Rethinking modern schooling

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An edited sequence for our documentary The Economics of Happiness that ultimately did not make it into the film. It offers a critical look at modern schooling in both the global North and South. With Vandana Shjiva, Manish Jain (Coordinator of the Indian NGO Shikshantar), Eliana Espillico (with the Peruvian group PRATEC), Transition Town founder Rob Hopkins, and Local Futures/ISEC Director Helena Norberg-Hodge.

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