Welcome to Shalom Crafter, my personal blog which will journal the progress of building the Interreligious Green School.
The Interfaith Green School is based on the Green School in Bali founded by John Hardy, Outward Bound founded by Kurt Matthias Robert Martin Hahn, CBE and New Community Jewish High School founded by Dr. Bruce Powell.
http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hardy_my_green_school_dream
The idea is that if we can get teenagers from all the Abrahamic traditions building such a school together, it will produce leaders that can one day bring us Shalom.
I use Shalom on purpose, instead of peace, because I believe that Western nationalism has left both our peoples in a delusion of what it is that we truly want. The state based paradigm creates walls and armies between people. In a land as complicated as the Holy Land, it does not create Shalom.
Bringing both our peoples together through our commonalities is the traditional way towards both Shalom and Salaam.
Other educational philosophies that have contributed to creating this school are:
Dr. Bruce Powell's New Community Jewish High School (now De Toledo High School) where I worked for three years and Outward Bound Peacebuilding.
The Interfaith Green School is based on the Green School in Bali founded by John Hardy, Outward Bound founded by Kurt Matthias Robert Martin Hahn, CBE and New Community Jewish High School founded by Dr. Bruce Powell.
http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hardy_my_green_school_dream
The idea is that if we can get teenagers from all the Abrahamic traditions building such a school together, it will produce leaders that can one day bring us Shalom.
I use Shalom on purpose, instead of peace, because I believe that Western nationalism has left both our peoples in a delusion of what it is that we truly want. The state based paradigm creates walls and armies between people. In a land as complicated as the Holy Land, it does not create Shalom.
Bringing both our peoples together through our commonalities is the traditional way towards both Shalom and Salaam.
Other educational philosophies that have contributed to creating this school are:
Dr. Bruce Powell's New Community Jewish High School (now De Toledo High School) where I worked for three years and Outward Bound Peacebuilding.
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