Issue 04: Rethinking Education
Editorial: Rethinking Education There is a delightful story of Birbal, who, on his way home, saw a group of people searching for something under a street […]
Education for Happiness
New ways to measure human wellbeing. THE TINY HIMALAYAN kingdom of Bhutan is an unlikely place for the birth of an international trend. Yet Bhutan […]
What Counts – and What is Counted
Our instruments, which mostly measure what is easily counted rather than what matters most, often fail to take into consideration values of community, reverence, respect, […]
Unconscious, Unintended Learning – What we learn without trying to
Educational Planners design content for various courses- but do we take into account the power of what children learn unconsciously? While we human beings think, […]
ECOLOGY of Learning
Mechanizing an organic process of learning is like replacing a rich and diverse ecology with an unhealthy monoculture. A holistic understanding of education goes beyond any specific method […]
Issue 03: Uncommon Sense
Editorial: Uncommon Sense We of the older generation are not handing over Planet Earth in very good shape to our children. Worse, we have handed over […]
Food for the Body, Food for the Soul
Excerpts from a talk by Satish Kumar at the ‘Be the Change’ Conference on Food, Health and Climate Change, organized by Bhoomi Network in December […]
Thinking Globally: Everyone’s Responsibility
Universal responsibility and awareness of mutual dependence is necessary to counteract the vast effects and negative potential of misdirected human behavior on the planet. Scientific […]
Zero Waste
“Zero waste is the mark of a civilized society” – Satish Kumar Waste is the shadow side of the economy. Stripped of desire, it weighs […]
Why Bother?
Governments and industries are yet to accept the reality of climate change. Then, can our individual choices and small scale efforts change anything at all? […]