Certifcate of Advance Studies (CAS) Beyond Systems Thinking, Place-specific to the Italian Upper Po River Valley bioregion. Apply with your personal QUEST in relation with Living Systems, Cultural Transformation, Bioregional Economies,  Meta-Awareness. Hosted by MonViso Institute, Ostana, Valle Po. The The MonViso Institute, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, is pleased to announce an executive study program scholarship, including a place-specific research project — the QUEST — on cultural transformation in relation to bioregional economies and living systems meta-awareness, open to candidates from … Read More

High Traverse – Alta Valle Po to Mercantour 7-15 March 2026, Cottian Alps This is a moving gathering of adventurous minds engaged in holistic resilience building and regenerative futures. Tour description Over the course of a demanding, high-alpine ski traverse, we cross the Cottian Alps from the Po Valley, circling the striking, pyramid-shaped Monte Viso, and continue westward to the Stura Valley, where the Ligurian Alps and the Maritime Alps begin. We travel hut to hut along snow-rich ridgelines and the … Read More

A virtual in-depth journey 3 March – 14 April 2026 Comprising 10 DEPS founders and curator’s narrated experiences in 13 virtual evening sessions of 90 minutes each, on Zoom; Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8-9.30pm CET (Ostana/Zurich) time. This course explores how to envision, plan, design, develop, build, govern, hold and sustain experimental places and spaces. We will examine what differentiates the many existing formats—living labs, real-world labs, bioregional learning or weaving centers, eco-villages, living systems labs, and others – and support … Read More

Get ready for the enriching DRRS (Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems) program year to come! Powered by MVI (MonViso Institute) in collaboration with ETH Zurich. The Cyclical Logic of the DRRS Program The DRRS program is designed as a cyclical learning ecosystem, not a linear curriculum. Its structure combines concentric depth with seasonal rhythm, allowing participants to enter, deepen, pause, and re-enter in ways aligned with personal readiness and ecological time. Learning unfolds through recurring thresholds rather than fixed progression, supporting … Read More

We are delighted to invite you to a transformative journey of creating a positive impact in complex systems through the next module of the full Master of Advanced Studies ETH in Regenerative Systems: CAS 2 Beyond Systems Thinking. The entire MAS executive programme offers a learning-to-unlearn-to-relearn journey with your individual transformative design project, the QUEST, on how to navigate complexity for designing resilient regenerative systems. We deep-dive into regeneration on various systems types and nested governance scales; we embrace worldviews … Read More