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About Us
Vcil Community is a network and community of people who advocate paradigm shift toward a regenerative and well-being society through alternative education and social innovation.
There are 4 main areas that Vcil Community has dedicated to:
1. Alternative Education
2. Social Entrepreneurship & Alivelihood
3. Regenerative Development
4. Community & Ecosystem Building
Towards New Stories
Modern society is facing multiple complex crises such as biodiversity loss, inequality, mental health epidemic, community breakdown, etc. Those are inevitable results of our current societal and economic system. The dominant system is the expression of the underlying story - it said that human is separate from nature and fundamentally self-interested.
For example: in today's market economy, we often view nature and resources as commodities to exploit, as mere items for profit-making. Thus, we often measure the value of nature in monetary terms: how much is this forest worth, how much oil does this reserve hold, how much profit can be gained from investing in them... and all human activities are quantified into GDP. This is the core belief dominating human thinking, and if we do not change our perception of our relationship with nature, we cannot address current issues, from losing connection with ourselves, to losing connection with others, and even losing connection with nature.


“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
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To solve those inherent crisis, we need to tell new fundamental stories: that human is generous, cooperative, and ultimately interconnected to other beings. To realize new civilization based on this narrative, we need the transformation of human consciousness and system changes.
While the dominant development models is based on the paradigm of monoculture of the mind, we believe in the pluralist world. VCIL Community seeks to reclaim diverse meaning of life, relationships, and cultural imaginations. In an alternative model, human spirit will dedicate to the service of community, embed in the circle of the gift and regenerate life on Earth.
However, the current globalized industrial economy is contradicting that spirit. Hence, we need a more sustainable and fair economic system to protect our “true wealth” - that is community, relationships and connection to the land.
Our Mission
To create systemic social changes towards a new paradigm of development based on holistic well-being and sustainability by inner transformation and ecosystem building.
Our Strategy
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Building a network and partnership of similar valued organizations and friends all over the world.
Researching and educating people about complex social-economic issues and introducing alternative models.
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Creating and developing alternative model in economy, education and development in Vietnam and different places.
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Collaborating and fostering experiments on alternative education, social economy, conviviality, community regeneration, etc.
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Forming ecosystem to nurture initiatives that solves complex societal problems.
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Advisors & Resource People
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Manish Jain
Un-educator, co-founder of Shikshant, Ecoversities
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Dr. Wiwat Salyakamthorn
Former Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand

Jon Jandai
Farmer, Eco-educator and Co-founder of Punpun project

Vandana Shiva
Author, feminist, philosopher of science

Michel Bauwens
Founder and president of the P2P Foundation, co-founded the Commons Strategies Group

Hyun-Sook KIM
Team Coach at Mondragon Team Academy, Taste Philosopher
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Helena Norberg-Hodge
Founder & Director of Local Futures

Ven. Pomnyun Sunim
Author, Activist, Founder of Jungto Society

Dr. Chu Manh Trinh
Conservationist and researcher, founder of Community-engaged learning tourism in Vietnam
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