- Written by: Kamran Mofid
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First published on 15 May 2020, updated on 17 September 2023
A Passionate Call to Let Nature Be Our Teacher to Empower us to
Co-create a Better World and a Better Life for All
Education Reborn
Turning dream into vision
Inspired by Nature: My unfolding dream of the future
A Vision of What and How Education Could Be
‘Inhaling All the Forces of Nature’
A Time to Rethink What is Valuable, What We Teach, What We Learn, How We Live and What For
In these very troubled times, crisis after crisis, we need to think and think very deeply, what the answers might be and where the solutions may come from. To my mind, as ever before, the answers are in Education, Education and Education. But not the education that we have today, the neoliberal, market-based and values-less. We need an education for change, embedded in optimism, hope, collaboration, cooperation and above all, an education guided by the everlasting values of Mother Nature, beauty, wisdom, resilience, regeneration, sustainability and resurrection. Carpe Diem!
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First posted on 9 March 2016, updated on 13 September 2023
Oslo Accords: 13 September 1993- 13 September 2023- Thirty Years On
Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat watch as Shimon Peres signs the Oslo peace accords at the White House on 13 September 1993. Photo: J David Ake/AFP/Getty Images
This article is based on a revised invited plenary speech I delivered at an international conference at the University of Haifa, Israel, 28-31 January 1997. The Conference was to honour the Oslo Accords and to commemorate the life and work of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was so tragically assassinated on 4 November 1995.
I remember the Conference and my time at Haifa very fondly, especially when I was invited to meet with Mrs. Leah Rabin and Prime Minister Shimon Peres. These moments I will remember affectionately.
I was then invited to visit Israel and Palestine again a few more times, where I was fortunate to meet with the youth, peace activists, politicians, religious, cultural and spiritual leaders, students, university academicians and more. I will never forget those meetings, conversations and dialogue, all full of joy, hope and positivity, that living side-by-side, in peace and harmony, as good neighbours, is indeed a real possibility now.
I recall very fondly my visits to the universities of Haifa, Hebron and Bethlehem , Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Ministry of Industry, Trade and Economy (Jericho)- amongst others, sharing moments of hope, dreaming the dream, that soon there will be peace, justice and prosperity for all in the Middle East.
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The wisdom of learning to Do Nothing lies in the fact that it promotes a sense of relationality and belonging, meaning and purpose
‘Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.’ – Lao Tzu
‘Do nothing and leave nothing undone,’ says Lao Tzu.
Before I explain more, I am sure you probably are thinking that this Doing Nothing sounds a bit wishy-washy, coming from an out of touch and unrealistic mind. But please stick with me here. Doing nothing doesn’t mean being lazy, idle or wanting to avoid work. The meaning is deeper than that. What it means is effortless action/sincere and meaningful/purposeful action. Thus, stay put and more will be revealed…
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