By Kosmos Staff

Everything is interconnected. Why then do we tend to treat education as the accumulation of discreet bits of information? Learning is a process and the purpose of learning is to engage in the world, to participate in its unfolding. In this view, everyone and everything becomes the teacher and we are all constantly learning together.

The word mycelium refers to the mycelium organism “the root system of mushrooms; an underground network that connects to the roots of plants and trees and distributes nutrients and information to support the health of the whole ecosystem.” The Mycelium organization is a learning community that asks whether education as a whole can function in this more organic way, or simply, “how can humans more successfully interact with each other in ways that nourish ourselves, each other and the world.” Social entrepreneur, photojournalist, and permaculturist Matthew Abrams is a co-founder of the organization. His work has taken him to more than 40 countries. He took some time during a busy week of successful crowdfunding to share the Mycelium vision.