Information about the project

“A good educational system should empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want to learn it from them.”

Ivan Illich
„Die einzige Rettung für Frauen aus der Unterschicht oder einer anderen Kultur oder beidem ist Bildung.”

Reyhan Şahin
“Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money in that order; it is a process, a never ending one”

Bel Kaufman
“If you get, give. If you learn, teach.”

Maya Angelou
“You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.”

Abraham Lincoln
“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people”

Chinese Proverb
“If you are planning for generations help or make people educate themselves”

Openki
“The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action”

Herbert Spencer
“Education is not received. It is achieved.”

Albert Einstein
“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.”

Chinese Proverb
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

Margaret Mead
“Learning how to learn is life’s most important skill.”

Tony Buzan

Events room

Room Mycelia

Our headquarters in Zurich downtown is open to be used for all kinds of knowledge and experience exchange.

Here’s a list of the available equipment:

Furthermore there’s a mobile blackboard (2.50×1.20), tables, 20 chairs, a sink and room for about 30 people in the foyer.

From organizations which can afford it we are glad to receive a compensation. Otherwise we’ll just put up a donation box.

For reservation please contact [community ät openki.net].