Supporting Evidence

The knowledge and contents in these projects are based on several sources. These sources include: my own learning through experience (work), other peoples theories and experiences, research in the internet and books (external resources) and every other theories I have heard from different streams (like anthroposophics, Montessori, Agnihortra, etc.). It is quite naturally for me to combine all the different inputs to evaluate what could be one or more right ways for me. Overall I always can draw then my own conclusion, but that takes a lot of time and research to reach that point. Sometimes it is a challenging process because it is very time consuming. It makes it not easier that in the internet are many different opinions represented. Well, one reason more to compare different sources properly and draw your own conclusion! There are some people in my environment who just accept knowledge unquestioned and follow stolid the one theory. What I recognized is that they lock up themselves in their own thinking and are no more open to other theories which are at least that valuable as the one they locked up with. That is what Gaia U describes with a Mindset, because these people are limiting themselves (by following the one theory), avoiding challenges and give up easily. Well, I am not enough flexible in my thinking as I could be, as I have some personal patterns which argue that I have a Mindset (e.g.not good in logical & abstract thinking). Nevertheless I feel how flexible my thinking is these days, I am open for many many possibilities and know that there is not the one right way. I just love combining different opinions, sources (theories) and my own thinking. And yes, the resistant bee keeping is for me an abstract concept which needs to be tested. In my Community they follow unquestioned this concept, sure it worked thousand times, but only once in Germany. So I am observing the difficulties and successes, we have with that concept to then replace elements with new ones that seem to me more appropriate and test them again. Just great that there is so much knowledge and wisdom on earth waiting for me to play around a bit!

Gaia University:

MoYP by Sonita Mbah

Content Call: Gaia Theory and Forest Restoration

Peer Meetings:

Because of some 'life happens' circumstances my peer buddy, Juliane Killenberg, is for a few months not available for Think and listens. We exchange ourselves via e-mail.

Local support:

Bees: Anne (exchanging,my role: support person), Micha (experienced bee-keeper = teacher, is answering all questions)

Education: Sylke (learned teacher, my role: support person & provide content), Keti (freelearner, knows a lot about alternative education and natural learning)

I had one Main Advising Session after I submitted OP2 with Laura Kaestele. But I did not use any other of the GaiaU services (Elf/Skillflex meetings)

Wordcount: 3854 (including Summary, Core Report and Processs Reflection)

Not included is everything which is marked with 'additional' or 'optional'