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“Tejiendo Alternativas” – Entrevista a Gustavo Esteva

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2SW4hcKM9U&ab_channel=REEVO~English Below~ A un año del fallecimiento del maestro Gustavo Esteva, su amigo y colaborador Franco Augusto Iacomella nos comparte esta entrevista que le hizo a finales de 2019. Hasta ahora solo se encontraba disponible parcialmente en forma de texto, en una edición especial de la Revista Magisterio de 2020 (disponible aquí: https://evo.re/magisterio) Gustavo nos comparte

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Ecoversities’ First Asia-wide Gathering

The Ecoversities Alliance held its first Asia-wide gathering in September, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. It brought together 25 innovative educators who are re-imagining higher education to share experiences and co-create. We were honoured to be joined by Thai elder Sulak Sivarska.

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Swaraj Shakti Girls Program

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

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Sulak Sivaraksa – The Pedagogy of Breathing

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

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Cycle Yatra – Swaraj University

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

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CASA DE CULTIVO, EL SEMILLERO

La Casa de Cultivo, El Semillero es un espacio en el que se promueve el buen vivir, por medio del comercio justo, cursos y talleres formativos que impulsan el conocimiento crítico por medio de distintos saberes, desde la ecología de los saberes de quienes asisten al espacio; así mismo el campo de la salud es

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BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF THE SKIN Five days in Parma with Silvia Federici

Produced and Edited by Begonia Santa-Cecilia This film collects some of the visual materials recorded in a retreat in Parma, Italy, in 2019, which brought together thinker and activist Silvia Federici together with the Feminist Research on Violence, and women from different backgrounds. We gathered to share experiences, feelings, and processes resonating with Federici’s experience,

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Alivelihoods: Exploring Entrepreneurship, Earth Restoration and Soul Fulfilling Work

https://vimeo.com/704983229Manish Jain and Jayashree Arasu share their wisdom around Alivelihoods. Daniel Rudolph serves as the moderator and offers a guided meditation in the beginning of the call. You can read more about Manish, Jayashree and Daniel below. Manish Jain is the co-founder and coordinator of Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Rethinking Education and Development. After attending

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Guide to Understanding our Alienation

This audiovisual guide is a curated collection of talks with Jinan KB, a designer and educationist who has been involved in existential research to understand the processes involved in the creation of knowledge, the formation of creativity, intelligence, aesthetics and its relation to the content of learning and the context. His primary interest has been

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What if We Re-invented the School?

What if we re-invented the school? is a story of hope and inspiration. It’s a story of DEFY-ance. Get on a journey with our learners- Niyonshuti Eric, Sayma Rahman, Irfan and Thandiwe Mafika from across Asia and Africa to see how they are fulfilling their dreams one NOOK at a time! Project Defy is small

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