Learning and Education

Learning processes focusing on ethics, sustainability, equity, and well-being

This section features stories of initiatives to create spaces and opportunities for learning and education that enable continued or renewed connection with the environment and nature, with one’s community, and with humanity as a whole. These are stories of efforts to nurture a fuller range of collective and individual potentials and relationships, stories of unlearning the alienating, individualizing ‘education’ that mainstream institutions have been giving, stories where the formal and the informal, the traditional and modern, the local and global, are synergized. Initiatives ensuring accountability of the state’s responsibility towards citizens in education would also be covered.

दस्तकारों की उम्मीद है खमीर (In Hindi)

खमीर ने पारंपरिक हस्तकलाओं के संरक्षण व संवर्धन के साथ आजीविका भी प्रदान की है, जिसमें निरंतर नवाचार भी किया जा रहा है

How This Kolkata School Is Teaching Kids To Save the Planet, Not Just Read About It

Beyond textbook learning, it focuses on practical initiatives like waste management, plastic reduction, and local conservation efforts, empowering students to drive positive change in their community.

The Cold embrace: Exquisite Kani shawls embody Kashmir’s cultural heritage, but are not finding many takers

Kani shawls are fostering a circular, slow-fashion economy that respects both nature and craftsmanship. There is a need to protect the livelihoods of Kani weavers who are vulnerable to exploitation and face significant wage disparities.

മൗലികമായ പരിവർത്തനങ്ങളിലേക്ക് (In Malayalam)

സുസ്ഥിരതക്കും നീതിക്കും തുല്യതക്കും വേണ്ടിയുള്ള വികൽപ് സംഗം പ്രക്രിയ ഒരു ദശാബ്ദം പിന്നിടുമ്പോൾ.

‘Jagori’ – Awaken Woman

Jagori’s fundamental approach relies on instilling community leadership with every training held in the hope and expectation that the attendees disperse the knowledge across the local area.

On Chennai’s Besant Nagar Coast, A Fisherman Makes Sense of the Sea

Traditional fishing is an art and science that requires a deep understanding of volatile marine conditions and changing seasons. Retired fisher S. Palayam has been collecting observational data that helps fisherfolk in Chennai to sustain ways of traditional fishing and meaningful livelihoods.

Three Inspirational Decades of Vanvadi

What began as an initiative in ecological restoration has grown into an inspiring, and yet evolving, learning centre, that offers a living example of how to live in harmony with nature. 

Interfaith Approaches to Global Crises

The meeting was organized to kickstart a network or think-tank of individuals who are committed to peace and social justice.

Walking for trees, for the love of trees, in Thiruvananthapuram

Tree Walk Thiruvananthapuram has evolved into a multi-pronged citizen action group organising walks, conducting tree mapping, building a language for people to talk about, connect with, and protect the city's trees.