Universal Learning Centre - Concept Note

Universal Learning Space

Redefining the reach and perspective of discovery in human existence one day at a time

Our Universe is a magical place

Science has made phenomenal progress

in exploring the mechanics of our

Universe using the five basic human senses

But there’s a still a lot for us to know, experience, and

discover

A whole 96% of it

We’re interested in learning more

We’re interested in informal education

Informal education is a spontaneous process of helping people to learn. Informal education works through dialogue and the exploration and enlargement of experience. Its purpose, we suggest, is to cultivate communities, associations and relationships that make for human flourishing.

Source: http://www.infed.org/

We have chosen a few specific angles

1: We live in an undeniably interconnected world and even Universe. But these interconnections are not highlighted often enough. We would like to present a more holistic view of life

2: There’s a lot more we can learn from BC-culture than meets the eye. But the knowledge is hard to access and is deeply sown in

dogma and often misrepresented. We would like to revisit our cultural sciences

So we have the general streams of thought.

Now what?

We focus on experiential methods of learning

We have a lot to learn from educators around

the world

A Secret Formula

Cultural Meets

Modern Science

Innovative Experiential

Learning Methods

Informal Learning

Space

A Simple Model

Experience through learning and doing

Understand through thinking and discussion

Share through teaching and questioning

Extend through research and application

Some practical starting plans for the Universal

Learning Centre

Mornings:

What we do and learn:Sessions on Yoga and AyurvedaSessions on other cultural sciences like Reiki and Tai-ChiSport

Afternoons:

What we do:Practical workshops for different ages using inquiry-based learning methods

What we learn:Development / curation of activity kits, installations, exhibits, books, and other material connecting the different disciplines

Evenings:

What we do:Film and documentary screeningsSome scientific, philosophical, and metaphysical discussions

What we learn:The Universe is full of possibilities

Weekends and Whenever:

Exhibitions: Science walkthrough

Camps: Astrocamp

Intense workshops: How to solarise your home or village

The Universal Learning Space is a space that

can change form, place and time to suit the purpose. Our space-base is in Porvorim,

Goa

What’s the ultimate aim?

Multi-perspective thinking

Expanding our radius of “care”

Earth-friendly communities through responsible innovation and choices

Funding avenues

Self-Funding Project-based grants

Crowd-funding Donations

Errr, who’s the audience?

People. All people. Different types of people. One thing they have in common is the yearn to learn.