Prevent and Stop Genocide

I am writing a book based on my Doctoral thesis entitled "A journey in search of wholeness and meaning". It encompasses the themes of holistic, transformative learning, ‘meaningful’ work, adult learning, community and sustainability.

My research interests fall squarely in the areas of adult education (including higher education, community education, vocational education and training, and workplace education), holistic and transformative education, community building, sustainability, systems thinking, spirituality and the ubiquitous sapience (omnipresent insight and wisdom) contained within Indigenous cultures and Eastern traditions.

I believe in the transformative power of learning and that everybody should be given the opportunity to access the learning they desire. That learning benefits both the individual, community and the wider context within which the community exists. That these benefits include both the tangible and the non-tangible, and that they evolve in incremental ways that cannot easily be quantified. I support the Freirian idea that as people understand the things that are impeding their development they are actually moved to create change and address some of those issues and that community plays an important role in that; and that communities are complex living organisms that evolve, unfold and enfold continuously. Finally I believe holistic, transformative learning facilitates sustainability, that is: The multidimensional acceptance that decisions, actions and practices will not and will never adversely affect the balance and harmony that is inherent in the holarchical existence of all life in the universe.