Clever! Below in an excerpt from a blog post by Build LLC, an Industrious Architect Company, which should spark childhood memories and encourage parents to welcome sofa forts in the living room.
“Unrepresented and ignored for too long in the architectural industry, today’s post pays respect to the wonders of couch cushion architecture. We’ve rounded up a (mostly) admirable collection of projects, taken from a randomly conducted search on the internet. Join us as we take a critical analysis of the architecture, methods and design philosophies of living room furniture re-appropriation.”
“The Food for Life Partnership is a network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture.
By developing a whole school food policy and action plan for your school, you can influence and improve the health of your students and the whole school community.
Schools can play a key role in equipping young people and their families with the skills and knowledge they need to maintain lifelong healthy and climate-friendly eating habits.
The school environment provides an excellent opportunity to help establish these good habits from a young age.”
“…we kids still dream about perfection and that is a good thing because in order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first” – Adora Svitak
Directed & Produced by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow
“Dirt feeds us and gives us shelter. Dirt holds and cleans our water. Dirt heals us and makes us beautiful. Dirt regulates the earth’s climate. Dirt is the ultimate natural resource for all life on earth.
Yet most humans ignore, abuse, and destroy our most precious living natural resource. Consider the results of such behavior: mass starvation, drought, floods, and global warming, and wars. If we continue on our current path, Dirt might find another use for humans, as compost for future life forms.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Another world, in which we treat dirt with the respect it deserves, is possible and we’ll show you how.
The film offers a vision of a sustainable relationship between Humans and Dirt through profiles of the global visionaries who are determined to repair the damage we’ve done before it’s too late. There are many ways we can preserve the living skin of the earth for future generations. If you care about your food, water, the air you breathe, your health and happiness…”
Click the image below for a variety of education resources (pdf), useful with children of any age and you might learn a new thing or two. Happy Earth Day, EVERY DAY!
This morning I visited the UNESCO Headquarters to take in the Education For All photography exhibition which is set up along the railings around the building at 125 avenue de Suffren, Paris 7e , from April 1st to April 30th
“This photographic exhibition marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Education for All goals. In striving for Education for All, it is our duty to ensure that all children, youths and adults can claim their share of the better future that education promises.”
“These pictures capture the extraordinary efforts that ordinary people are making to secure an education. The visually impaired girl in Ethiopia learning with her friends, the indigenous child being taught in her mother tongue in Peru, and the mobile schools serving pastoralists in Uganda all bear testimony to the resolve of parents and children.”
Thought provoking and inspiring! Follow the World Education Blog to stay informed.
FUN! Artist Joel Henriques has provided us with a free template but I would like to encourage you to be inspired and inspire the little people around you to make their own Paper City. Please take some time to visit Joel’s blog – I am certain you will leave with an idea or five.
We encourage children to talk to us about their drawings, write down their words and often look to the art shelf or in the recycling box for materials to extend their images and ideas. A child’s drawing provides endless possibilities for creative expression, storytelling and dramatic play – it is exciting, for both child and adult, to see a story transform from flatness to fullness.
These images inspire me to continue to encourage the transformation of flatness to fullness, they also serve as a reminder that I need to make peace with the sewing machine.
Plush by his mom, Karen (updated blog coming soon)
Please spread the word – bring One Day Without Shoes into your child’s life, in whatever capacity you can, whether it be for 5 minutes or for 5 hours, in the classroom or close to home. Help spread awareness of the impact a simple pair of shoes can bring to a child’s life.
“One Day Without Shoes is the day we spread awareness about the impact a simple pair of shoes can have on a child’s life. On April 8th, we ask people to go the day, part of the day or even just a few minutes, barefoot, to experience a life without shoes first-hand, and inspire others at the same time.
Through everyday encounters with domestic poverty, we are reminded to appreciate having food and shelter, but most of us all but forget about our feet. Food, shelter, AND shoes facilitate life’s fundamentals. Imagine a life without shoes; constantly aware of the ground in front of you, suffering regular cuts and scrapes, tending to infection after each walk, and enduring not only terrain, but heat and cold.
The problem is large, but the solution is simple. Wearing shoes and practicing basic hygiene can prevent both infection and disease due to unsafe roads and contaminated soil. By imagining a life barefoot, we can all contribute to the awareness of these conditions. On April 8th, communities, campuses, organizations, and individuals are banding together to walk barefoot for One Day Without Shoes.”
