Welcome
"Associative Economics – How can we put it into practice? What needs to be transformed?"
Welcome to the online learning platform of the Section of Agriculture. We are pleased that you have decided to discover and deepen your knowledge of biodynamics and assoziative economy with us. We have created this platform to give you access to all important information and documents of this course. More information will be provided at the beginning of the course.
If you have any concerns, need help, or would like to share your feedback please do not hesitate to contact us.
Schedule
March 20th 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 CET, UTC +1
March 27th 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 CEST, UTC +2
April 24th 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 CEST, UTC +2
May 1st 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 CEST, UTC +2
June 12th 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 CEST, UTC +2 - meeting cancelled
June 19th 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 CEST, UTC +2
NEW DATE: July 3rd 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 CEST, UTC +2
July 17th 2023 at 13:00 - 15:00 CEST, UTC +2
Contributors
Ueli Hurter
Co-Leader of the section of Agriculture, since 2010. Board-member of the General Anthroposophical Society, since 2020. In the Supervisory Board of the Biodynamic Federation Demeter International, since 2020. For 30 years biodynamic farmer in Switzerland on ‘Ferme de L’Aubier’ an Co-entrepreneur in the associative initiative L’Aubier, until end of 2020. Experience with U-Theory: Agriculture Conference 2011, implementation of the intensive study week from 2012-2018 and Goetheanum Leadership course.
Seeing the subject
Zoom live session - Monday, 20.03.23, 13-15 CET, UTC+1
(find the zoom link top right)
Required learning material and tasks can be found in the library
Time schedule
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Welcome and boarding |
13:20 – 13:50 | Associative Economics: Input and Q&A |
| 13:50 – 13:55 | Reflection: What have I heard? What resonates? Make short notes |
| 13:55 – 14:15 | Interaction: Dialogue walk - Tell your colleague about your “burning issue”. 10 min each. |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Plenary session: What have you heard from your colleague? |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | U-Theory Process: Input & Q&A |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Homework and outlook |
15:00 | End of the Session |
Quality of attention - Sensing the field
Zoom live session - Monday, 27.03.23, 13-15 CEST, UTC+2 (European summer time)
(find the zoom link top right)
Required learning material and tasks can be found in the library
Time schedule
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Welcome and boarding |
13:20 – 13:50 | Associative Economics: Input and Q&A |
| 13:50 – 13:55 | Reflection: What have I heard? What resonates? Make short notes |
| 13:55 – 14:15 | Interaction: Dialogue walk - Look at "your case" from the perspective of one or two stakeholders |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Plenary session: What have you heard from your colleague? |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | U-Theory Process: Input & Q&A |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Homework and outlook |
15:00 | End of the Session |
Sensing the essential and letting go
Zoom live session - Monday, 24.04.23, 13-15 CEST, UTC+2 (European summer time)
(find the zoom link top right)
Required learning material and tasks can be found in the library
Time schedule
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Welcome and boarding |
13:20 – 13:50 | Associative Economics: Input and Q&A |
| 13:50 – 13:55 | Reflection: What have I heard? What resonates? Make short notes |
| 13:55 – 14:15 | Interaction: Dialogue walk - Where do you encountered associative elements? On which one(s) do you focus in your case/project? |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Plenary session: What have you heard from your colleague? |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | U-Theory Process: Input & Q&A |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Homework and outlook |
15:00 | End of the Session |
Connect to the source an let come
Zoom live session - Monday, 1.05.23, 13-15 CEST, UTC+2 (European summer time)
(find the zoom link top right)
Required material:
Modelling clay or plasticine or wax, Notebook, Colours (wax crayons, water colours....), Pencil
Time schedule
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Welcome and boarding |
13:20 – 13:50 | U-Theory Process Presencing: Journalling with Ueli Hurter Sculptering:Form the new reality you encountered in the last minutes |
| 13:50 – 13:55 | Reflection: Write down upcoming questions, ideas, feelings |
| 13:55 – 14:15 | Interaction: Dialogue walk - What changed? |
| 14:15 – 14:35 | Associative Economics contribution: To whome are we accountabile. The Michaelic attitude between reliability and trust |
| 14:35 – 14:50 | Plenary exchange |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Homework and outlook |
15:00 | End of the Session |
What is dying and what wants to be born
Zoom live session - Monday, 19.06.23, 13-15 CEST, UTC+2 (European summer time)
(find the zoom link top right)
Required learning material and tasks can be found in the library
Time schedule
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Welcome and boarding |
13:20 – 13:35 | U-Theory Process From Presencing to Crystallizing: Ueli Hurter |
| 13:35 – 14:00 | Reflection and interaction: Seeds |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Associative Economics contribution: Ueli Hurter |
14:20 – 14:50 | Group work and plenary exchange |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Homework and outlook |
15:00 | End of the Session |
Call from the future
Zoom live session - Monday, 3rd July, 13-15 CEST, UTC+2 (European summer time)
(find the zoom link top right)
Required learning material and tasks can be found in the library
Time schedule
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Welcome and boarding |
13:20 – 13:35 | U-Theory Process From Crystallizing to Prototyping: Ueli Hurter |
| 13:35 – 14:45 | Helping each other in mapping the way forward 3-6 groups |
| 14:45 – 14:55 | Plenary exchange |
| 14:55 – 15:00 | Homework and outlook |
15:00 | End of the Session |
Call from the future II and Reflection
Zoom live session - Monday, 17th July, 13-15 CEST, UTC+2 (European summer time)
(find the zoom link top right)
Required learning material and tasks can be found in the library
Time schedule
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Welcome and boarding Associative Economics and Associative Attitude: What have we learned? |
13:30 – 14:35 | U-Theory Process Helping each other in mapping the way forward (2-3 groups) |
| 14:35 – 15:00 | Plenary exchange: Reflection, Feedback and Outlook |
15:00 | End of the Session and End of the Online course |