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Green school made of bamboo in Bali
We often hear about how important it is to care about nature, but few people think that he personally can do for it, but John hardy was visited by the idea of creating educational communities in the deep jungle and rice plantations of the island of Bali in Indonesia, where, and to invite you to learn how the locals and foreigners.
Green school — one of the most unusual schools in the world: constructed of bamboo, grass and clay.
Now the school continues to grow at a rapid pace, the building of new venues and classes to find and maintain resources within their communities. The main aim of the school is to nurture a new generation of people who will want and be able to change the situation in their country and in the world, make attitude toward nature more timid.
Here theory is inseparably associated with the practice. Many buildings have walls, floors and ceilings are made of bamboo, which makes the air always fresh and the lighting is natural.
To generate electricity using alternative sources: solar panels and the turbine built on the river; it produces the power of about 8,000 watts daily.
The vegetables grown in the school garden, where pupils work hard. At Green school, teaching them how to grow organic rice, using only natural fertilizer. The school has its own farm with many animals. Daily from natural ingredients to produce a complete meal for four hundred people.
Here children will be taught not only the common core Sciences, but also demonstrate how rice is grown, or where does the chocolate. The basic idea of the school is knowledge which children receive, should encourage them to further learning and desire to improve.
This is evidenced by the slogan of the school — Teaching in practice. It is implied that students will not only get theory, but also learn a lot on the individual practical examples. It has been proved that this approach stimulates the children's curiosity and instills research features.
One of the key indicators for each school — children feel. At Green school, the students come to the lessons with joy.
Great attention here is paid also to the development of creative skills. Children paint, create various crafts, put on plays, dance and sing — all included in the schedule along with the basic items.
Despite the apparent relaxed atmosphere, fresh air and Sunny weather, the school very strictly follow the discipline, teach courtesy and respect for each other and the staff. Here there is a Code of conduct, and for some infractions, students can be expelled.
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