https://youtu.be/QKVRupUAb4gSAPNE | UDAIPUR AS A LEARNING CITY In 2021, Swaraj University started the Swaraj Shakti Girls Leadership Program for young tribal women in Udaipur. These women have been labelled as ‘failures’ by formal education and are currently working as domestic help. The dream is that these women will become powerful leaders in their communities and
by Bindiya Vaid Stemming from the self, the journey from “me” to “we” could be very interesting and illuminating. Some co-travellers take the reverse journey, too. It’s fascinating how the heart of the transformation, or as we say in Theater of the Oppressed, the “shift,” from where you are to where you want to be,
abajo en español abaixo em português [ENGLISH] ECOVERSITIES OPEN CALL for the 2023 RESIDENCIES PROPOSAL (between March and July), part of the Pollinators, Exchanges and Residency (PER) Circle Dear Ecoversities community, In these times of reviving and rebuilding relationships we feel that the regenerative power of connection, learning and sharing is at work today. So
by Emilio Fantin This essay was written in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Culture and nature: the logical challenge This is a poetic and resistance attempt to avoid being subjected to a digital format. Covid 19 has only accelerated the process that started with the informatics era, during the Second World War. We have not
For International Radio Day, on February 13th, our Ecoversities Community Radio, FireflyFrequencies.org – invites us to a time of listening, resonating through the sonic gifts collected in these almost three years of existence. With the hope to expand the use of the radio across our different geographies and actions, and multiply our places of learning through sounds, languages, stories, music and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgXDP4izbns&ab_channel=EcoversitiesSulak Sivaraksa is a Thai intellectual and activist, who has played a leading role in the mobilisation of Thailand’s civil society. His life-long activism has involved the creation of a string of social welfare and development organisations; the proposal of alternatives to consumerism; and his concern for democracy, human rights and accountable government. This talk
The Barefoot College has followed the life and work style of Mahatma Gandhi for 50 years. Gandhian values of simplicity, austerity, equality, collective decision making, transparency and accountability are put intopractice.The Barefoot College has placed practical common sense at the centre of its search for solutions, and has discovered far- reaching low-cost innovations in conserving energy, schooling,
Cycle Yatra – No money, no food, no gadgets Every year, we take our khojis for a yatra – a sacred yatra where we don’t take any money, gadgets, medicine, food, pen, paper. – A yatra that has no message, no prize. It’s a pilgrimage khojis take for a week travelling to unknown villages, without
Nuestrxs amigxs de AgroArte Colombia, nos recibieron en Medellín (26 de Abril al 1 de Mayo) y nos invitaron a des-aprender la Memoria, el Arte y la Siembra. Fue una semana de convivencia profunda, encontrándonos con el territorio, con la ciudad y con el campo, con la comunidad anfitriona, con lxs demás, con el Tejido
by Andreea Gatman Revised and edited by: Albert Stephen Salazar Corrales and sierra ying allen This essay is a process of observing patterns and weaving practices based on 25 interviews conducted with educators, philosophers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and artists, titled ‘Voices from Reimagining Education Conference 2021”. In addition to the references for the interviews in the
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