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| This bike provides water to the gardens. The faster you ride the bike the more energy and water is used to water their plants. |
We visited Gandhi University which is a school that teaches, practices and emphasizes Gandhian principles. Gandhi believed that education should be with the head, heart and hands and this philosophy is very evident when you tour this University. Mahatma Gandhi was the chancellor for a period of time here. The University is a green school in which they have solar powered lighting, composts, glass blowing and recycling, and gardens with their own fruits and vegetables. Our group had a question and answer session with masters students. During the session, they spun their own yarn. Many of them would really like to come to America some day. We ate lunch and washed our own dishes. Gandhi believed in community living, and this style of living is practiced at this University. Notice the big bowl of food. We scraped any leftover food off of our plate and into this bowl which will then be put in the compost pile. Students are expected to spin 30,000 meters of yarn for each of the 3 semesters. They practice each of the 12 principles before graduating. Students were eager to take selfies with us as we walked throughout the campus. It was an eye opening experience how self-sufficient this school is!
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| Spinning yarn while listening to our introductions. These master students also asked us various questions about what we do and what we thought of their country. |
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| A compost hut |
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| Garden where they grow their own food |
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| More compost piles |
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| Handmade using the yarn they spin |
They keep a record of their hours they spin in which they are required to spin an hour a day.
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| The spinning room |
We learned how they fix broken test tubes and how to glass blow into such items as a glass tree and duck.
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| They Gandhian principles that drive the school and must be learned before graduating. |
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| Items made out of paper |
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| Gandhian principle blessing book |
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| Gandhi believed in community living in which everyone performed the different jobs |
I believe that everyone should have a different jobs to do to make sure that it will get done without having anyone slacking off. And thank you for nominating me for the MLK Award.
ReplyDeleteI really like the test tube they made that look like a duck. That's interesting that they have to spin 30,000 meter of yarn each 3 semester. Why do they have to learn Gandhian principle before graduating?
ReplyDeleteSo does everyone make their own clothes or do they work in the spinning room?
ReplyDeleteIn Gandhi University is there any monuments on Gandhi?
ReplyDeleteIn Gandhi University is there any monuments on Gandhi?
ReplyDeleteHow many people can work in a spinning room at the same time? Would you have become a student in the University,if you had the opportunity?
ReplyDeletewhat did you learn at the university? What were some things you found interesting?
ReplyDeletewhy do they keep the university clean but not the regular villages/cities where the population is 10 timesgreater
ReplyDeletewhat do they do with the yarn they make
ReplyDeleteDid you get a chance to make anything like clothes or bags when you were over there? Was there anything new you learned from the University ?
ReplyDeleteI think it is really cool that they reuse everything.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they try to convince other villages to reuse their stuff like that?
ReplyDeleteSpinning 30,000 meters of yarn for each of the 3 semesters does not sound fun at all.
ReplyDeleteThis is a nice looking building was it in the city or outside and if so how far?
ReplyDeleteI would love to be able to learn how to do glass work.
ReplyDeleteDid they make something for you out of yarn?
ReplyDeleteI think the items they made out of paper are very creative
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think that Universities here in America are not as sufficient as the ones in India? What is different that is stopping this from happening?
ReplyDeleteWhat if you don't make enough yawn ?
ReplyDeleteHow long did the students stood in class for ?
ReplyDeleteit looks like you guys were having a lot of fun making things into glass sculptures.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of majors do they offer, looking at these photos it only looks like they offer a yarn spinning major to me for graduates. How much does it cost to attend or is the yarn spinning how they pay off college.
ReplyDeletewhat kind of materials do they use to make their products?
ReplyDeleteWas the yarn spinning difficult?
ReplyDeleteDo they recycle everything at the Gandhi university?
ReplyDeleteDid you make something out of yarn? and Did you get a chance to get on the spinning bike?
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