Beware of the bubbles
(Text in english below) Cuidado con las burbujas… Comparto aquí algunas reflexiones del reconocido libro ‘Pedagogía del Oprimido’ del educador y filósofo brasileño Paulo Freire, palabras muy relevantes para tener en cuenta, sin importar la ideología con la cual uno se identifica. *Para mis amigos oficialistas y opositores por igual. ‘Espero que de estas páginas, … Read more
Workshop: Guardians of Common Knowledge
Abajo en español. Last Thursday I met with my friend Seema – who I have been working with for the last couple of months on the Guardians of Common Knowledge project- at Furzedown School to watch our toolkit in action. Seema and the “Guardian Experts” Mich, Chris, Karen and Joe and accompanied by Beth from … Read more
Toolkit for Outdoor Spaces
Abajo en Español For the past couple of months I have been working with gardener, educator, pelmaculture designer and lovely friend Seema Patel on the development of a toolkit to support children’s engagement with outdoor spaces. “The Guardians of Common Knowledge toolkit has been designed to enable outdoor learning through a range of interactive activities. It … Read more
Answers: What have we learned from the world of work?
(Abajo en español) Collecting thoughts In my penultimate session of the SEGRO Young Artists Programme at Ruislip High School, I gave pupils a sealed card with the question: “What did you learn from the World of Work?”. Pupils wrote their answers and then opened up the cards. It was great to see their impressions as … Read more
Exploring the “World of Work”
(Abajo en español) Breaking the ice: As an initial questioning exercise in my first visit to Ruislip High School, my designated school for the “SEGRO Young Artists Programme”, I asked the participants: “If you had a machine that combining your passions, skills and values could automatically create your ideal profession, which elements would you feed … Read more
What have we learned from “The World of Work”…
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. Antoine de Saint-Exupery With this quote in mind I am preparing the last sessions of SEGRO Young Artists Programme “The World … Read more
Freedom: To explore the “real society”
“We live and work within models of society that overlook the growing complexity of the real society in which we are immersed.” Max-Neef on “Human Scale Sustainable Development”. Download full text here. ———————————————————————————————————————————— “Vivimos y trabajamos modelos de sociedad que desconocen la complejidad creciente de la sociedad real en que estamos inmersos.” Max-Neef … Read more
Thank you
For the Gratitude folder… “People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.” Thich Nhat Hahn ———————————————————— Para la carpeta de Gratitud… “La gente suele pensar que caminar sobre el agua … Read more
“The World of Work” 1
(Abajo en español) When I was in primary school we were assigned with the task of creating a book. In my book, I included one section titled “When I Grow Up” where I explained how I wanted to become a painter “because I really like painting landscapes, people, girls, things. I really like painting with … Read more
What is a Toolkit?
(Abajo en Español) A couple of weeks ago at a Plan Zheroes meeting, the wonderful Lotti Henley made an interesting comment about the use of jargon words and how this can often lead to misunderstandings or gaps in communication when people forget to consider the listeners’ possible unfamiliarity with “buzzwords” or current/fashionable/technical terms. Her point … Read more
