By Peter Moore
Hosted by the House of I, China
October 13 – 16, 2019
I was invited to attend the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Ambassador Training Conference by my friend and colleague Dan Hines, a trainer extraordinaire who teaches internationally at many holistic centers. For the better part of this year he has been based at House of I, a center in China that offers programs and services as part of a development north of Beijing improbably named “Jackson Hole”. HOI does its work in a beautiful set of buildings and park-like grounds at the base of the Yanqing Mountains, and is managed by a wonderful staff of people headed by Annie Liu. My friend Dan humorously terms HOI “the Imaginarium” and, as I spent a few days and became more familiar with the emerging social reality there, I began to understand the deeper symbolic truth embedded in this name. Truly, the House of I is a place where improbable dreams can (and do) become everyday reality. It is a wonderful setting. [Read more…]