How can nature teach us to live in the 21st century? This was the question that was posed to a group of 35 primary school headteachers in Lancashire back in June last year.
Their responses identified the importance of inter-connectivity. A big picture idea, but put simply meaning being part of something that was greater than just your own space and place. This important insight has contributed to a sustainability project that now stretches across the world - the idea of a pop-up farm.
Rather than take the children to farms to learn about growing food and sustainable practice, the farm could come to them. So each school has a special plotting shed or space where the teachers, parents and wider community can come together to decide how to bring sustainable living to their schools. FULL STORY
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