I would describe this weXplore as part family road trip and part school museum visit, as we spent our time traveling by bus, ferry, and foot to and from museums, energy parks and power plants. We went to 3 different cities and many small towns, often stopping at either 7-11, Family Mart, or Lawson’s for lunch in order to spend more time engaging with experts, tour guides, and information booklets....

THINK Global School students have been working in partnership with Academy for Earth Sustainability (an NGO that offers project-based learning experiences in Mumbai) in order to gain a deeper understanding of environmental and sustainability issues in Mumbai,  especially around the Dharavi slum area. The Grade 12s designed four different projects geared around environmental learning to benefit a local chapter of Save the Children India: Website and e-store development for AES...

During her recent term in Mumbai, India, THINK Global School student Julia G. discovered newfound understandings while learning about revered Hindu gods such as Shiva and Brahma. In her essay “How Shiva and Brahma Taught Me to Be a Skeptical Believer,” she inspires us to transform our own perspectives by deviating from traditional ideologies and creating space for new ideas to flourish. My parents moved to Valle de Bravo, a...

For the budding photographers among our ranks, our From Zero to Infinity project-based learning module provided the perfect opportunity to hone their skills in a country that’s always ready for its closeup. Students were tasked with answering the question “How can we use photography to visualize math?” by producing a photo exhibition that visually depicts a selection of the mathematical innovations of India, from zero to infinity; from handicrafts to...

The way people go about exploring fundamental questions forges their daily habits. When people delve into questions like “Who am I?” and “Who are we?” they generate traditions that conceive and foster cultural identity. Each question can only be analyzed through the lens of the other in order to achieve balance in the individual and the community. The second quest revolves instead around the pursuance of growth through developing our...

Rishikesh is the place where the purest water for many falls from the Himalayas and joins five other rivers forming the renowned  "Ganga-ji” or “Ganges river." For those who don't know, the Ganga river is one of the most sacred rivers for many religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. It flows mainly through Rishikesh and Varanasi, two of the holiest cities in India. In Hinduism, there is the belief that if...

“It is not a place to see, but a place to feel,” The place to feel has three names, And two rivers meeting one, And twelve people looking for something, And a few people finding it in 5+ packets of coffee And at the bottom of the test tube, We found it, We knew what we were trying to find, Confirmation.   In the place before, The place where statues...

The weXplore trip has offered me an opportunity to study more about water situation in terms of culture and society as well as to explore India. Landing in New Delhi, the first thing we did was to get on a bus and make our way to the Centre of Science and Technology, where our guest speaker Ms. Ranjita Menon explained to us the problem concerning septic tanks, a tank used...

What a week. The first thing I did when arriving home (oops I mean the hotel), was lay flat on my bed for a solid twenty minutes doing nothing. Nothing, it felt energizing to do absolutely nothing. Four hotels in five nights, in three different cities. The trip really pushed me to be flexible, adaptable and to develop my ‘go with the flow’ attribute which I, at times, greatly lack....

"This song is for the inspirational people of New Light, the working women of Kolkata and their children. May you continue to push for a better future." -Eden H. At the start of their term in India, Eden H. and several of our Grade 12 students embarked on a weXplore to the West Bengal city of Kolkata. Here they had a chance to explore the historical and contemporary issues that make...