Ahimsa-Portugal joins the Quince Group at Schumacher College

1. Global sustainability and the education of our children are central themes in the work we do at Fonte de Baixo, and when Garri was invited to join a number of leading thinkers in this field we immediately accepted the invitation. Teachers, educationalists, activists, systemic-thinkers and ecologists came together for 3 days to explore how we can place global sustainability at the heart of our children's education. Throughout the 3 days participants explored areas such as:
   
   What is education for in our society?
   How do we place global sustainability at the heart of education?
   How do we develop our teachers, trainers and school leaders to feel confident to explore an holistic education agenda?
   How do we link our local schools into global networks of best practice and environmental and social initiatives?
   
   A number of participants ran breakout and special interest groups exploring different aspects of 'learning'. Garri ran one of these groups in a exercise exploring using nature as the classroom with the theme of creating a magic carpet. Schumacher College sits in the magnificent grounds of Dartington Hall. Schumacher is a dedicated center for holistic and global sustainability enquiry, for further information visit http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/. Over the coming month we will build on the foundations set over the weekend and we plan to run a number of developmental workshops for anyone involved or interested in global sustainability, ecopsychology and education. For further information contact us on info@ahimsa-portugal.com