Meet the World
About the subject
Meet the World is a course about climate, culture, and politics.
Here, we explore the small and large worlds around us. We delve into topics like agriculture, asylum, nationalism, nature, and social organization, while going on plenty of trips and visits.
We’ll visit a conventional pig farm and meet a local farmer. We’ll go to the deportation camp at Kærshovedgård to meet rejected asylum seekers. We’ll visit small-scale, hand-driven farms and young people who have moved to the countryside and are organizing collectively.
In other words: we seek out the locals and those with grand ambitions; those who fight and organize, and those who challenge conventional answers; those who don’t just talk about change but are already living it.
When we’re not on trips, we tackle global issues from the classroom. This could involve climate, migration, gender, or deep dives into specific topics from other parts of the world.
You can expect a trip out of the house with Meet the World roughly every other week, along with a mini-study trip with an overnight stay.
Your teacher
Magnus Stein
My name is Magnus. Besides having a bachelor's degree in anthropology, I have done political and activist work mainly in the areas of climate, migration and human rights. I also lived for many years in a self-sustaining collective in the countryside.
I have been teaching politics,, gardening, music, and self-sufficiency at different folk high schools since 2021
