Sir Ken Robinson: Out of Our Minds Learning to be Creative
I’ve just had an extraordinary situation occur this morning. I am sitting at a university thinking about my rural education program to educate children in peace, values, happiness and sustainability. I am thinking how do I access rural networks? I need to find a database. Anyway, this little child is walking around, he is around… Continue reading
Cuba: Power of Community, Peak Oil and Change
I watched a documentary recently on Cuba and how its society adapted to the cessation of oil supplies from Russia (collapse of Soviet Union) and embargos undertaken by the US. Turns out the very external pressures forced Cuba to adapt to changes and become empowered as a community and exchange a high energy consuming economy… Continue reading
A New Intellectualism Will Illuminate The World
This poem below is dedicated to all those who aspire to live integrity, critical enquiry, environmental sustainability, to mitigate social harm and discord. This is sent to those who ‘walk the talk’ and choose to make a real difference to the world. I am one of those people and perhaps you are too.
This poem… Continue reading
Steve Biddulph: Turning Boys into Men without Violence
I saw a presentation by Steve Biddulph today at the Positive Schools Conference in Brisbane. I had heard about his book Raising Boys and have just bought his latest book called The New Manhood. He is a lovely gentle man when he speaks and very interesting. A few key points that stood out for me… Continue reading
Borderlands: An Oasis of Progressive Ideas
This was written for a friend of mine who runs Borderlands NGO. He is creating a progressive holistic postgraduate university. A very insightful and progressive thinker. He was very courageous to step outside traditional academia. Often the visionaries are not known until they are no longer here. He was a friend to me and he… Continue reading
Authentic Happiness in Education
The positive psychology movement has many practitioners, Dr. Martin Seligman is well known in the movement. Here is a brief outline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman
Martin E. P. “Marty” Seligman (born August 12, 1942, in Albany, New York) is an American psychologist and author of self-help books. His theory of “learned helplessness” is widely respected among scientific psychologists.[1]… Continue reading