The Mine School in Quito, Ecuador, a special place, founded by four visionary women,
is focused on learning, inclusion, creativity, connection to nature, and affordable.
The Common Ground Collaborative (CGC) has partnered with Mine School since the
outset. Our mission of ‘Becoming Human’ emerged here. Mine believes that learning is
human and it becomes possible for all when a person has a sense of belonging.
Mine has no ‘concrete’ buildings. The ‘third teacher’, the learning environment,
comprises geodesic domes & 6 safari tents in a eucalyptus grove. Learners create
evidence of learning which they share in different ways. Parents are deeply involved.
Each family is a ‘Learning Family’.
Each year the Mine Community comes together for a Learning Exhibition, each dome
housing a culminating celebration of a Mine/CGC Learning Module. Learners share
evidence of their learning, in multiple ways.
The Human Learning Festival, an opportunity to join, for a few special days, this living
Learning Ecosystem, where Culture, Curriculum, and Community in the special Context of a woodland campus. You will experience learning exhibitions led by Mine students, alongside Professional Learning Reflections around ‘ideas that matter’. We’ll share a well-stocked toolkit of ‘solutions/suggestions’, yours and ours. We will go home with full hearts and minds.
There will be a participation fee and we will suggest hotels and supply transport. Local artists, artisans and musicians will join us. Food will be healthy and locally sourced.
We are registering expressions of interest, with no commitment in the link below:
Event Information / Preregistration
In a school year which has seen heart-wrenching brutality in the world, we want to
share in a celebration of what makes us human, when we are at our best.
We look forward to celebrating learning, and life, with you among the Domes of Mine!