Auschnitt aus meinem Interview mit John Hardy (in Englisch)
John Hardy Interview
August 2015
Joo: Mr. Hardy, tell us about your vision how Green school could grow on. For example, conference meeting point, College, adult education or others….
Hardy: There are three parts of Green School that are really important. First, there is Green Camp, because hundreds of hundreds of kids can have a taste of Green School. The second one is a program we call „Bamboo You“. We have the highest and most sophisticated Bamboo technology in the world…and we are very,very interested in sharing that. So „Bamboo You“ now is a week course, but it’s moving to be a full-time experience. And the third part, we are working on is Green University. That will start – some kind of – as a higher programs MA…and over the next years will be working its way into a full university.
Joo:…and the topics to study will be green topics
Hardy: …yes, it’s learning by doing things which make the world a better place.
Joo: Did you hear about our Green School tradition in German with the Waldorf School?
Hardy: Yes…the roots of Green school came out of Waldorf. We didn’t have enough constituance to have a Waldorf School, but we have a lot of Waldorf energy and a lot of Waldorf beliefs in Green school. My kids, before we were in Green School, were in the Waldorf system.
Joo: Are there any signs the goverment here is catching on to implement some of your ideas in its normal school system, like aspects of your bamboo architecture, green topics…
Hardy: Well, the world is turning towards green. It’s just the matter of how fast. So there is awareness everywhere, there is movement everywhere – but are we moving as fast as the clima is changing, thats the real question.
(exerpt from the Interview with John Hardy, founder of Green School , August 2015 by Joo Peter)
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Text und Fotos: Joo Peter
externe links:
John Hardy über Green School – Ted Talk
Elora Hardy über ihre Bambus-Architektur – Ted Talk
House made of Grass – Elora Hardy – Ted Talk