I posted yesterday about the urgent need to change education paradigms. As such it feels fitting to final re-post this post from Gloria's blog here: Have you noticed there's a lot of hullabaloo about Finland's education system lately? I've been paying attention to what the Finns have been doing for a couple years now, but it is only after reading an essay by Sam Abrams I've thought to pay attention to Finland's neighbour Norway. Norway and Finland have some similarities. They are neighbouring … [Read more...]
Banking 101 – How money and banking actually works
This great little collection of videos is the clearest and most authoritative introduction to exactly how the monetary and banking system in the UK actually works. It is based on the excellent book 'Where Does Money Come From?' published by the Positive Money campaign and the new economics foundation … [Read more...]
Changing Education Paradigms
Over 3 million people have watched Ken Robinson's 2006 TED Talk about how schools kill creativity. But when it comes to videos about the need to change education there are few more famous tham the above RSA Animate 11 minute version of his hour long RSA talk about changing education paradigms. So far over 10 million people have seen it. If you're not one of them, watch it now. If you are, watch it again to remind yourself how important it is that we change our education systems sooner rather … [Read more...]
Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge
As mentioned a few posts ago, I'm going to be sharing lots of inspirational videos about education. This time we have educator and design activist Kiran Bir Sethi who says “Hope is not a strategy” and teaches childen the power of 'I can'. Sethi has been employing design thinking to develop solutions to some of the most pressing social problems in India. Her approach motivates school children to be the change that needs to happen in the world. Great stuff! :) … [Read more...]
The Hole in the Wall – Can kids teach themselves?
A lot of what we do at United Diversity is about education. And a lot of our plans going forward are about education too. With that in mind I'm going to whack up a few education related videos that have inspired us over the years, starting with this one of Sugata Mitra's 2007 talk about his now famous Hole in the Wall experiment. … [Read more...]
Rob Newman’s History of Oil
Being both funny and informative this is pretty much a must see. Quite suprised I've not posted it before (assumed I had but went to find the post and couldn't, so posting it now). … [Read more...]
Building communities we’d like to see
This summer United Diversity is helping the West Lexham Education Centre in a variety of ways. West Lexham Education Centre is an unblemished example of a project providing a leading-edge space that creates innovative services, meaningful training and supports sustainable enterprise opportunities. Located in the beautiful Norfolk countryside, West Lexham engages with both local and national partners to promote sustainability, learning and wellbeing. West Lexham has a number of buildings that … [Read more...]
Email to Toby Hemenway re: Piracy
NOTE: I've had a series of increasingly great responses from Toby - please see the comments Toby Hemenway, a leading permaculture author sent me a message with very very thinly veiled threat to sue me for including his great book Gaia's Garden here https://files.uniteddiversity.com/Permaculture/ (someone else has also put it up on Scribd) Here is the text of his message: at https://files.uniteddiversity.com/Permaculture/ you have a pirated copy of my book, Gaia's Garden. My publisher, Chelsea … [Read more...]
DeSchool, D-Skool, ReallyReally Freeschool
Just got this message from Persons Unknown January - February 2011 Fingers crossed Surrounded by institutions and universities, there is newly occupied space where education can be re-imagined. Amidst the rising fees and mounting pressure for ‘success’, we value knowledge in a different currency; one that everyone can afford to trade. In this school, skills are swapped and information shared, culture cannot be bought or sold. Here is an autonomous space to find each other, to gain momentum, … [Read more...]
Secret Seed Society
Bringing to life Chrissie Cress! Secret Seed Society team at play - Stop Motion done in a day. Cast: Rosa van Wyk View original post … [Read more...]