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Universal Learning Space
Redefining the reach and perspective of discovery in human existence one day at a time
Our Universe is a magical place
Science has made phenomenal progress
in exploring the mechanics of our
Universe using the five basic human senses
But there’s a still a lot for us to know, experience, and
discover
A whole 96% of it
We’re interested in learning more
We’re interested in informal education
Informal education is a spontaneous process of helping people to learn. Informal education works through dialogue and the exploration and enlargement of experience. Its purpose, we suggest, is to cultivate communities, associations and relationships that make for human flourishing.
Source: http://www.infed.org/
We have chosen a few specific angles
1: We live in an undeniably interconnected world and even Universe. But these interconnections are not highlighted often enough. We would like to present a more holistic view of life
2: There’s a lot more we can learn from BC-culture than meets the eye. But the knowledge is hard to access and is deeply sown in
dogma and often misrepresented. We would like to revisit our cultural sciences
So we have the general streams of thought.
Now what?
We focus on experiential methods of learning
We have a lot to learn from educators around
the world
A Secret Formula
Cultural Meets
Modern Science
Innovative Experiential
Learning Methods
Informal Learning
Space
A Simple Model
Experience through learning and doing
Understand through thinking and discussion
Share through teaching and questioning
Extend through research and application
Some practical starting plans for the Universal
Learning Centre
Mornings:
What we do and learn:Sessions on Yoga and AyurvedaSessions on other cultural sciences like Reiki and Tai-ChiSport
Afternoons:
What we do:Practical workshops for different ages using inquiry-based learning methods
What we learn:Development / curation of activity kits, installations, exhibits, books, and other material connecting the different disciplines
Evenings:
What we do:Film and documentary screeningsSome scientific, philosophical, and metaphysical discussions
What we learn:The Universe is full of possibilities
Weekends and Whenever:
Exhibitions: Science walkthrough
Camps: Astrocamp
Intense workshops: How to solarise your home or village
The Universal Learning Space is a space that
can change form, place and time to suit the purpose. Our space-base is in Porvorim,
Goa
What’s the ultimate aim?
Multi-perspective thinking
Expanding our radius of “care”
Earth-friendly communities through responsible innovation and choices
Funding avenues
Self-Funding Project-based grants
Crowd-funding Donations
Errr, who’s the audience?
People. All people. Different types of people. One thing they have in common is the yearn to learn.