Publisher's View
Yes to an open society
Dear Readers, it is not easy to formulate a position that describes the current situation in Waldorf and Rudolf Steiner schools in Germany. [more]
Information Literacy, Publisher's View
Pulling the plug or the duty to be lazy
Are you also familiar with these mostly male colleagues who, when asked for a meeting, begin by emphasising how important they think the request is, but unfortunately do not have a date free in the near future and, moreover, their weekends are also fully booked until Christmas (or summer holidays)? [more]
Publisher's View, Hands intelligence
What do they mean: the free intellectual life or the fundamental right to freedom of expression?
When Rudolf Steiner introduced the ideas of the threefold social organism into the discussion on a new social order in 1917 – at the same time as the violent implementation of a new order in Russia – he took up the ideals of the French Revolution and specified them by assigning freedom, equality and fraternity to areas in which they each had a focus: liberty to intellectual life, equality to legal life and fraternity to economic life. [more]
Publisher's View
“Go forth my heart …”
“... and seek joy ...” - how the great hall shook when the school community sang this song on the last day before the summer holidays; full of anticipation for a time without the routine of school and full of curiosity for adventures near and far. Then, when I was home, on that day I literally let everything fall away from me. Threw my satchel into the corner – holidays at last! [more]
Publisher's View, Generations
Intense topics!?
There is currently a lot of tension in the air. More than usual. How do we experience it and deal with it in a constructive way? [more]
Publisher's View, Rhythm of life
Brand and quality
Since the early 1980s, Waldorf has been a registered trademark. Trademarks have a strong brand recognition value and consistent quality, the latter especially when they are located in the premium sector. [more]
Publisher's View, Teamwork
Making peace
“Making peace with nature” – with these four weighty words, UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme, provided a clear direction in mid-February towards the necessary and unavoidable steps required to ensure that we have a viable future. [more]
Publisher's View, Birth and Spirit
The hamster wheel at rest
For centuries, life in our latitudes was shaped by the recurring change of the four seasons. [more]
Publisher's View, It sings and sounds
Freedom not arbitrariness
Let’s talk about freedom. There is a wonderful picture we often used in 2019 – remember that year? – to explain Waldorf 100: three Pakistani boys are balancing in their school uniforms on what remains of an emergency bridge over the brown waters of a wide and fast-flowing river which separates their village from their school. What is so compelling that they are willing to make this risky crossing twice a day? [more]
Publisher's View, Interculturality
Vaccine against distrust
A virus is on the loose! Without a vaccine it makes us ill, us and our democratic culture. Its name: distrust. The USA is currently showing us how its would-be emperor with his permanent effusion of hate and resentment is quite cleverly hiding from us how naked he really is. [more]
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