John Hardy: My green school dream

http://www.ted.com Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). The centerpiece of campus is the spiraling Heart of School, perhaps the world's largest freestanding bamboo building.

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[NsaneNtheNbrane]

This is one of the most respectable green ideas I've seen yet. He's actually building something. He actually has something to show instead of just having ideas. He hasn't just built a radical house or a hippie commune here. He's built an entire system--one that actually works and is exportable. I'll admit that the idea still needs to be developed more before we can have a sort of engineering revolution, but this is the direction we need to be going for sure.

[anikinippon]

Hate to be in a class there in typhoon season

[Knewscript]

Awsm.

[crudhousefull]

Lol...everyone knows that you don't stay under thatched roofs when there are coconut trees around!! If you don't pluck the coconuts they fall right through the roof! Love the idea, but you've got to learn more to live in those conditions

[Spasatcom]

cools and goods very powerhelpull

[Ninnynha]

i want to study, live, everything, there! :O

[pjojin0]

you're an inspiration.

[katynca1]

i have just a single word... awesome!

[TheSanovita]

Hello. Nice to have found your video

[MyDavidsun]

Hi. I saw your video that's cool!

[andreeaweed]

None but ourselves can free our minds.