When I was researching educational issues at the Central Round Table in the archives of the GDR opposition this summer,...
“A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth” ― African Proverb The...
As early as 100 years ago, progressive educators were concerned with allowing children to be children, not integrating them into the supposed necessities of adults. Thoughts on free play and religious tolerance in Waldorf Kindergartens. When Emmi Pikler opened her pediatric practice in Budapest in the early 1930s and had...
Christine Gruwez knows the Persian region from many travels and studies. A conversation about the history and perspective in Afghanistan....
The third in this four-part series looks at key topics in anthroposophy that have become fundamental for teachers in Waldorf...
Peace [Friede], freedom [Freiheit], joy [Freude], and friendship [Freundschaft]: four words that have a special glow because they touch the core of spiritual life and spiritual unfolding. In German, they all have the same root, “fri”, which means “well-disposed” or “connected.” Just as life frees nature from rigidity, freedom does...
Vandana Shiva spoke at the Goetheanum in February of this year. Before her talk, Gerald Häfner interviewed her about changing...
Twenty-one years ago, Maaianne Knuth founded the learning village ‹Kufunda› in Simbabwe, on her mother’s farmland. Her impulse was to...
Following the pager attacks and the death of Hassan Nassrallah, violence has escalated in the Middle East. Hezbollah is supporting the Palestinian Hamas. Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, speaks of self-defense. Can calm ever return to a situation in which revenge is the driving force? Somewhat naively, I end up...
The one hundredth anniversary of the Christmas Conference at the Goetheanum—a personal report. The Goetheanum issued an invitation to the...
Wolfgang Schad and I worked together on various scientific committees. With his incredible memory, his creative ideas, and his clear...
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