The Saturday Salons are a global platform to learn, connect, and collaborate across boundaries to inform and deepen all our work in classrooms and communities.
The Salons feature presenters who are defying obstacles and inertia with innovations and ideas that embody the kinds of learning communities we aspire to have for all learners.
About Us
Four organizations, one shared purpose: transforming education for a regenerative, democratic, and ethical future.
Agastya International Foundation (India)
The world’s largest creativity lab for underserved children and teachers.
Hands-on STEM, arts, ecology, and design thinking programs reaching 30M+ children and 250,000 teachers across 23 states.
A nonprofit advancing democratic, equitable, and arts-immersed learning.
Supports school design, educator development, and global convenings.
A network committed to ethical, equitable, and inclusive education.
Produces the Ethical Schools podcast and develops case studies and ethics workshops for youth.
Thinking With You (Spain & Global)
A consulting and facilitation firm helping organizations evolve through Agile, Lean, and human-centered learning.
Active globally in education innovation and lifelong learning.
The salons exist to spark action, deepen existing work, and seed collaborations that continue locally and globally.
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Upcoming Salons
Nature, Place, and Education
Pay-What-You-Wish
Suggested donation $25 for 1st salon
Suggested donation $50 for all 3 salons
Cohorts groups are encouraged to sign up. See details
Saturday, January 10th, 2026
8:30-10am (EST)
Ramji Raghavan
Founder and CEO of Agastya International Foundation
Juan Mora y Araujo
Director of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship
Saturday, January 31st, 2026
8:30-10am (EST)
Charlotte Hankin
Co-founder of Coconut Thinking
Sherry Johnson
Education Director, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe (South Dakota)
Wisdom Historian, Stanford University
Saturday, February 21st, 2026
8:30-10am (EST)
Learning Designer & Advisor, University of Washington, IPCC Lead Author AR 7
Tom Roderick
Author of "Teach for Climate Justice: A Vision for Transforming Education"
Kerry Kirk Pflugh
Executive Director, New Jersey School of Conservation
What are we doing
Coversations designed for educators, youth workers, students, and community leaders who want to learn together, connect across contexts, and grow democratic and regenerative learning ecosystems.
Saturday Salons
A series of global conversations exploring key strands of educational transformation.
Designed for educators, youth workers, students, and community leaders who want to learn together, connect across contexts, and grow democratic and regenerative learning ecosystems.
Why
We believe education must help societies cultivate:
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critical inquiry
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equity and ethical responsibility
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connection to place, community, and nature.
Purpose
To build an ongoing international network of people committed to democratic, ethical, community-rooted, and nature-connected education.
Our Theory of Change
By convening and connecting global educators and learners, we strengthen the conditions for regenerative and democratic schools and community learning environments.