Yesterday I finished my Green Course Educator, this course aim to help open minded educator for around the world to learn more about Green School's holistic, student centered, nature-based curriculum. So, this is for the first time I got opportunity to met international educator and share their expertise in education and sustainability. Green School Bali has been my favorite school since two years ago. I even have planned to do my internship in Green School Bali before, but because I had responsibility to organize event in Jakarta I must postponed that. Five days in this course really give me new perspective not only about education but also about our real life, human being and the art of happiness.
So, I will give summarize what I got for 5 days in these course. For the opening, they make some games and it's quite simple to introduce our self to other members. After that, Camilo (*from Biobus) divide our group into 4 and give us problem that we need to solve. We projected as firefighter who turn of fire with natural equipment around, and he just give us one cup of water. The problem is how to turn of the fire inside of circle with equipment that we made by natural resources around and water. The lesson from this games is the step to solve problem, that first we need planning, have goal and vision about our planning, do it!, and for the last and most important is evaluating. When we face with problem situation we can easily give up and go away from that, or we face it.
Then in session two, we had art class with Penelope a new teacher in Green School. Penelope basically made us comfort with our self and give us time to know what we looking for from this course. After that she told us to forget all about our expectation and just try to flow with this course like water in river. This moment help us to open our heart and strength our spirit during our course. Love yourself and side all worries and anxiety, give our body and mind space to feel the air and connected with our mother nature. Penelope said " When we still in early years as children, we love play in mud and being dirty is doesn't matter at that time. But then, it's suddenly change and we become anxious about all the thing when we grown up. Why? So that's why Green School Bali do something different and give all the children freedom to experience and know themselves better". Then before the session is end Penelope taught one song
Earth my body
Water my blood
Air my breath and,
Fire *Clap* my spirit
This song is my favorite!!!! This song for me explain about how we as human being life in this world and always connected and need nature. Earth, water, air, and fire are four main resources that we need in our daily life. That four resources is powerful and also become a symbol for several indigenous group.
Then we spent day one to visit all places in green school bali from class, garden, kitchen, and the best is the toilet. Three thing that important in Green School Bali is HOLISTIC, BEING GREEN, and WALL-NESS. That's why the teaching method which implemented in Green School Bali is about thinking and feel. They not only focus on intellectual thing and also to what children passionate about and how to learn to love with human, nature, and animal. In Bali is known as Tri Hita Karana, connected us with our society, nature and other human being, also our God. That's way to make all human being comfort with life we need protect nature and manage our trash into zero waste. So that's a summarize for day one in Green Educator Course, I will explain more about what I got in my next article.
" We need to help children achieve their own dream and facilitate them to develop their skill and feeling to become fullest".
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