As the first school in San Francisco the Waldorf High School was awarded the coveted LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Above all, the school was honored that it has transformed a building from the 70s into a sustainable learning center with classrooms, laboratories, art [...] more

Over thirty years after the military dictatorship under Franco, it seems that independent education strongly blossoms in Spain. So far already seven primary Waldorf schools “Primarias” and one middle-school “Secundaria” have been granted official licenses. The only previously existing Waldorf high [...] more

Beginning of a new Waldorf kindergarten in early 2012 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The founder, a native Zimbabwean woman returned last year from exile in Cape Town. With her she brought back the wish to establish a Waldorf school in Harare. In Cape Town she had met a Zimbabwean Waldorf kindergarten [...] more

In this issue we inform about the latest developments in Asia, with examples from China, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand. And on the occasion of our anniversary we provide historical insights into the last 40 years the Friends of Waldorf Education. More... more

Arca Mundial continues to expand Project of the Month, February 2012: Arca Mundial in Colombia In 1997, Juan Guillermo Restrepo and Sandra Dominguez met the remedial educator Franz Lehnert. Inspired by him, they decided to put their vision into practice and build up a care facility for [...] more

Finally in 2011, the "Peaceful Bamboo Family" in Hué has received an official building permit after long and tough negotiations. The special education facility plans now to build a new building for their language training on the newly devoted piece of land. The Bamboo-Family is the first [...] more

On January 12, the state authorities officially accredited the upper school of the Waldorf School in Fujino. The Steiner School in Fujino is thus the first Waldorf school in Japan, whose grade levels 1-12 are acknowledged starting next school year (i.e. from April 2012). This is good news for all [...] more

Just in time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of independence of Kyrgyzstan in 2011, the Children's Center Nadezhda has received the second highest order of the Republic. The country’s President Rosa Otunbayeva honored the center for its successful work with disabled children. For years Nadezhda [...] more

The Israeli Kindergarten Ein Bustan was established in 2005 with the intention to bring Jewish and Arab children together. This has been achieved. In the last seven years, the institution has grown and now provides education for 50 children aged 1 to 7, who are attending four groups. Ein Bustan [...] more

The first Chinese Waldorf school in Chengdu, has been granted official approval by the authorities in January 2012. Before this decision, the only school was operating under the goodwill of the local education authority and the good contacts with the school authority. The school could have been [...] more

Each year, a group of High school students came together in order to deepen their artistic work in Eurythmy beyond what they did in school. The performances that arise from their work are presented on two tours in Brazil and Europe, where the youth group performs under the now well-known name [...] more

  In June 2011 the Tridha school shifted into its new building in the city district of Andheri East. Given the major challenges of finding and purchasing building land in Mumbai and the nature of formal and informal regulations and requirements, this is quite an achievement. The building hosts [...] more

Mexico: The Centro Educativo Waldorf in Tlaxcala was founded in 1998. More than 110 children attend the grades 1-9. Isabel Fernández Fenelon established the Centro Educativo. Previously, she was already part of the founding circle of the Waldorf school in Mexico City. In addition to teaching, she [...] more

The day care center in the capital of Georgia is facing great difficulties in 2012. Since almost 30 years the initiative works with and cares for people with special needs, people who have previously experienced little support and appreciation. Today, the day care center is an impressive facility. [...] more

Last August, the chief of Madietane praised the Lesedi Waldorf School at the so-called "Kraalmeeting". This is a meeting with the chief and twelve old, wise men of the royal family. Dick de Rooji, project manager of Lesedi School took part in it, and reported to the circle of the Elders [...] more

Our newsletter autumn 2011 now in English! And our newsletter spring 2011 in Spanish! More publications... more

„A friend stands by you - in good times and in bad. And he gives help - always and without selfish intent“ So leads Mathias Maurer the reader into the December edition of Erziehungskunst Spezial. For the 40th anniversary of Freunde der Erziehungskunst a special edition was published under [...] more

The AITIARA School (“Aitiara” means “light nest” in the local native tongue) was founded in 1984 on the farm Estancia Demetria, 12km away from the town of Botucatu and approximately 240km from Sao Paulo. The school has set itself the goal to actively contribute to ease the deep socio-cultural gap [...] more

Students at Iasi Waldorf School attend lessons in shifts Project of the Month, December 2011:  Waldorf School in Iasi, Romania     In 1991, the Waldorf school in Iasi was founded in northeastern Romania by dedicated parents. This year all, that is 100 percent of the  [...] more

Happy Anniversary! The German Federation of Waldorf Schools congratulates the Friends of Waldorf Education on the occasion of their 40th Anniversary. On 20 November 2011 the Friends were honored for their many years of working with Waldorf schools around the globe. At the general meeting in [...] more

This year, Honolulu Waldorf School celebrates its 50th Birthday. Located on Oahu Island, in one of the largest cities of the Pacific, the school lies 3,682 km away from the American mainland. Since its foundation in 1961, the school has constantly been growing and now over 300 children from early [...] more

On 24 October 2011 the Friends of Waldorf Education received an urgent call for help. CCE is missing at least € 137,000.  The Centre for Creative Education (CCE) in Cape Town supports approximately 6,000 children in Educare Centres enabling them to grow up in a child-friendly environment. The [...] more

Fighting for a future Project of the Month, November 2011: Dassenberg Waldorf School, South AfricaNorth of Cape Town begins the desert-like area, where nothing grows, as well as the glum suburbs. Even further up north those people have settled, which during apartheid have been displaced from the [...] more

“The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here. So do employees of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard.” So begins an article from The New York Times author Matthew Richtel. He describes that many researchers, even computer [...] more

For the past few years, the Waldorf teacher training at the Rudolf Steiner School Mbagathi has been constantly growing, while attracting an increasing number of teachers from the surrounding regions. The school is situated right at the boundary of the Nairobi National Park. As the teacher training [...] more