Mission Statement
PROUT
Institute provides people and communities with empowering resources to
envision and enact sustainable and equitable solutions to social,
economic, and ecological challenges.
PROUT's Fundamental Premise
PROUT is based on the fundamental premise that all people should have
equitable scope to develop and express their physical, mental, and
spiritual potential, while maintaining balance between individual and
collective interests, and while maintaining harmony with the rest of
life on the planet.
PROUT Design Principles
PROUT
does not seek to promote an ideology but to offer a system of practical
design principles that are intended to bring balanced progress and
vitality to the human society. Read More
Four Essential Conditions
for Creating a New Society
The PROUT Institute identifies four essential conditions for undertaking a transition to a sustainable and equitable future:
- Hope: a rational and grounded sense of hope for humanity's future
- Vision: a comprehensive vision to guide enduring social transformation
- Empowerment: personal vitalization and empowering ideas
- Solutions: a theory-based, solution-oriented approach to
social renewal
Solution-Oriented Approach
The Institute's approach to social engagement is based more on
developing theory-based solutions to socioeconomic problems than on
critiquing the causes of these problems. Its general method for
developing solutions has three facets:
- Know your region: obtain an informed understanding of local people and local problems and potentials
- Create your plan: on the basis of practice and a
theory-oriented approach, create development plans to bring well-being,
equity, and balanced abundance
- Serve the community: acting in a spirit of service, collaborate with others to bring forward constructive social change
PROUT Institute's Scope of Activity
To take a balanced and holistic approach to its engagement in social
transformation, the Institute undertakes activities in the following
areas:
- Theory: a coherent and well-tested theory of development is needed to replace the current dominant paradigm
- Policy: this theory needs to be applied in the form of
developmental policies that give concrete guidance for revitalizing
society in different spheres
- Practice: model projects are required to demonstrate
the initiatives articulated in policy papers, for testing the viability
of new approaches, and for building the framework of a new society
- Education: a variety of educational lectures,
seminars, trainings, and study programs are offered to share the
understandings the Institute develops through its engagement in theory,
policy and practice.
- Community: a collaborative community of healthy and
spirited harbingers of change is nurtured to provide a supportive base
for the demanding work of creating a new society
PROUT Institute Educational Programs
The Institute has developed an agenda of educational
programs strategically designed to work in tandem to advance the
Institute's objectives:
- Seminars:
Enlightened Local Solutions to Global Economic Problems
- Trainings:
Community Transformations Summer Intensive Program
Permaculture Passport Program
Neighborhood Permaculture Design Certificate Program
- Discussion Group:
Introduction to PROUT
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