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November 1, 2024 66 mins

✨In this week’s episode, we are grateful to be joined by Manish Jain!! 


TOPICS INCLUDE:

✴️ Seva: Work as Worship 🙏🏾✨

✴️ 🧟Deadlihoods vs. 🤗Alivelihoods 

✴️ Unlearning + Unschooling 🙃

✴️ The shadow side of globalism 🌐


✨ Manish Jain, is a social innovator and leader in the global deschooling + unlearning movement. Over the last 25+ years, he has dedicated himself to developing community-centered, regenerative ways of learning + being.


✨ He is the co-founder of some of the world’s most innovative educational experiments, including Shikshantar, Swaraj University, and The Ecoversities Alliance. Deeply passionate about regenerative learning, Manish actively promotes "alivelihoods"—careers and lifestyles that connect personal fulfillment with ecological well-being.


✨ In a previous chapter of his life, Manish worked at Morgan Stanley and served as a consultant to UNESCO, UNICEF, the World Bank, and several international organizations. Today, with degrees from Brown and Harvard, he is on a journey of "unlearning," striving to transcend the conventional education paradigm and shake up existing power structures.



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LINKS TO MANISH’S CONTENT:

Connect with him on Instagram | LinkedIn

Shikshantar Website | Instagram | Facebook

Swaraj University Website | Instagram | Facebook

The Ecoversities Alliance Website | Instagram | Facebook 



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🙏🏾🧡 WWSU Credits:

Host + Executive Producer: Chanté Martinez Thurmond

Lead Producer + Editor: Paige Miranda

Assistant Producer: Zaiden Sowle

Sponsored by ⁠TDH⁠ 🦄


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