Institutionalizing & building effective partnership
Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (JNEC) has been an important traditional partner of SJI. The establishment of its Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) in 2011 is based on SJI’s research findings of 2010. CAT is recognized [...]
Even model waste reducers need a nudge from time to time!
Chokyi Gyatso Institute for Buddhist Studies (CGI) was the 1st model waste reducer in Samdrup Jongkhar (may be also in the country). In pursuing its Master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyenste Rinpoche’s vision, the 1st organic tshog [...]
Going beyond littering & collecting; starting with self & at home
Cleaning campaign, installation of dustbins and construction of landfills are ultimately not the solution to combat an escalating threat of waste being generated mindlessly in a country like Bhutan; rather it has encouraged. On 8th [...]
Bhutan Foundation team visited SJI.
Bhutan Foundation team visited SJI. Bhutan Foundation team at SRI paddy field, Rekhey with SJI staff Paddy field
Commemorative Dream: BUILDING MODEL VILLAGE, MENCHARI
COMMEMORATIVE DREAM: BUILDING MODEL VILLAGE, MENCHARI Building a GNH Village at Menchari Menchari is a village under Orong Gewog, Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag, 12 km away from Dewathang and about half an hours’ walk from the [...]
Mindfulness Camp a Transformative Experience
The 2013 Lhomon Education Mindfulness Camp for Bhutanese Educators took place at Jigme Namgyal Polytechnic, January 5-12, 2013, in Dewathang, southeastern Bhutan. Forty people from across Bhutan participated in the retreat, which was led by [...]
Lhomon Education’s First Curriculum Development Workshop a Success
Lhomon Education's 2012 Curriculum Design Workshop at Paro College of Education came to a close on Thursday, July 12th, with an afternoon of presentations at Hotel Holiday Home by our participants. We had a total [...]
The Lhomon Society Registered under CSOA
It's Official. It is a great pleasure to inform you that the Lhomon Society has been registered with the Bhutan Government as a CSO with effect from February 7, 2012. It has been a long wait [...]
Information sharing
At the recommendation of Rinpoche, I had a wonderful meeting with a high ranking official with many years experience in the education system here. He is working on some very interesting education reform projects himself [...]