Travel to learn. Small groups, since 2008.
EduRetreat is a travelling (un)conference. Small groups of educators, scholars and curious minds learn from the people, projects and places they visit.
“To travel with EduRetreat is to ride a magic carpet to places you did not know you deeply needed to visit.”
George Forman, Emeritus Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
“Thank you to you all for making the trip such an amazing adventure, one that will prove to be professionally significant.”Jo White, Head of Centre, London
“If you want creativity, cut one zero from the budget. If you want sustainability, cut two zeros.”Jaime Lerner
Why India keeps calling us back
In a complex world there is nothing truer for the sensitive educator than a clear call to blend intellect and intuition. Over millennia India has nurtured deeply intuitive ways of learning, immortalised in the teachings of Aurobindo, Gandhi, Tagore and J. Krishnamurti, all of whom held a wide, far-reaching and peaceful vision for humanity.
Scholar · 2016
World-renowned Indian environmental and anti-globalisation activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award in 1993. Author of more than twenty books, including Making Peace with the Earth, Earth Democracy and Soil Not Oil.
The Kabir Project · 2016
They share songs met on their journeys in search of contemporary echoes of the 15th-century mystic Kabir and other mystic poets of India. The songs explore impermanence, identity, surrender, search and death.
Musician · 2016
Indian folk singer who performs Kabir bhajans in the Malwi folk style of Madhya Pradesh.
Reflective Guide · 2013
Cultural anthropologist. “More and more I feel that the capacity for trust, wonder and continued curiosity depends on the experiences of early childhood. The trip to India reawakened all that for me.”
Reflective Guide · 2009
Professor Emeritus of Early Childhood Education, University of Alberta, Canada. She led a group of American, Argentinean, British and Canadian scholars and teachers learning about the education of young children in India.
Reflective Guide · 2008
Emeritus Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst. “Clearly we have to move beyond the lament that modernity equals alienation and utilitarianism. Modernity can also mean connectivity and opportunity.”
Every EduRetreat starts with me deep in a forest of possibilities, weaving together a couple of weeks for a small group of enthusiastic minds from around the world.
What I can promise is the cultural and adventurous charm, the provocations and the reflections that make these journeys what they are.
If you're interested, or only curious, write to me. You have my personal invitation.
Vashima Goyal, Singapore