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Never ceases to amaze me that the most powerful ideas are often the simplest! Some wonderful ideas of art- tradition-intellect in a lovely entanglement.
Fabulous idea
I’m a big fan of this living university idea - it sounds like a biodiverse and healthy learning ecosystem (rather than the learning hierarchies of traditional universities). Since humans are organisms we should function like organisms in a natural ecosystem... this learning web idea would be absolutely amazing. Well done guys!
I love this idea! Education that shifts consciousness toward ecological and social awareness and draws inspiration from/is guided by traditional knowledge systems is so necessary today. Who will the 'students' be? I have seen other activist schools, such as EarthRights School, bring together a wide range of students from diverse communities. It would be interesting to see how you integrate and navigate any potential conflicts that may arise when bridging across so many intersection points (western / traditional, rural / urban, host / migrant etc), in order to maintain the safe space.
What a great concept - you are earning while you are learning - which is typically one of the barriers that prevents access into formal education.
Sounds fabulous good luck