Scroll down to watch the recording: An Agam Convergence with Yuvan Aves and Tom Wang
What does it mean to be eco-literate?
How is learning scientific facts, theory, and data a way of connecting with and honoring more-than-human worlds?
How can we radically reimagine learning & teaching for kinder futures?
About the event
In celebration of World Environment Day, we held another Agam Convergence on June 3, Thursday, 8:00-9:30pm Philippines time / 5:30-7:00pm India time: an evening of poetry and conversation with educators, writers, and activists Yuvan Aves and Xiaojun Wang.
Yuvan and Xiaojun are treasured friends and co-conspirators of the Agam Agenda, hailing from Tamil Nadu, India and Shanxi, China respectively. They are both natural rebels as self-educated teachers, writers, and activists.
They have in common years of work in grassroots campaigning and research, a rejection of conventional classroom teaching, and personal histories in landscapes transformed by coal.
Rooted with the willow trees of Shanxi where he grew up, Xiaojun Wang, or Tom as he is known to friends, is the founder of the nonprofit People of Asia for Climate Solutions. He shared stories about the challenges of preparing young people for a climate-changed future in China and beyond, and being barefoot in nature as a way of learning.
Fascinated by the corals on the coasts of Tamil Nadu and beyond, Yuvan Aves is a naturalist who writes on ecology and practices environmental alternatives to classroom teaching. He shared stories on his approaches to Earth- and child-centric education and the architecture of friendship in nature.
This was an intimate virtual gathering and poetry reading, especially meaningful for: teachers and students who tackle climate change; scientists/activists/campaigners who work with our fellow species; and anyone who seeks to start their journey of eco-literacy and eco-intimacy—from home to the classroom to spaces of broad decision-making.
