Green School Bali is pioneering an educational model aimed at equipping kids for the personal and global challenges of 2025. From its Bamboo campus in the jungles of Bali, its building a sustainable vision for the future.But it needs help.....

1. Green School Capital Campaign June 2009

3. Paper Airplane Man Aeronautics was never as much fun as when the paper plane man came to town

5. Kids learn how to make Chocolate Students learnt how to choose ripe cacao pods for harvesting; to separating & dry roasting beans; how to separate creamy white cocoa butter from cocoa grounds, to blending palm sugar to make Green School’s delicious organic chocolate.

6. Celebrate Balinese Style Galungan and Nyepi are important days in the Balinese calendar, and Green School was sure to impress students how holy the holidays are. 7-8 student Ira and Indonesian teachers Pak Agung and Ibu Desak took the stage to explain what the holidays mean to the Balinese people.

7. and Western style too

8. Kids learn about Movie Making Years 5/6/7/8 get a teaching visit by Film-maker Steven Starr, and are now involved in making a mini-documentary. Bali Water Film will be made by the combined forces of the Creative Services Department, Teaching Staff and Student Volunteers.

9. We see Art as a tactile experience

10. All types of art

11. Sometimes we even use the classrooms ......though not always the desks

12. So no hiding at the back of the class for these kids…

13. Learning in a multi-cultural environment helps kids have a wider understanding of our world

14. We love getting kids to think for themselves…

15. ..use high teacher to child ratios…

16. … open their eyes to new ideas...

17. … to be curious about nature…

18. … to use their bodies as well as their minds…

19. ..and we believe being hands on is an engaging way to learn

20. Physics challenge: How to support 200 kg using just bamboo and rubber bands

21. Building a clubhouse: kids develop a range of skills…

22. Including a head for heights

23. Learning about optimising new and old technologies

24. … an understanding of Physics…

25. Utilizing one on one coaching

26. You don’t always need a calculator or tape measure

27. Planning is critical in construction & a important skill for kids to learn

28. and the importance of teamwork “ how long do I have to stand here?”

29. Planting Organic Veggies

30. Means you can grow your own lunch

31. and harvest them for the kitchen… Green School Lunches are 50%+ grown on campus with planting, caring and harvesting all assisted by students

32. ..making Cookery Lessons really fun Pizza making with head chef Signor Maurizio from the Lotus Garden in Ubud and hailing from Naples, Italy.

33. Recycling is a central plank of the Green School Platform

34. Geology lessons are in 3D…

35. … on & off campus… Class 5/6 & 7/8 go volcano climbing Metamorphic, Sedimentary & Igneous rocks and Plate Tectonics come alive when you are halfway up Mt. Batur

36. Green School invited to EARCOS conference In an exceptional move, this year EARCOS invited Green School students to present on water sustainability, not-withstanding the fact that we are still too young a school to formally register as an EARCOS member..

37. Green School hosts World Harmony runners GS hosts a group of World Harmony runners, who came bearing a symbolic torch that had passed across 80 nations before arriving at The Heart of School for a candle-lit, sacred ceremony

38. Surf’s Up !! At our regular surf camps, students spend the weekend days learning to surf while their nights are devoted to hanging out together on the beach.

39. The Green School Community starts to build with a parent run family picnic/sports day

40. We are banging the Green School Drum

41. That learning involves partnership …more on that later.

42. Campus Our amazing campus has been created by master architects and designers, craftsmen, builders and landscape gardeners using a blend of cutting-edge technology and traditional materials and methods.

43. Inspiring architecture..

44. …stimulating critical thinking The result is a truly inspirational teaching and learning environment that stimulates critical thinking and creative problem solving.

45. with sustainable furniture..

46. ..and local materials..

47. Makes learning inspiring

48. …or just breathtaking…

49. … so our kids can learn in a leading edge environment: Mother Earth

50. And finally Green Camp Launched Easter ’09 GC offers young people the chance to develop leadership skills; to study environmentalism and artisanship in Bali, whilst having the adventure of a lifetime.

51. And finally Green Camp For those not able to attend Green School, Green Camp is an ideal way for students to access a Green education to supplement their studies.

52. In summary then…

53. We are educating for 2025 Our students receive an education that is appropriate for the challenges of the 21st Century. One that wraps the traditional academic disciplines in a rich layer of experiential, environmental and entrepreneurial learning.

54. We are educating for 2025… They see that there is always a way of looking at an obstacle differently to find a solution.

56. …and reusing/recycling … empowering them to become leaders of communities and become the environmental stewards the planet so desperately needs.

57. Connecting learning with creativity Our bamboo bridge that spans Ayung is emblematic of what we aim to achieve at Green School: connecting learning with creativity; environmental responsibility with scientific knowledge; respect for self with respect for the many cultures represented in and around the School.

69. the Green Curriculum

74. the Creative Arts

75. Experiential Learning Designing & building a clubhouse, rope climbing, Balinese martial arts

76. Experiential Learning Kite Making & Flying, Puppet Making & Showing

77. Experiential Learning with experts Making Chocolate, Paper Planes, Pizza, Ice Cream & Movies

78. Our people

83. School expansion means 2 new classrooms

84. 24 scholarships needed for 2009/10

85. Musical Instruments to make the Green School sound good

86. Sports field needs a tune up and some better sports equipment

87. An IT Lab and computers to go in it…

88. Library stocked with Books

89. Language learning lab

90. Drama studio so the kids can act up here rather than at home

91. Art Studio to get kids painting like Masters

92. Kids Kitchen to teach how growing organic veggies can turn into great tasting dinners

98. Please offer to help by writing to Beth Travers [email_address]