Thought this would be of interest to share as applications are currently open for a United World College (UWC)-endorsed online short course “The World as a Village of 100 People.” This online course invites participants to explore global inequality, identity, interdependence, and citizenship through an immersive simulation-based learning experience. Using the imaginative framework of a “village of 100 people,” participants will examine how global systems shape everyday life and how communities make decisions about their shared future. Through dialogue, role-based learning, and a structured Citizen Assembly, participants will practice empathy, ethical representation, systems thinking, and collaborative decision-making. The Geographical Imaginations Expedition & Institute (The GIEI) is an education and civic learning initiative that uses human geography, dialogue, and systems thinking to help young people and communities better understand global interdependence, inequality, and planetary futures. The GIEI designs learning experiences and research projects that cultivate imagination, critical thinking, and collective agency around global challenges. If anyone does sign up it would be fabulous to share your learning back here with the community ☺️

The title of this United World College (UWC) endorsed online short course intrigued me so much that I applied and… I got accepted as one of 13 villagers entering the experience together! We are a deliberate mix: different continents, countries, genders and ages. Over four weeks, we will imagine the world as a village of 100 people while exploring global inequality, identity, interdependence and citizenship. We are guided by facilitator Kevin Fox, Human Geographer and founder of The Geographical Imaginations Expedition & Institute. Last weekend we had the first two sessions that were all about orientation: meeting the other villagers and looking at/discussing statistics. One thing became immediately clear: we all see through our own lens but often unconsciously adopt a dominant perspective when observing the world. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie called it the danger of a single story. I’d call it something more uncomfortable: the quiet acceptance of someone else’s definition of reality. That discomfort sits at the heart of what I want to explore in these four weeks, because the story of global inequality is not an accidental one. It is not a story of some nations simply failing to develop while others succeeded. The opening quote from the World Inequality Report 2026 says it plainly: inequality is a political choice. It is, in many ways, designed. Nations across the Global South are routinely labelled “underdeveloped”; a word that carries the assumption that the people there lack the capacity, financially and intellectually, to lift themselves without the guidance of the Global North. The so-called migration crisis is presented as a stand-alone emergency, stripped of its context: the decades of extraction, interference and deliberate policy choices that created the conditions for it.

Imagine going back to school and being able to create your own curriculum. What would your ideal curriculum look like? And, why would you choose these subjects? Photo credits go to Erik Karits on Pixabay

Thank you @Ruth Nelson-Andorf for making me aware of this festival of wild & kind ideas, organized by the Permaculture Education Institute. It sounds delightful and I'm signed up. @Veronique Sikora Gasser @Maria do Céu Bastos @Nathalie Venis-Randabel https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org/festival-2026/

Hello everyone, The topic of spirituality and inner development inspired me to share something I'm preparing. I am hosting a small 60-minute workshop called Listening to What Is Changing and wanted to share it with this community. It’s for people who sense that something in their life is shifting—even if they can’t quite name what—and want space to pause and listen for what might be emerging. It feels like a particular moment right now, where personal transitions and broader collective shifts are sitting closer together—and worth making space to explore. Monday, April 13 · 11:00–12:00 PM PT Zoom Register here: https://goldenthreadcoach.com/events This is an edge for me, offering work that feels more spiritually aligned. I’m very much in the shaping phase of this, and I would genuinely value any honest feedback—what resonates, what doesn’t, and what could be clearer. I have a few spots remaining and would love to welcome some of you there! Warmly, Julie