One thing I learnt from the COY is that there is no better way to get people’s attention then suddenly running around, singing and dancing in a crowd of people doing nothing; because that’s exactly what we did. I have only ever been to a handful of conferences, none of them as big as the … Continue reading Between The Lines of COY12
Walking through the streets of the Red City, Marrakech, for the first time in my life. I think to myself, yes, it is intense; the stories people have told me about the smells, the colours, the intensity of this playground of Marrakech are all true. But one thing I didn’t expect was the clean streets. … Continue reading The Red City Goes Green
According to a personality test, I am 98% introverted, and there I was at the COY12 having to talk to an endless array of people, switching from one climate activist to another every couple of minutes, describing to them what Earthbound is, what the Green School is, and what All ages All access is. At … Continue reading Don’t Be COY
As I stepped into the Green Zone of the COP22 this morning, the energy was high and I was ready to dive in. Isabel and I had almost done a lap of one of the huge tents when we reached a booth that had a tank of water and, being a little parched, I grabbed … Continue reading From A Sip of Water
We dragged our tired bodies aboard a bus big enough to transport the whole team from the international airport in Rome to our new farm home in Umbria. It was 12:30am. Restlessly falling in and out of sleep, I opened up my eyes and peered out the window, looking down at a misty cliff side. … Continue reading A Sustainable Home
All around the world, over 3000 farm animals are slaughtered per second. The world is eating more animals now than ever before, and a psychological disconnect has been made in between the taking of a life and the consumption of meat. When buying a chicken from the supermarket, few think of the 42-day long life … Continue reading 3000 Per Second
We stood before a hill, a construction of survivors and of the ones that had their lives taken for the call of new start in a country that they have never been to, to a safe home. As we looked upon the view of orange, grey, red and baby yellow life jackets. The echo went … Continue reading A Mountain of Life
Over one shoulder was the black strap to my purple and bestickered violin case and over the other shoulder was the strap to my small backpack full of notebooks and pens for taking notes. Around me were the small, old, stone houses of Molyvos, Lesvos that give the town a feeling of a benevolent grandparent … Continue reading Needles are Our Stage
Experiential Education is a philosophy and practice used all over the world. It's learning vehicle is a selected direct experience. These experiences can be anything as simple as exploring a forest, or learning how to make cookies, to more difficult undertakings like bee keeping or starting a business. In this model there is a time … Continue reading Experiential Bliss
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