"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats
Universities As Innovation Ecologies For Human & Planetary Flourishing
Do our current educational institutions overrate knowledge, comfort and action over not-knowing, discomfort and stillness? How do we update the outdated structures (e.g., departmental silos, lecture-based learning) as well as the purpose and core idea of a university in order to realign much necessary trans-disciplinary initiatives that focus on the fundamental challenges and opportunities of our time?
In this well researched and deeply insightful article, Otto Scharmer argues that universities must evolve into innovation ecologies for human and planetary flourishing — hubs that, in the face of systemic breakdown and collapse, foster the praxis of regenerating soil, self, and society. [Read More]
In this well researched and deeply insightful article, Otto Scharmer argues that universities must evolve into innovation ecologies for human and planetary flourishing — hubs that, in the face of systemic breakdown and collapse, foster the praxis of regenerating soil, self, and society. [Read More]
Reading Corner
Title: The Vedas and Upanishads for Children
By: Roopa Pai
For: Age 10+
A few thousand years ago, deep inside the forests of India, a great 'thought revolution' was brewing. In those forest labs, the brightest thinker-philosophers contemplated the universe, reflected on ancient texts called the Vedas and came up with startling insights into questions we still don't have final answers to,
What is the universe made of? How do I know I'm looking at a tree when I see one? Who am I?
My body, my mind, my intelligence, my emotions, or none of the above? And where did they put those explosive findings? In a sprawling body of goosebumpy and fascinating oral literature called the Upanishads! Intimidated? Don't be! For this is a joyful, fun guide to some of India's longest-lasting secular wisdoms, reinterpreted for first-time explorers.
By: Roopa Pai
For: Age 10+
A few thousand years ago, deep inside the forests of India, a great 'thought revolution' was brewing. In those forest labs, the brightest thinker-philosophers contemplated the universe, reflected on ancient texts called the Vedas and came up with startling insights into questions we still don't have final answers to,
What is the universe made of? How do I know I'm looking at a tree when I see one? Who am I?
My body, my mind, my intelligence, my emotions, or none of the above? And where did they put those explosive findings? In a sprawling body of goosebumpy and fascinating oral literature called the Upanishads! Intimidated? Don't be! For this is a joyful, fun guide to some of India's longest-lasting secular wisdoms, reinterpreted for first-time explorers.
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Be the Change
Have a conversation with someone either studying or working in a university and reflect on what are the positive changes needed and begin with one action that's within your control, no matter how small, in the direction of the intended transformation.
