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Dear future…we knew! Why including experiential nature education into our school curricula could save our planet! Iceland has just held its “first funeral” for a glacier (Okjökull), with the attendance of around 100 mourners including Iceland’s prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the former UN human rights commissioner Mary Robinson and local and international scientists. The following

After putting in a lot of hard work, commitment, love and passion, I am so delighted that “Roots and Wings – Childhood needs a Revolution” has got some fantastic recognition and wonderful feedback. I often find it difficult to promote myself or my work, but I wrote this book to help myself and others to

It’s my little girl’s 8th birthday next week and like all other kids she loves going to the toyshop. Even though I already got her present, she just wanted to browse a little so that’s what we did over the weekend. For many years, I have noticed that the choice of toys particularly in the

The greatness of a vulnerable teacher   When I was a student in school, and then later in university, I had a very different picture of what makes a great teacher, than the one I have today. I used to truly believe that teachers, lecturers, professors and tutors were infallible in their field. They were

For the love of a dog…     It’s now a little over three weeks, three weeks, three days and 18 hours to be exact, that our beautiful dog Harry went to heaven, and we are absolutely heartbroken. He was not just our dog, he was a member of our family and anybody who has