The Green School in Ubud, Bali offers a unique approach to education with a focus on sustainability, eco-entrepreneurship, and mindfulness. The school has no walls, no grades, and no homework. Parents praise the sense of community and unconventional learning methods. Students have worked on various projects, including surfboards made from mushroom mycelium and a company promoting transparency in climate funding. With 500 students from 50 countries, the school provides a bamboo-crafted space in the Balinese jungle.
The classrooms don’t have walls, there are no grades, the children feel no pressure - instead, there’s an incredible sense of community, say the parents of pupils Green School in Ubud, Bali give a Ted-style talk to 300 people about a project on which they’ve worked. Last year, one student made surfboards from mushroom mycelium , another started Dungbeetle, a company bringing transparency to climate funding , while others helped redesign the adult co-working space at the school.
It’s not a conventional way to graduate, but then, there’s nothing traditional about this school, where 500 students from 50 countries study in a bamboo-crafted space, located near Ubud in Bali. The school’s focus is sustainability, eco-entrepreneurship and mindfulness. In primary, there are no grades, no worksheets, no homework. It’s for precisely these reasons that parents leave their homes for the campus that grew from Balinese jungle 15 years ag
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