Actors: A League of Green Schools

More than half a billion people in more than 175 countries were recently reminded to renew their annual environmental vows as Earth Day celebrated its 42nd birthday. But we at Gobar Times are in a mood to rejoice for other reasons. We are celebrating the success of schools that have skillfully executed environmental wonders.

Of all the world’s commodities, spices most dramatically affected history because they launched Europe on the path to eventual overseas conquest, a conquest whose success and failure affects every aspect of contemporary world politics. The passion for spices underlies the beginning of the European colonial enterprise, a force that remade the demography, politics, culture, economy and ecology of the entire globe.

Albert Einstein, if alive, was bound to hate us. No, we have not debunked his theory of relativity. Nor have we refuted his mammoth contributions to quantum theory. At the beginning of this New Year, we have just dared to question his famous words ‘The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education’. Does the adage hold true today? Are children learning while being educated? How have different genres of education responded to the needs of the new world we live in?

Economics is peculiar. It affects our existence in many ways – including intimidating and baffling us. We are living witnesses to the fact that economic jargon is not just limited to government policies and documents.