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Letting go and teamwork; the spontaneous co-creation of dreamprojects

Posted 12 November 2017 by IN / 0 responses

The whole week culminated in the Miracle, which took place over the weekend of 30th September / 1st October and was a communal construction project with the people of Collado Mediano.   Everything in the Oasis game is very spontaneous and reactive to the dreams and desires of the inhabitants, and the […]

Tällberg Global Leaders 2017: Rodrigo Rubido Alonso / Instituto ELOS selected

Posted 10 November 2017 by IN / 0 responses

Let’s celebrate!!! The Tällberg Foundation today announced the selection of four new Tällberg Global Leaders. They join a select group of individuals from around the world whose work, accomplishments and prospects embody the kind of leadership needed in the 21st century. The 2017 Tällberg Global Leaders are: Rodrigo Rubido Alonso, an architect, […]

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Active listening as a path to inviting people to join Collado Mediano’s Talentshow

Posted 30 October 2017 by IN / 0 responses

Today, on the 2nd full day of the program, we did an exercise to practice active listening before going out into the community to collect the stories and talents that lie behind the beauties that we discovered yesterday in the Appreciative Gaze phase. So we were continuing with the Affection […]

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Affection: experiences of how to approach people and build connections

Posted 20 October 2017 by IN / 0 responses

It is Tuesday, the first whole day of the OASIS. Our task: To go out into the village, looking for beauties, talents and stories. How to approach people? For some people it seems to be really easy to involve each and everybody into a casual conversation. Not for me. Welcome […]

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CEALBLOG – MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AT PORTUGALETE

Posted 1 September 2016 by IN / 0 responses

CEAL organizer Alex Lopez and participant Gorka share about what the most important changes were during the CEAL-program.  

THREE GUYS SEWING

Posted 25 August 2016 by IN / 0 responses

During the miracle phase, we are all scattered about, occupied with their own projects, running in and out. In this situation it is not always easy to spot newcomers. Three guys walk in who has attended the the workshop, but were not there during the first Oasis Game weekend. Without […]

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STUDENTS TRANSFORM THEIR ’DREAM’ INTO A TESTED PROTOTYPE OF A COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE

Posted 12 August 2016 by IN / 0 responses

‘Social enterprise as a challenge’ is a class offered by the Utrecht School of Governance, part of the University of Utrecht. The course draws students from multidisciplinary backgrounds who want to apply their knowledge and skills to the subject of social impact. Through the class, students get to test their […]

DREAMING IN DE MUIDE

Posted 26 July 2016 by IN / 0 responses

“To dream means to provide the appropriate space and relationship for the expression of the best and deepest aspirations in us all.” (Elos philosophy) For the last two weekends of February we experienced the Oasis game in Belgium for the first time. A group of volunteers from Act4Change in collaboration […]

FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE COLLECTIVE

Posted 15 July 2016 by IN / 0 responses

CEAL Blogpost of Izaskun – participant of the CEAL-program in Portugalete, Basque Country During the second day of the Oasis game, held in the old indoor market of Portugalete, Basque Country, we went outside looking for dreams and talents that could contribute to our project. In the Oasis Game this phase […]

The importance of space, for learning and transformation

Posted 6 July 2016 by IN / 0 responses

Blogpost CEAL of G – participant of the Edventure-program in Frome, UK Having the space to work is of the utmost importance should we wish to create new avenues of thought and channels of action within ourselves, to manifest in the world around us and connect with clarity to others. At Edventure […]