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A World out of Balance - How might we respond?
Connecting right around the globe from Alaska to Auckland, Ilarion ‘Kuuyux’ Merculieff and Ayla Blair-Smith share their stories and reflections about our world from Unangan and Māori perspectives. Summer and Dominik, IBDP students from Rangitoto Academy, inquired with Ilarion and Ayla about learning with nature, education, masculinity, femininity, and working together to respond to complex global challenges.
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Festival of Hope Mumbai RECAP | 31st May, 2023 | Dhirubai Ambani International School, Mumbai
This is the first ever Festival of Hope event in the Asia Pacific region! Held in partnership with Dhirubai Ambani International School, Festival of Hope Mumbai featured incredible student cultural performances, inspirational speakers, including Isha Ambani, Ranveer Allahabadia (@beerbiceps) and Sukriti YJ.
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Is 'flight' in the wings of the bird? Embodied ways of knowing about the world
Annushka and Alicia talk with Dr. Evan Thompson about his work in philosophy, religion, and cognitive science - particularly his seminal work on embodied cognition, which he started with Francisco Varela in the 1980s.They also discuss Evan's education at the Lindisfarne community and why he isn't a Buddhist!
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Creating Sustainable Futures By Listening To Youth Leaders
In November 2022, Diploma Programme (DP) student Rena Kawasaki, a senior at Osaka International School of Kwansei Gakuin, was honored with the prestigious International Children's Peace Prize for 2022 for her pioneering work to get more young people to participate in politics, the environment, and society. Here she is in conversation with her fellow senior, Tanishka, talking about the work that she has done in setting up 'Earth Guardians Japan' and becoming the youngest ever Chief Future Officer for a bio-fuelled jet company in Japan.
