OrlaDesign was invited to take part in the summer program organized by Gorca Earth Care, a non-for profit organization based in Slovenia committed to do research and education related to ecological and social innovations in collaboration with local communities and international partners.

Gorca is located in the hills of Podlehnik among vineyard terraces, forests and inspiring views. The project is just starting and still trying to understand what it needs to become. The invitation is to carry out social and ecological experiments that invite people to ask different questions, to form new relationships, to engage with difficult issues,to find different sources of joy and to imagine different possibilities for co-existence on our planet.

A very diverse and international group got together to take on this social experiment around delicious food and several questions that set the pace of the days, some of which stayed with me until now... How can we live together differently in face of unprecedented social, ecological and economic global challenges?, How can we hospice a dying paradigm with respect and midwife something yet unknown and potentially (but not necessarily) wiser? How can we relate beyond identity? How can we access different layers of existence and relate from that space?

It was about the spirit in which we embrace time and space, the freedom to experiment in different ways, daring to step out of the comfort zone, being present with ourselves and to each other, deconstructing preconceived concepts and ideas, being together without expectations, allowing fermentation processes to transform and co-create, walking foggy roads in balance without being carried away by fear... The experiment continues as we all carry the questions with us until we meet again.

To know more about Gorca Earth Care please visit gorcaearthcare.org