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Transformative learning for sustainable living
June 2013
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Last weeks of our Annual Appeal
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Please help us reach our goal of $10,000
by the end of June
Your contribution is tax-deductible
OASES is a world-renowned leader in education for sustainability.
- Since OASES was founded in 2006, we have developed a ground-breaking & fully accredited Masters program unlike any in Australia.
- In partnership with the Schumacher College UK, we are developing a global transformative education network.
- This year we launched the OASES short course program with around a dozen courses featuring leading figures in sustainability, community development, strategic foresight, systems thinking, spiritual & arts-based enquiry, participatory action research & more.
- Thousands have attended our regular talks & events.
And unlike most other universities offering accredited post-graduate programs, we do not receive any public funding, yet are required to meet the same rigorous accreditation standards as larger tertiary institutions.
We depend on you to keep OASES alive & thriving.
Our goal of $10,000 will ensure we can continue to develop the programs & networks in education that enables more sustainable living.
To make a secure tax-deductible donation, click on the icon below
Or call us on 9819 3502.
Thanks for your continuing support of OASES.
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Applications are open for semester 2
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Are you interested in sustainability? Do you seek ways to create more positive change? Are you looking for post-graduate courses that are more holistic, where learning takes place within a rich community context? If so, our leading post-graduate courses might be for you.
Applications are now open for semester 2!
Open Day on July 6 (see below).
 The OASES Graduate School offers an internationally acclaimed Masters Program in Integrative & Transformative Studies, & a Graduate Certificate in Sustainability in collaboration with the National Centre for Sustainability at Swinburne University.
Applications are now open for the 2nd semester intake. For more info & to apply, click here.
We're very happy to chat about our programs & your interests any time.
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Open Day
Saturday 6 July, 12-5.30pm
FREE ENTRY
You're warmly invited to the OASES Open Day
- Meet OASES facilitators, staff, graduates & students
- Learn about our leading approach to education for sustainability
- Explore our ground-breaking post-graduate programs & short courses that offer ways to genuine address our sustainability concerns
- Hear about job & career opportunities that our courses can open up for you
Join us for presentations, workshops, food, music, art, library tours & more
 All are warmly invited to OASES for this special occasion, following on from the Breakfast (see below), when we gather to showcase & celebrate all that is OASES.
If you are interested in exploring our courses, events, career opportunities, or just being inspired by a wonderful community of facilitators & supporters of OASES, join us this Open Day.
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Special Breakfast Conversations event
What's the big deal about education at OASES?
Saturday 6 July, 9-11.30am
Presented by Dr Jacques Boulet & Rev Paul Sanders
Come along to a very special Breakfast event featuring the founders of OASES, as they share the wisdom & spirit that was central to the creation of OASES & which underpins the courses we run today.
In celebration & recognition of the thinking & spirit that continues to inspire & offer hope as we educate & advocate for more conscious, connected & sustainable societies.
This is a rare event, not to be missed, leading into the OASES Open Day at 12pm (see above).
Cost: $25/$15 including delicious buffet breakfast (with vegetarian options).
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Resurgence Film Night - film
Thursday 20 June, 7-9.30pm
A special 'Dine Below the Line' Resurgence film & discussion evening
You're invited to come along to share a dinner which costs no more than $2 per head to cater for (the global 'extreme poverty' line). We hope you will make a donation equivalent to what you would have spent on dinner normally, which will go towards continuing the education & campaigning work of the Global Poverty Project in Australia.
After dinner, we'll gather around for the screening of Headwinds of Poverty
3 recreational cyclists. 5500km. 7 African countries. What could go wrong? What would make three Aussie guys travel to Africa, jump on their mountain bikes, & ride over 200km per day for 27 days through some of the hardest conditions imaginable?
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Special international guest Satish Kumar
In conversation at the Abbotsford Convent
Thursday evening, 19 September (time tba)
Presented by OASES in partnership with the Schumacher College UK
 A former monk and long-term peace and environment activist,
Satish Kumar has been quietly setting the Global Agenda for change for over 50 years.
He was just nine when he left his family home to join the wandering Jains and 18 when he decided he could achieve more back in the world.
We hope you can join us for an evening with this warm, creative and highly respected man.
More details about this special event coming soon.
Stay tuned to the website & monthly e-news for all the latest.
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Action Research: Human Inquiry for Living Systems
19 & 20 July (all day Friday & afternoon only on Saturday), then
2 & 3 August (again all day Friday & afternoon only on Saturday)
A 3 day short course in 2 parts, facilitated by internationally recognised action researcher, facilitator, theorist & author, Yoland Wadsworth, with specialist associates.
Here is an action research course which will offer you an opportunity
to develop & deepen your understanding of this increasingly popular form of practice-based inquiry – its philosophy, history, theory, concepts, design, facilitation & practice. Conducted in the enjoyable, stress-free, co-learning conditions that characterise OASES.
For more info & to register for one or both parts, click here.
Closing date for registration: 8 July 2013
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Sustainable Relationships in a Technological Age
11 August, 8 & 9 September, 13 October
A 4-day short course at the heart of what it means to live well
How are your relationships with others and the rest of the living world being affected by this age of extraordinary technological progress? Under the guidance of one of Australia’s leading experts in social development, Dr Jacques Boulet, you will reflect on the last 600 years of human history and understand how to create better relationships and communities.
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Community Development
10 August, 12 October, 10 & 11 November
A 4-day short course from one of the world's leading community development practitioners
Working with Dr Jacques Boulet, students will explore concepts, strategies and practices associated with community development. This course looks at ways to empower community not just for survival but with the aim that they will thrive in a way that is sustainable and life enhancing.
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Creating Connections & Opening Up Creativity
19 & 20 October, 16 & 17 November
A 4-day short course learning deeply about our inherent creativity
An aesthetic experience can spark an enlightening moment where things become clearer and make more sense. This course will guide participants to create your own bridges towards clarity.
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Reclaiming Yourself
7-10 November (with optional intro session at OASES on 10 August)
A long weekend residential program near the Grampians
This 4-day ‘live-in’ program in Dunkeld, set in the spectacular Grampians, is a deeply nourishing contemplative experience. You are invited to consider the rich history of human spiritual philosophy and reflect upon your own spiritual life and how it exists as a conscious presence in the world. All meals & 3 nights accommodation included.
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Join one of our fun & supportive teams, & make a valuable contribution to OASES.
Positions are currently available in our Events, Online Communications & Office Teams.
If you'd like to know more, or explore the possibilities, please send your expressions of interest along with your resume to us by e-mail.
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Wild Law Conference
27-29 September, Brisbane
Living within our ecological limits: law and governance to nurture the Earth community
The Australian Wild Law Alliance will host a multi-disciplinary conference aimed at exploring key questions for living within ecology.
How do we know our ecological limits? What legal and governance mechanisms can help us live within our limits? And how do we change our current economic, political and legal systems to create human societies that live in a harmonious relationship with the Earth community?
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EIANZ National Conference
23-24 October, Melbourne
Adapt, Innovate, Advocate: Business as usual is not an option
 The Environment Institute of Australia & New Zealand is now calling for abstracts from those interested in presenting at the conference.
OASES will be participating at this year's conference, and looks forward to seeing many friends, colleagues & peers there.
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Borderlands Cooperative
A reminder that due to response to the recent Community Development courses, both the Introductory and Advanced courses will be run again in September.
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The Habitat Centre for Spirituality
The Centre presents courses and activities offered by the Habitat Uniting Church and its community partners.
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