Sarvodaya in an Internationalised Education for Sustainability

Abstract

The Gandhian concept of Sarvodaya-meaning the uplifting of all-is a vision of a society wherein both the personal and the common uplifting speak to the duty of bringing equality, and social and environmental justice in the world. Standing on the pillars of truth, non-violence, self-determination, and equality, Sarvodaya challenges the neoliberal imperialistic discourse of dominance and inequity that entails a separation of nature and humanity. A tri-vid pedagogy inspired by such concepts builds students' agency in questioning monumental givens in an unbalanced and unequal global society.