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ECSWE Newsletter #19 (February 2010)

Download and read ECSWE Newsletter #19. Contents include:-

  • "2010 - EUROPEAN YEAR FOR COMBATING POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION. ECSWE Declaration: Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 04.02.2010
  • "Steiner Waldorf Accolade in European Report into Creativity. In late 2008 we were ontacted by KEA, a Brussels-based strategic consultancy working on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education and Culture).

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Interfaith Waldorf Philanthropic and Spiritual Pilgrimage to the Holy Land for Peace, Healing and Prayer - March 21 to April 2, 2010

Do you want to visit sacred sites in the Holy Land and Waldorf schools for Jewish and Arab children that are transforming polarized societies in the region? Do you want to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath and a Passover Seder in Jerusalem? Do you want to gain a deeper understanding of the Abrahamic connections between Judaism, Christianity and Islam? Do you want to meet Jews and Arabs working for peace in the Holy Land?

This Spring brings the family on an Interfaith Philanthropic and Spiritual Pilgrimage, March 21 - April 2, 2010 co-lead by Waldorf parents Jewish Renewal Rabbis Nadya and Victor Gross, Rabbinic Seminary for ALEPH, Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein, co-founder of Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation. Below is a link to a recent article on Salaam Shalom's work that mentions Waldorf education in the Jewish Journal:

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The Pilgrimage will also be co-led by peacemaker Imam Jihad Turk - see below for an article on Imam Turk recently featured in the Los Angeles Times:

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For more information please contact shephav@earthlink.net.

We will:-

  • Pray at the Tomb of the Abraham, Patriarch of Judaism, Islam and Christianity
  • Study the Abrahamic connections of Judaism, Islam and Christianity
  • Visit the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and other sites holy to the Abrahamic religions
  • Experience healing classroom environments and interact with Israeli children and teachers who are building friendship bridges between Jewish, Arab and Christian children
  • Dine at the homes of Jewish and Arab families who are transforming polarized communities in Israel
  • Celebrate an interfaith Shabbat and Passover Seder with story telling and song in Jerusalem
  • Explore mystical Tsfat
  • Learn from respected teachers
  • Lunch at the home of a Bedouin Sheikh, leader of 40,000 Bedouins in the Galilee
  • Pray with religious leaders
  • Meet inspiring artists and activists who envision a world based on respect and cooperation
  • Take time to meditate and contemplate in natural surroundings from ancient times
  • Bathe in the Dead Sea
  • Participate in peacemaking circles
  • Conclude with a ceremony for peace at Rabin Square
  • And more!

The Telegraph 02/02/09

"Steiner schools: learning - it is a wonder." by William Little

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ECSWE Newsletter

No.18 - November 2009. Available to Download now.

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Soziale und emotionale Erziehung

Download and read Schulkreis_3-09_ECSWE.pdf.

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Religion in School Document

Download and read "What is the religious element in school?".

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ECSWE Newsletter

No.17 - October 2009. Available to Download now.

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WOW-DAY Newsletter

Waldorf One World Day Newsletter 2009-2010. Available to Download now.

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General report 2009

General report EU Stakeholders Forum 2009 Word Document. Available to Download now.

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Key Messages 2009

Key Messages from the stakeholders 2009 Word Document. Available to Download now.

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ECSWE International Conference

"Social and Emotional education: the arts as a foundation for a healthy personal development in childhood". May 8th 2009, Timisoara, Rumania. Venue: Philharmonic Hall

For further information contact the ECSWE office: ecswe@waldorf.net Tel: 0044 1342 822115

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New Website for Foreign Language teachers

New website for Foreign Language teachers to connect with each other, share materials and activities and ask questions. It's free and there are more than 300 members (Foreign Language teachers) from all over the world.

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Article in THE ECOLOGIST

ROBOTIC CHILDREN - Article in THE ECOLOGIST. Available to Download now.

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New Website for parents

International Steiner Waldorf Parents Network (ISWPN). ISWPN is a forum for the mutual support of parents through the exchange of ideas and experiences concerning Steiner Waldorf education.

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EVALUATION BEYOND MEASUREMENT - A look at competences from a Waldorf point of view.

An English - Hungarian bilingual Quality Care Conference in Budapest Town Hall (62-65 Váci utca, Budapest 1056) from Friday, 19th September 2008. 19.00 hours until Saturday, 20th September 2008. 17.00 hours, organised by the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education and the Hungarian Waldorf Fellowship.

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Waldorf schools against discrimination

Waldorf schools against discrimination (Stuttgart Declaration). Available to Download now.

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The original declaration in German can be found under www.waldorfschule.info/index.19.280.1.html

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EDUCATION AND CULTURE

EAC 30/07. Lifelong Learning Programme General call for proposal 2008.

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ECSWE in Brussels

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Working group on Quality of Childhood in the European Parliament. Brussels, ECSWE together with the Austrian MEP Karin Resetarits, has founded a working group on Quality of Childhood in the European Parliament. This group has been meeting every 2 months to discuss issues related to its remit, starting on the 5th of December 2006 with the Toxic Childhood Syndrome that has been so prominent in the UK media of late. Two University representatives from Spain and the Netherlans and six other NGOs from Denmark, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium have joined ECSWE to support this initiative on a new platform called the Alliance for Childhood - European Network Group.

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1,000,000 signatures for ELIANT campaign

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On June 29 2006, representatives of various European anthroposophic associations and organisations founded ELIANT (European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy), an Alliance with the aim of establishing legal safeguards for anthroposophic cultural initiatives. The Alliance is seeking joint representation of its interests in Brussels via a petition campaign.
1,000,000 signatures are necessary. Please, support ELIANT with your signature!

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The Institute for Social Threefolding

The Institute for Social Threefolding is an initiative of the Movement for Social Threefolding Germany e.V. It tries to make Rudolf Steiners point of view about general social questions visible within the new media.

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WREN is online!

Waldorf Researchers and Educators Network (WREN) is online! May 2007.

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ECSWE Work Programme 2009 is supported by the Jean Monnet Programme of the European Union.