Balochistan is amongst one of the most drought-prone regions in the world, where a change in weather patterns due to climate change has only exacerbated the problem. In the first episode, Safdar Hussain, the co-director of the University of Community Development, tells us of an ‘eco-friendly campus’ that has been set up to show people
Portuguēs & español abaixo Dear friends! Save the Date! This year our annual Planetary Gathering is happening in BRAZIL!!! Find more information below and Registration Form here. English This is an invitation for you to gather together with 100 other rebels, dreamers and visionaries from around the world in Cunha, Brazil, from the 17th to 22nd
by Clement Moliner-Roy With support and feedback from Andrea González, Dzifa Afonu and Manish Jain. [Spanish version below – Sigue la versión en español] We often take for granted that education equates to good. But what if education can also generate harm? For instance, education sometimes makes people so obsessed about getting the right answers
by Saleh Abu Shamala Abstract There is nothing more severe and cruel than for a person to live a feeling of oppression and suffering without being able to describe it and determine its causes and sources. It is the feeling of powerlessness and loss of human dignity when uncertainty meets oppression, and
“You are also what you are schooled to eat” Food is an intrinsic part of our daily life. Since the birth of a child, what, when and how food is, is dictated according to different communities’ way of life. As a child grows up, the caste, race, and the class community they grow up in
by Doerte Weig Trauma – not that which happened, but the inner response to what happened Healing – a renewed and continuous alignment and aliveness with Life I refuse to continue living with a broken heart I cannot live peacefully with a heart raging with anger What would it mean to heal the hurt in
The stories of my ancestors are to me like pieces of a map to navigate my own existence. I grew up listening to my grandmothers and the women in my family tell tales about how they survived through the rough times, as well as how they managed to find joy in everyday life. Growing up
English below Tejedores. Las primeras horas suenan vacías, suenan a oportunidades que se anidan latentes en una especie de lucidez unísona, donde nos preparamos para salir de casa y hacer una pausa en nuestra dieta de elementos cotidianos; todos acudimos con la escucha atenta y las manos dispuestas a trabajar otro escenario, otro
by Clément Moliner-Roy What if education was about decolonizing our minds And owning up to the wrongs of our ancestors… What if schools would teach us to be self-sustainable By reweaving our relationship to the land… What if colleges were spaceships into the unknown To expand the boundaries of our imaginations… What if teachers
by Manish Jain and Kalashree Sengupta We have interacted with thousands of youth and have found the most common and important question asked by young people in their education today has nothing to do with the syllabus or with what is happening in the world. It is related to, “What is your package?” This seems
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