Meet John Hardy jewelry designer and co-founder of the "Greenest school on Earth," the green school in Bali. from bamboo pools home grown lunches, all aspects of Green School by John Hardy is a model of sustainability. His efforts have a ripple effect among Balinese they adopt livable sustainability mindset.
The Green School combines academic learning at Cambridge levels with practical environmentally friendly. beautiful school bamboo structures increase the jungle surrounded by organic gardens crossed by the Ayung River. The student population is made up of 40 270 pre-school in the country-12 The Green School this year will have its first graduating class. Balinese local students are sponsored to attend school. The program focuses on students by cultivating all aspects of the capacity of each student.
In addition to traditional subjects Green School offers experimental, environmental and creative arts with a strong focus on entrepreneurial skills. The goal is to teach students to be efficient and competitive in a changing world and to encourage them to become citizens respectful of the environment by exposing them to positive ways to develop and sustain our planet Earth. Green school grows much of his own food as organic rice, fruits and vegetables. Solar panels provide energy. They even have their own ATM solar energy to minimize unnecessary transport. The students are part of the innovative environmental projects such as the reproduction of the species of endangered birds in beautiful aviaries and programs to work with local farmers to bring the traditional organic rice. Green School offers campus tours daily afternoon with a suggested donation to go towards scholarships for local children.
Well, the island of Bali has been very good for us, and we wanted to give something that reflects some of our values. I gave a TED talk a few years ago which attracted much attention. I opened with a joke.. "Al Gore has ruined my life I just sold a large company and should live in a beautiful home in the suburbs to play golf every day But a few years ago, I I saw his film An Inconvenient truth. " In fact, for many years in the jewelry company that we use sustainable practices. I live here since the middle of the seventy years, and Bali is still an amazing place with these very traditions intact craft and spirituality and culture, but it is easy to look around and see a place that is stressed the environment. Green School was our way of being part of the solution and help to return to Bali sustainable lifestyle that marked much of its history.
What is the basic philosophy of Green School?
The main idea is that while we do not look like the idea of most people of a school (remember, in most of the world, same people who design schools, design of prisons), our students learn here all the traditional academic subjects. We try to live every aspect of our life here as environmentally friendly as possible. We try to inspire students with a sense of possibilities with the way we live in the world and how we interact with the world.
Tell us how Green's Cathedral or the school center has inspired a new view of the construction.
The heart of the school is our main building and yes, some refer to it as the bamboo cathedral. This huge structure uses six kilometers from bamboo poles and consists of three rounds of intersection of three floors each. It has no walls or windows and relies on natural light and ventilation. We try to reduce our carbon footprint. The shape of all of our structures is curved and organic. We are literally "out of the box" school.
What is the Green School effect?
Our goal is that when students around the world and begin to make decisions, experience in Green School will affect a consideration their impact on the planet plays a role in their choice. In general, we have a few discipline problems. Students really care about and look at each other. The children are happy. Green School students are never bored!
Today, we get a percentage of our electricity through solar energy and in a few months, we should produce the rest of our renewable energy by means of a micro project hydroelectric. All this was made possible through the generous sponsorship AKUO, a French renewable energy company.
What do you have planned for Earth Day?
We will celebrate Earth Day here with lots of activities and programs. On Friday, April 19th after school the secondary school children put on a Greenstock (Woodstock Green) just with a lot of music and other performances. It is open to the public and should be fun!
You have a global competition of scholarships for students Greenest on Earth. How did it happen?
Last year, the Earth Day, we were honored to be named the Greenest School on Earth by the Center for Green Schools at the US Green Building Council, the group began LEED certification for buildings environmentally friendly. We think this is a great way to showcase all the children around the world who do all kinds of green projects. We give three scholarships a year and we look forward to getting these children here to collaborate and learn with us. The hope is that we can all learn and inspire each other to become better stewards of the land.
PULLOUT QUOTE :. The land is the source of food and the Earth is where we live