A Better World, A Meaningful Life
A month-long distance learning course for people who want to put their vision for a better world & a more joyful, examined life into practice.
Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Through this month-long course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment.
Course Dates:
September 6-October 1, 2010
January 3-28, 2011
September 12-October 7, 2011
Are you a concerned citizen, changemaker, or educator who wants to:
- learn how to better align your passions and values with your daily choices?
- be more knowledgeable, empowered, and successful at creating change?
- connect with others committed to living a conscious and ethical life?
- gain support and insights for deepening your personal commitment to a better world?
- cultivate more motivation and concrete skills for becoming an effective, joyful changemaker?
- nurture a happy, balanced, intentional life?
Now you can explore new ideas and define how to do more good for yourself, other people, animals and the environment. A Better World, A Meaningful Life will help you dive into important issues, develop or refine your vision, and examine how you want to contribute to the world.
“THANK YOU!! I am a happier, more balanced, and more fulfilled person than a month ago, and I feel that this is just the beginning!”
~ Estela Diaz Carmona
Registration Rates:
BONUS SPECIAL LIMITED OFFER: Sign up together with 3 or more of your friends and you each pay only $80 (that's $45 off per person!). Email Amy for details.
Individual Rate: $125.
Special Family Rate: $125 for the first person and $50 for each additional family member (one book/packet shipped per family).
Special Rate for Previous Participants: Get even more out of the course - take it again! Only $50 to take this course again, if you've already completed it (additional course book not included).
Register for A Better World, A Meaningful Life.
It has changed the way I think, definitely. I feel kinder, a deeper humanity towards everyone. I'm more aware of issues and what I can do to benefit people, animals and the environment, in the everyday choices I make. It has had a massive effect on me. Fantastic. The exercises, the organisation of the course, online support/course advisers were all excellent. I would wholeheartedly recommend it.”
~ Lee Anne Chapman
How It Works:
During this month-long online course, you'll examine important questions, such as:
- What do I want to be able to say about my life and what I've done to create a better world?
- What am I responsible for?
- What are the impacts of my choices on myself, other people, other species and the environment?
- How can I help change destructive systems that perpetuate cruelty, violence and injustice?
You'll do so by completing exercises that engage you in:
- Inquiry -- where you seek information
- Introspection -- where you explore your values, passions, abilities and commitments
- Integrity -- where you take action to make your life more aligned with your deepest values
“This class has been life changing. It has given me more to think about than what I can probably digest in a year. Hopefully it will be a lifetime pursuit. I have promised myself that I will continue to research, consider and challenge myself to be more MOGO every day. This class has prompted me to get off my complacent derrière and be more active. I have also been convinced that if I add amazing, important things to my life (volunteerism, activism...) it will not add to my feeling overwhelmed, but it will actually bring centeredness and vitality.”
~ Deb Kingston
What the Course Includes:
√A Course Book - Each participant will receive a copy of Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life by IHE President, Zoe Weil. We'll mail this book to you as soon as you register.
√A Downloadable Course Booklet - Your online course booklet provides you with thought-provoking exercises to explore putting your vision for a better world and a more joyful, examined life into practice. You can use it again and again to continue your life's journey.
√Online Commons - Your learning continues in the discussion forum, which you can visit at your convenience to engage with fellow participants and your course advisor, Mary Pat Champeau, IHE's Director of Educational Programs. Participants use the Online Commons to compare experiences, share insights and resources, and connect with classmates and the advisor to get help, create solutions, and build momentum.
√Phone Mentoring - Your course advisor, Mary Pat Champeau, is available by phone to answer questions, provide guidance, and discuss issues that arise during the course.
√Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) - You can earn a certificate of completion and 3.5 CEUs through the University of Maine by submitting your responses to the exercises within a week of the end of the course and by contributing to the online discussion forum on at least 15 different days. Teachers in other states may be able to utilize these for continuing education requirements in their state. Applications for other state CEUs are in progress; please inquire.
“I have learned so much from everyone in this course! I have learned that sharing knowledge is so powerful and when you share with others instead of keeping your knowledge to yourself you have no idea what impact you may have on others. I am grateful to have been a part of a community of sharing and respect through this course.”
~Jen Baille
Time Commitment:
This course will be as meaningful as you make it. We estimate that the course will take an average of 5-8 hours per week. The more time you have to devote to the exercises and the online discussions, the more transformative the course will be for you.
“…this is just one of the best decisions that I have ever made, to take this course! I am in awe of the work that you are doing, and it is so inspiring to read everyone's posts [in the Online Commons]. What an amazing group of conscious people. I love it! …. I feel that my mind is opening wide. “
~ Marilyn Gregory
Register for A Better World, A Meaningful Life.
Course Advisor:
Mary Pat Champeau is the Director of Educational Programs at IHE and has been a teacher for thirty years, beginning as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger. Her experience includes teaching in community-based refugee and immigrant programs in NYC, as well as teaching creative writing at NYU, working as a teacher trainer in Southeast Asian refugee camps, and coordinating language and culture programs for the World Trade Institute.
Mary Pat has an M.A. from New York University. She is is also the mother of two teenage children and an adopted pre-school age daughter from China.
“Thank you all for a wonderful experience…..how fortunate we all are to have a lively, learned, compassionate discussion with open hearts and minds. It is too rare. It fills me up! Thank you for all you’ve taught me!”
~ Courtney Lowery
Still Undecided?
Download a couple sample exercises (pdf) or our Information Kit to learn more.
Want to help spread the word?
Download a copy of the flyer to share. (pdf)
For more information, email us at info@HumaneEducation.org.
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