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This letter to all
prospective parents
is written by our
director, Ronald
Stones, OBE.
Welcome to the
website of Green
School. Our amazing
campus has been
created by master
architects and
designers, craftsmen
and builders,
landscape designers
and gardeners using
a blend of
cutting-edge
technology and
traditional
materials and
methods. The result
is a truly
inspirational
teaching and
learning environment
that stimulates
critical thinking
and creative problem
solving.
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. They see that there is always a way of looking at an obstacle
differently to find a solution.
Green School's campus spans nearly ten hectares on either side
of the Ayung River. One of our iconic structures is a stunning bamboo bridge
that spans the river and 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.
As we develop a Green curriculum and Green enterprises, students
will have more and more exposure to learning practical ways of looking after,
and making the most of the environment. This learning will inform and empower
them to become leaders of their communities and forerunners in the environmental
stewardship that the planet so desperately needs.
 Of course, we do not lose sight of students' needs to be
prepared for the next stage of their education, and for that reason, we hold
onto certain conventions. But those conventions exist in a school that values as
much as anything creativity, innovation and experimentation. Our students learn
in elegant, curved structures constructed from 98% sustainable materials, and
Green School counts among its power sources the extraction of biogas from human
and animal waste, as well as a hydroelectric vortex generator that is under
development which will be the largest of its kind in the world. Our students are
not just learning about Green, they are living it.
Green School's uniqueness is further enhanced by our interaction
with, and access by, the communities of the local Balinese villages which
surround us. 20% of our students are Balinese children who attend Green School
through a generous scholarship program. We are grateful to be able to draw upon
the cultural richness of Bali and Indonesia.
We
are working towards
becoming the global
model of sustainable
education. We invite
you to view the
different features
of our website. Of
course, there is no
substitute for
visiting Green
School itself to
experience first
hand our unique
teaching and
learning
environment.
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