Education
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The Plastic Society – Moving Towards Plastic Independence
We all know about society’s over-consumption of plastic. We’ve heard again and again that it takes up to a millennia…
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Crash on Demand – or Rapid Transition?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pFDu7lLV4 The Arctic Death Spiral and the Methane Time Bomb (Duration: 1:11:11) Please watch before continuing with the article. Can…
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Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity? (TED video)
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines)…
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Advice to Farmers About Interns/Wwoofers
There are thousands of people willing to work on organic/permaculture farms for free or nearly free. Many farmers have explored…
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Let’s Talk About Collapse
I’m a reasonably even tempered sort of a bloke, but recently I’ve been feeling a bit, well, shall we say,…
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Kids Learning Permaculture
Check out this charming short video for a look at kids of various ages learning about different plants and topics…
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Do We Really Need Compulsory Schooling? An Interview with Peter Gray
Marcin Gerwin: It seems almost natural that when children reach the age of six or seven they go to school.…
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Losing the Big Teacher
Members of any society must know a great many things in common…. Whether they know them can make a fatal…
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UNCCD Land for Life Award Winners for 2013 (India, Mexico, Africa): Practical, Doable, Magic
Educating small-holder farmers in India Every year the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) presents awards and supportive prize-money…
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Mainstream Media Strategy – a Summary
An image you’ll never see broadcast on CNN Will the day ever come where the mainstream media actually serves humanity,…
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Rewild the Child
A week in the countryside is worth three months in a classroom. by George Monbiot What is the best way…
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Stop Stealing Dreams: Seth Godin (TEDx video)
On the future of education and what we can do about it. — TEDx Download Seth’s free Stop Stealing Dreams…
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