UniShared – List of Online Learning Resources

great collection of online learning resources, being put together by a self-designed learner and walkout from Pune, Devavrat Ravetkar

UniShared – List of Online Learning Resources.

A 15-year-old student’s ed reform plan: Self-directed learning

Learning should be messy! Divergent thinking can be taught. Teachers, administrators, policy makers, and even students will have to step out of their comfort zones to remove the standardized, short-term mentality about learning.

via A 15-year-old student’s ed reform plan: Self-directed learning.

Make Your Voice Heard: Discover Democratic Education

In a society based on democracy, participation, and engagement, shouldn’t education be democratic, participatory, and engaging? How can young people be creative, curious, and collaborative learners when their schooling boxes them in with testing and standardization? What does a more empowering, democratic education look like?

Check out this video by IDEA – the Institute for Democratic Education in America, and visit their website to learn more and get involved:

Make Your Voice Heard: Discover Democratic Education – YouTube. (2:35 mins)

How to make Amrut Jal (Water) to Enrich soil

A Hands on guide for Indian farmers on How to make “AMRUT JAL” By Shri dipak Sachade – Natueco Farming Expert, to Enrich Soil

More: An extended 4-part series on the philosophy of Natueco Farming Science, Method of making Amrut mitti and Amrut Jal
Organic/Natueco Farming – Malpani Trust – Deepak Suchde – Bajwada, M.P. – Part 1
Organic/Natueco Farming – Malpani Trust – Deepak Suchde – Bajwada, M.P. – Part 2
Organic/Natueco Farming – Malpani Trust – Deepak Suchde – Bajwada, M.P. – Part 3
Organic/Natueco Farming – Malpani Trust – Deepak Suchde – Bajwada, M.P. – Part 4

Ravindra Sharma on Indian Perspective of Education

Shri. Ravindra Sharma on Indian Perspective of Education. Kalaniketan, Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Thanal Zero Waste Centre

http://www.thanal.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=74

Green Tech Life : Urban rooftop gardens

http://greentechlife.in/
A company based in Bangalore that installs rooftop gardens to grow organic food, as automated systems that require almost no maintenance after the initial setup. It’s targeted for city-dwellers who don’t have a plenty of time or farming skills. It’s designed to be self-fertilizing from the family’s kitchen waste (wet/food waste and leftovers) and needs watering only once or twice a month.Most activities like daily watering, digging, and use of chemicals have been completely eliminated, while using the best of nature and natural laws.

Here’s a video demonstration: