This summer, representing the Transformative Education Forum-Global at two nearly back-to-back but very different educational conferences — one held in the hot August summer sun of the Portuguese “Eco-Village” of Tamera, the other in the already cool September rain of…
TEF – Copenhagen, Denmark 2014
Hans Christian Anderson’s bronzed Little Mermaid sits in Copenhagen’s dramatic and historic harbor, looking beautiful and a little sad. The water lapping at her human knees speaks of her lost dream to become an immortal soul, lost to her when…
Welcome to the new home of the Transformative Education Forum
We’ve just gotten our new site ready, and will soon begin posting content about TEF. In the meantime, if you would like to learn more about us, please feel free to visit our sister site TEF-US, and read about the…
TEF-Bangalore
Keeping India’s challenging educational scenario in mind, the Global Challenges Forum organized a Transformative Education Forum (TEF) in India from September 13-15, 2012. Focusing on the theme of “Transformative Education for Sustainable Development”, the TEF 2012 forum was built around the…
RIO+20, The Cry of Birds
By June Gorman and Barbara Benish (bios at end of article) When the Child Cries in want, do you not hear it? When even trees gasp of air, do you not sense it? When the last bird screeches on its…