Awakening the ecological mind

The only ethical decison is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.

Naturally Smart People

Season 2 Episode 3: Nora Bateson

Programme duration: 1:03

‘The eye altering alters all’ — William Blake

How do systems learn? How do we re-frame and make sense of our thinking and our being…

A unique school fundraising initiative

As a Professor of Education I’ve worked with schools for over 25 years and noticed a continuous problem over that time concerned with funding the additional extras which we all know make such a difference to the educational experience of our young people.

Reflection

Worldwide there are wonderful examples of people coming together and learning how to reconnect with nature. Sadly, few examples are based…

Something to ponder

Humans are falling behind the slime mould and bacteria to make an intelligent response to the environmental threats we face…

Naturally Smart People

Season 2 Episode 4: Joe Downie

Programme length 41.37

Back to the Furore

John Holt said, in his book ‘How Children Fail’, that the school is a place “where they make you go and where they tell you to do things and where they try to make your life unpleasant if you don’t do them or don’t do them right.”

Picture this…

My prolonged silence on these pages marks something of a watershed in my personal life, and in turn has prompted some soul searching…

for my mum

I step into a new time. Not by choice but by cosmic design.

Naturally Smart People

Series 2: Episode 5: Alexander Crawford