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Learning from Lockdown: Colors of COVID-19 in the Himalayas

Dharmalaya Institute is Earthville’s campus in the Himalayas. In this article, the institute’s assistant manager and architect Anushka Joshi shares about her experience of the impact of COVID-19 in the village. Trembling with fear, anxiety and panic — that is what hit me when I realized that COVID-19 is here. All I could think was, Is this even real? A world that never stopped had suddenly…

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#change #community #COVID-19 #culture #Dharmalaya #experiential education #Himachal Pradesh #Himalayas #India #lessons #nature

Mayday! Join Arnie & Mark to Discuss Education & Arnie's Book

Mayday! Join Arnie & Mark to Discuss Education & Arnie’s Book

We invite you to join us on May 1, 2021, from 10:20 to 11:20 AM, for discussion with educators Arnie Langberg and Mark Moore on Creating the World That Ought to Be. The discussion takes place as part of “Past, Present, and Future of Progressive Education: Working toward a More Just and Equitable World by Supporting Students’ Personal, Social, and Intellectual Growth.” This is an international…

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#Arnie Langberg #education #leadership #Mark Moore #schools #students #teachers

Didi Contractor Receives India's Highest Civilian Honor for Women

Didi Contractor Receives India’s Highest Civilian Honor for Women

We are happy to share this update from Dharmalaya Institute for Compassionate Living, the Earthville Network’s eco-campus in the Indian Himalayas.

NEW DELHI: On International Women’s Day of 2019, Didi Contractor, co-founding Professor Emeritus of the Internship in Vernacular Eco-Architectureat Dharmalaya Institute, was presented with the Nari Shakti Puraskar, India’s highest civilian honor…

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#Dharmalaya #earthen building #experiential education #Himachal Pradesh #Himalayas #India #organic #sustainability #sustainable thriving

Film on Earthen Building Featuring Earthville Project Debuts at DIFF

After years in the making, a new feature-length documentary film entitled “Didi Contractor: Marrying the Earth to the Building” premiered at the 2016 Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) in India.

Directed by Steffi Giaracuni of Switzerland, the film explores the life and work of acclaimed earthen architect (and artist and designer) Didi Contractor, whom some of our readers will know…

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Earthville Welcomes Spring Up Foundation

The Earthville Network is pleased to announce the newest addition to our family of projects incubating in the Earthville Umbrellavator: The Spring Up Foundation is a UK-based charitable project established to support a peaceful and hopeful future in the Middle East by funding further education for Palestinian students.

It was founded in 2016 by Nathan Glyde, Zohar Lavie, et al. for the purpose of…

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Dharmalaya Institute's Autumn 2018 Season Begins with Reflections on Compassion

Dharmalaya Institute’s Autumn 2018 Season Begins with Reflections on Compassion

We are happy to share this update from Dharmalaya Institute for Compassionate Living, the Earthville Network’s eco-campus in the Indian Himalayas.

After the invigorating monsoon season, autumn is a natural time for reflective engagement as we return outdoors to work with the earth.

Dharmalaya Institute’s autumn 2018 program season began with a five-day silent meditation retreat,led by mindfulness…

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Didi Contractor Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

BIR, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA: Didi Contractor, a celebrated earthen architect and co-founding Professor Emeritus of the Internship in Vernacular Eco-Architecture at Dharmalaya Institute (a project of the Earthville Network in the Indian Himalayas), was honored with WADe Asia‘s Lifetime Achievement Award for her work in natural building in the Himalayas, which has inspired countless architects in…

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Putting Meditation into Action in the Himalayas

In 2011, the Dharmalaya Institute (the Himalayan campus of the Earthville Network) held its first-ever international program: a work retreat in collaboration with SanghaSeva. That experience was so inspiring that we’ve been coming together again every year and, since 2012, also hosting silent meditation retreats with Zohar Lavie and Nathan Glyde, our gifted and delightful friends from SanghaSeva.

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#community #Dharmalaya #green building #Himalayas #meditation #retreat #SanghaSeva #sustainability

Announcing Internship in Vernacular Eco-Architecture

The Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, is home to a distinctive and beautiful form of traditional earthen architecture.

Over the past decade, however, this eco-friendly tradition has become an endangered species, as increasing numbers of Kangra residents are swept into the ill-advised trend of building their homes and businesses with the toxic…

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#arts #Bir #Dharmalaya #education #experiential education #green building #Himachal Pradesh #Himalayas #India #service-learning #students #sustainability

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Thanks to a former NBA star, a coalition of Chinese business leaders, celebrities and students, and some unlikely investigative journalism, eating shark fin soup is no longer fashionable here. But what really tipped the balance was a government campaign against extravagance that has seen the soup banned from official banquets.

“People said it was impossible to change China, but the evidence we are now getting says consumption of shark fin soup in China is down by 50 to 70 percent in the last two years,” said Peter Knights, executive director of WildAid, a San Francisco-based group that has promoted awareness about the shark trade. The drop is also reflected in government and industry statistics.

“It is a myth that people in Asia don’t care about wildlife,” Knights said. “Consumption is based on ignorance rather than malice. ”

The dramatic expansion in China’s middle and upper classes has transformed the country into a major driver of global wildlife trafficking. The Obama administration is so concerned about Chinese demand for endangered wildlife that it made the subject an important part of its bilateral dialogue this year.

More than 70 million sharks were killed last year, largely to satisfy rapacious demand from China’s newly rich for shark fin soup.

Lavish spending by China’s wealthy has also sent demand for ivory skyrocketing, fueling a massive expansion in elephant poaching in Africa.

The consequences of the traffic go beyond a crisis for wildlife. The illegal ivory trade has financed global crime networks and local insurgents, including Somalia’s al-Shabab — responsible for last month’s attack on a Nairobi shopping mall.

“Conservation is more about China now than it is about Africa,” said Knights. “China can be the savior of wildlife or it can be the demise of it.”

Great read by WaPo.

New season of service-learning programs in the #Himalayas #volunteer #india #meditation #earthville #dharmalaya

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An urgent message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace #petition #Africa #activism

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ACTION: Ask US Senators for Prudent Regulation of Monsanto

One of the gravest modern threats to ecology and public health is the reckless, unchecked expansion…

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#food #GMOs #Monsanto #petitions #policy #sustainability #USA

ACTION: Earthville Artist Scarth Locke Nominated for Oaktown Music Festival Award

The Oaktown Music Festival is sponsoring an online song and video contest for songwriters and bands based in Earthville’s US hometown of Oakland, CA. Winners will be crowned Best of Oakland by an all-star jury, receive a paid feature at a the two night…

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#arts #music #Oakland #Scarth Locke #videos

Parallel Paths to Peace: A Libya-Tibet Nexus in Switzerland

Earthville’s Founder Mark Moore reflects from Switzerland on the Libya crisis, viewed through the…

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#change #interconnectedness #lessons #Libya #meditation #Middle East #peace #Switzerland #teachers #Tibet #travel

Steve JobsSchools Open in Netherlands: A New Case Study in the Role of Tech in Education

There is no doubt that technology will play an increasingly significant role in education. But…

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#curriculum #education #Netherlands #pedagogy #reform #schools #students #teachers #teaching #technology

ACTION: Save the Chimps in Cameroon!

Worldwide demand for palm oil is on the rise, as millions of people use it for cooking, cosmetic…

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#Africa #animals #Cameroon #chimpanzees #deforestation #rainforests

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