100 Neohumanists gathered in Romania this July—what a beautiful, transformative experience. We left inspired, renewed, and ready to bring this wisdom into our lives. 🌍
#Neohumanist #Gurukula #StoriesOfTransformation #PlanetaryStewardship

"The primary vegetation around Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary is wet evergreen, medium elevation rainforest."

"Laly Joseph, the head of plant conservation at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, has spent most of her life learning about and caring for plants."

"An explosion of Alsophila spinulosa tree ferns, also known as flying spider-monkey tree fern. These are native species found in tropical and subtropical forests across Asia. An abundance of ferns can mean a healthy, high-quality habitat with minimal human disturbance."

"While crop seed vaults are common around the world, nurseries for wild and native plants are rare, and many plant species quietly become extinct. This marks #Gurukula out as a Noah’s ark for endangered plant species." […]

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A small room with many young students in white traditional "Vedic" outfits sitting on the floor, several men and women standing on the right (some with hands folded in namaste pose). All looking toward an older man, a Swamiji, dressed in traditional orange robe, sitting on a very low platform that's enframed in gold. Brown wood wall behind the Swamiji.

First day of #school. 👨‍🎓📚

Today at Udupi Krishna Matha: The Puthige Swamiji teaching the school year's first class to students of Puthige Suguna School, #Udupi.

#education #gurukula #Vedic #India