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Education blog #2: India’s Barefoot College
Barefoot College – a model for “rich” countries?
A few days ago we arrived at Tilonia, a small dusty village in the plains of Rajasthan. Driving from Jaipur we saw miles of new developments along the road: Tata vehicle showrooms, highrise luxury apartments, new universities where once there had been farms
Jetting to Africa: a poem by the Carbon Coach
If I don’t fly, why the hell should someone else?
There’s all sorts of degrees of engaging with the destructive impacts of jetting off far away from home. There are some people who will never set foot on a plane again once they’ve taken on board the
Education blog #1: learning from the global south
Introduction
In the context of peak oil, climate change and economic contraction, the kind of learning that most young people currently have access to lacks a clear appraisal of future scenarios. I have taken on the role of (UK-based) Education Coordinator at Transition Network to start exploring how we
February 2012 – Transition Network Newsletter
Transition Network Newsletter – February 2012
This month we start off with more news about the 2.0 movie before our regular news round ups; a poetry competition, inner transition survey; a bumper edition of social reporting stories with thoughts on looking forward, plus skill share of building benders and making
January Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition
Let’s start this month’s round up in Derbyshire, where Melbourne Area Transition have received planning permission to install 48 PV panels on the roof of their local 12th century church, and there they now sit, in their energy-generating splendour. Here’s a short film made by Chris
Call for Inner Transitioners
Attention all Inner Transitioners!
Until the end of March, Inner Transition groups (Heart & Soul, Spirit of Transition or other similar groups) are invited to take part in an on line survey that will help to tell their stories. The main ideas behind the questionnaire are to find out what