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Human Dignity, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice and Waldorf in North America

The political and cultural climate in the United States has changed significantly with the new administration in Washington. Like all cultural institutions, Waldorf schools are deeply affected by this. In Europe we cannot simply observe this process in a detached way, as if this didn’t affect us. Europe too has its right-wing, intolerant, nationalistic voices. So, this article is co-authored by Linda Williams of the United States and Martyn Rawson who is based in Germany.

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Sisters of Hope

Thea Gabbert, an American Jew, has been a great stroke of luck for the HOUSE OF HOPE educational institution in the West Bank. Manar Wahhab, a…
Thea Gabbert, an American Jew, has been a great stroke of luck for the HOUSE OF HOPE educational institution in the West Bank. Manar Wahhab, a Palestinian, and Thea are best friends. Since they first met, Thea has been volunteering as a peace…
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How a Crazy Idea Became Reality

Our author spent a year doing voluntary service at a social institution in the Colombian capital Bogotá. He worked at the Corporación Educativa y…
Our author spent a year doing voluntary service at a social institution in the Colombian capital Bogotá. He worked at the Corporación Educativa y Social (CES) Waldorf, located in a neighborhood in the south of the city that is marked by conflict and…
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Decolonization and Strengthening one's own Culture – Waldorf School in the Reservation

It lies between rolling hills and seemingly endless grasslands in southwestern South Dakota: the Lakota Waldorf School (LWS). Our author tells how the…
It lies between rolling hills and seemingly endless grasslands in southwestern South Dakota: the Lakota Waldorf School (LWS). Our author tells how the only indigenous Waldorf school in the USA has become an example of social and cultural renewal for…
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Shanti – Where Future Counts Instead of Origin

Our colleague Jürgen Beckmerhagen is currently spending several months in Nepal, where he has a goddaughter. For the Art of Educating, he visited…
Our colleague Jürgen Beckmerhagen is currently spending several months in Nepal, where he has a goddaughter. For the Art of Educating, he visited Shanti, a Waldorf educational institution in Kathmandu.
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Learning German to Study Waldorf

At the beginning, there wasn’t even a toilet—just mulberry trees and grapevines. Today, the «Garden of Childhood» in Iran has become a second home for…
At the beginning, there wasn’t even a toilet—just mulberry trees and grapevines. Today, the «Garden of Childhood» in Iran has become a second home for a hundred people. Our author recounts its development.
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Improvisation as a survival strategy

France has a different school system to Germany. There are only 14 Waldorf schools there, which either have to comply with strict state regulations…
France has a different school system to Germany. There are only 14 Waldorf schools there, which either have to comply with strict state regulations and thus weaken their Waldorf profile, or alternatively are financed exclusively by parental fees. In…
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Experiencing is Being – Moving is Becoming

In April 2023 the World Teachers’ Conference took place at the Goetheanum, in Switzerland. Usually it happens every four years, but due to…
In April 2023 the World Teachers’ Conference took place at the Goetheanum, in Switzerland. Usually it happens every four years, but due to international Covid restrictions this was the first such event since 2016.
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Networking across Europe of Steiner Waldorf Parents

Parents and teachers from the European Network of Steiner Waldorf Parents met for several days in Italy this spring. For the first time since the…
Parents and teachers from the European Network of Steiner Waldorf Parents met for several days in Italy this spring. For the first time since the pandemic, an exchange about cooperation, communication and media education beyond video calls could take…
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"I have found my path!": Luong Phan from Vietnam

Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
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"Becoming a class teacher? The idea gives me a lift!": Marelle Tann from Estonia

Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
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