.
See what those who shape cities think about the book here.
The book publisher (Triarchy Press) prepared a 33% discount for Gaia Education community. By using the code Gaiaplease on this link you are able to get a discounted copy for you.
