Mountaineering and Philosophy

Rando-philo

Leaudelure starts with programs in French and in Dutch alternatively. In a later phase also activities in English will be added.

The programming perspective is very ambitious and based on two distinct, but complementary pillars:

-        Inter-cultural encounters on Lure

·        Body and spirit in natural environment (Gert Roscam)
            o     Zen meditation
            o     Yoga
            o     Body-mind centering (BMC)
            o     Contemporaneous dance expression and performance

·        Nature and Culture (Willy Weyns)
            o     Hiking and practical philosophy Rando-philo
                The first course has been scheduled in July 2006, on the theme ‘my thinking body’ (in Dutch).
                In 2007, a second workshop has been organised on the theme ‘the way of nature’ (in Dutch).
                In 2008, the first French speaking workshop under guidance of Michel Tozzi and Willy Weyns is                  
               organized on the topic 'from idividualism to conviviality' (august 11-15th)

                                   
                Subjects in the pipeline include i.a. feminism, socratic dialogues, philosophy for children...

All courses are under guidance of specialised, highly skilled teachers and facilitators.

Concrete programs are always nnounced in real time at the moment and in the language they are scheduled.

Advisory Committee for the 'Rando-Philo' activities

An Advisory Committee is currently being installed. Its members are philosophers and experts in public participation. This Committee will be consulted and give advice for the programme, the eligibility of  animators and the quality control of the original 'rando-philo' method-in-the-making.
The actual members of the committee are: Prof.emer E.Vermeersch and Dani De Waele (philosophers at Ghent University), Prof. Jozef Keulartz (Philosophy, Universities of Wageningen and Nijmegen) and Marie-Agnès Bernardis (Cité des Sciences, Paris).
 

Paul Gimeno (+)

Brillant and promising philosopher of French origin. Doctorate at Ghent University: 'Critique de la raison écologiste'.Numerous publications about environmental philosphy and animal ethics in peer-reviewed periodicals, and academic lecturer until his sudden death in 2003.

Intense philosphical dialogues and a growing friendship with Willy Weyns were fostering the 'rando-philo' initiative, that will become concrete two years later only. For this reason, Leaudelure owes a lot to him, and will endeavor to disseminate his work in some of the practice-weeks 'rando-philo'