John Hardy: Dreaming green
Posted on 29/5/12From bamboo swimming pools to homegrown lunches, every aspect of John Hardy's Green School strives to be a model of sustainability. But being green isn't easy, and it doesn't always work on the first try. Hardy humorously recounts how, step by step, he's realized his dream of building a green community. Hardy's efforts are having a ripple effect amongst the local Balinese, as more and more people adopt his mentality of livable sustainability.
About the Speaker
John Hardy
Designer, educator
Jewelry designer John Hardy co-founded the extraordinary Green School in Bali, where kids get a holistic and green education. At the Green School, students learn in open-air classrooms surrounded by acres of gardens that they tend; they learn to build with bamboo; and meanwhile they're being prepared for traditional British school exams. The centerpiece of the campus is the spiraling Heart of School, which may be called Asia's largest bamboo building.
WEBSITE
www.greenschool.org
Thank you John Hardy....you are an inspiration to us all and a big Presence to draft behind, making it easier for us to expand and evolve your dream!
Both Elora and you have highly been inspirational indeed! I lead a team of govt officials in the state of Nagaland, India,propagating working with bamboo for a sustainable green future. We hope to visit your school someday!
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