Authors: Pravar Petkar, Head of Strengthening Democracy Desk and Pavel Cenkl, Fellow at the ICfS
This paper by Pavel Cenkl and Pravar Petkar presents a transformative vision linking sustainable democracy with sustainable education across the UK, USA, and India. Drawing on the philosophies of Rabindranath Tagore and Jiddu Krishnamurti, and grounded in systems thinking and civic republicanism, it proposes a model of education that fosters civic engagement, ecological awareness, and participatory governance. The authors argue for innovations in higher education—such as regenerative learning, service-based projects, and distributed networks—that equip learners to address intertwined political, ecological, and educational crises. Their conceptual roadmap calls for rethinking education as a driver of democratic renewal.
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