“What is the difference between climate and weather?” That was the first question Navina Deshar, Senior Program Manager at Himalayan Environment and Life Protection (H.E.L.P.), put to our senior boys in Grades 5, 6, and 7 on Children’s Day. It opened a conversation that felt especially close to home this year. Less than three weeks

When a few children in Samagaun told their teacher they couldn’t make anything, she didn’t insist. She took them outside. Together they gathered leaves, stones and twigs from the mountainside, carried them back into the classroom, and began to build. “After that, they became excited and joined in freely,” says Usha Gurung, Head Teacher at

The Music Started Anyway On the morning of August 6, before the First Trimester Learning Exhibition could officially begin, the students of Tergar Schools Kathmandu had to do something that doesn’t come easily to any group of children: wait. So Learning Leader Karma Shendon encouraged the students to play some music. Thapse joined in on

What if love isn’t something we add to education — it’s what makes learning possible in the first place? That was the question we brought to Portland State University earlier this month, in partnership with our friends at Peace in Schools. About 200 people showed up to sit with it. By the end of the

On a Sunday evening in Laval, France, nineteen children joined Mingyur Rinpoche on the stage. Each had a single sentence to share: what does meditation mean to you? “Meditation is love and compassion.” “Meditation is being calm.” “Meditation is being concentrated and relaxed at the same time.” “Meditation is the mind of life.” “Meditation is

By Karma Shendon Karma Shendon is a Tergar School, Kathmandu Learning Leader and Lopon from Tergar Osel Ling Monastery. What follows is a moment he witnessed firsthand: a small glimpse of what he brings into the classroom every day. It was a special day at the monastery. All the young students had gathered in the