Local Peoples Whilst New Earth Communities and Retreats do of course avail themselves to existing local inhabitants, the missionary zeal which can so naturally flow from the inspired people involved with the Project must be tempered in order that no new ethos or structure is inadvertently imposed upon indigenous cultures. Local people and cultures bring depth to the Project, but they should only participate if they themselves desire to do so. The New Earth Trust provides support to local people in establishing their own New Earth Communities only where it is entirely welcomed.
selves how all life is interconnected and interdependent. Through direct experience of connection to life and community and through the encouragement of involvement in community projects which children have chosen for themselves;, children and young adults are never detached from the natural evolution of their communities. Children are recognized from birth as inherently complete beings, not as a person who must become something else in the future. Adults who embrace these fundamental tenets can give young adults the greater insight and higher perspective they need to ensure that their productive years are not spent doing counterproductive things - children and young adults are given the freedom to follow their own intuitive guidance during their learning years, in dedicated learning environments, without having a strict curriculum imposed upon them. Life itself is our primary teacher.
Education & Learning Education forms the backbone of every society, thus exploring and questioning even the basic idea of education is paramount to lasting change. No longer can education be used to prepare the beautiful young minds of children and young adults for a world of ‘systems’ and a life of wage slavery, instead a new ethic must arise – one that nurtures their innate creativity, allowing them to transcend the limits of conscious expression imposed by most existing educational philosophies. The offering of guidance and wisdom, not the imposition of knowledge and ideas, is the only way to absolve our children from the psychological bonds of their forefathers. We each must learn for ourselves the fundamental laws of nature; to experience for our-
As we transition to such an environment, every member of the human family must support each other as we collectively unlearn the false ideologies implanted through modern systems of education.
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