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Green School
Countries: Indonesia
At Green School in rural Bali, K-12 students learn not only the staples of a traditional education — reading, writing and arithmetic — but also how to grow organic rice and build with sustainably produced bamboo. Students from the local community, as well as around the world come to receive a "green education." The holistic approach taken by the teachers is intended to develop the "whole person" in students, and helps them adopt a more responsible and sustainable lifestyle, Green School founder and Principal John Hardy explains in his TED talk.
Green school is a place of pioneers — local and global, and it’s a kind of microcosm of the globalized world. The kids are from 25 countries. When I see them together I know they’re working out how to live in the future.
In John Hardy's TED talk below he shares his inspiration for Green School, and what he sees for the school's future.
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