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GREEN RIDERS: Southeast Asia

By On June 3, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Design, Experiential Education, Ideas in Education, Outdoor Education, Service Learning, Travel

I haven’t been pushing it much, but in just over three weeks I’ll be on the road for the summer, riding a bamboo bike thousands of kilometers across Southeast Asia in pursuit of stories of environmental struggles and successes, as well as interesting examples of social enterprise.

Having just posted the Continue Reading →

A Greener Shade of School

By On June 3, 2012 · 6 Comments · In COETAIL, Experiential Education, Ideas in Education, Outdoor Education, Service Learning

I read an article today that got me thinking about the notion of Green or Environmental schools. The Hindu, an English-language Indian newspaper, featured the school Sholai Cloaat. A small “enviro-ed” school in the mountains of Tamil Nadu.

The Sholai School is the brainchild of […]

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GREEN RIDERS: The Case Against Cabbage

By On March 10, 2012 · 1 Comment · In COETAIL, Design, Experiential Education, Outdoor Education, Technology in the Classroom

Spending the last few weeks reading extensively about visual dynamics has been a very applied process for me. The story goes like this…

Nearly two years ago, in pursuit of best practice insight into outdoor/environmental education I signed up for weekend workshop in Kuala Lumpur. The leader,

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Danger! New! For Kids!

By On November 20, 2011 · 5 Comments · In COETAIL, Experiential Education, Outdoor Education

I want to go to The Tinkering School. Or at least go home, crack open a few small appliances, and poke around at their insides.

It’s a sunny Sunday afternoon and I’m sitting in a cafe. Yesterday I made my way home in the rain from our final Continue Reading →

Acting locally: Service learning can happen just beyond the wall.

By On November 10, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Experiential Education, Outdoor Education, Service Learning, Travel

Today, during the Service Learning pre-conference that I’ve been attending at Jakarta International School, we went on a half hour walk around the outer walls of the school compound. It’s worth noting that the sprawling campus of JIS is accessed through a multi-gated, prison-like entry way. Cars are […]

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