%0 Journal Article
%T Seeds and Stories of Transformation From the Individual to the Collective
%A Catherine Etmanski
%J Journal of Transformative Education
%@ 1552-7840
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1541344617696973
%X This article documents the author¡¯s experience participating in a course taught primarily by food activist, Dr. Vandana Shiva, and run by the Earth University in Uttarakhand, India. Drawing on Gandhi¡¯s four pillars of nonviolent action, this article links individual course participants¡¯ experiences of transformative learning to the transformation of the global food system. It begins with a brief overview of the course content and structure followed by a transformative learning literature review. It then provides sample participant narratives exemplifying various aspects of their own transformation and suggesting that this course supported participants in their already-in-progress process of transformation. The important role community-based organizations such as Navdanya play in efforts for global food systems transformation is also discussed. Within the context of personal and social transformation, the article concludes with a call for transformative learning to be accompanied by patience, particularly in light of the urgency created by today¡¯s complex challenges
%K transformative learning
%K personal transformation
%K social transformation
%K holistic education
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1541344617696973