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Exploring
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“You should get out more…”
“Designed to be read, scribbled on, illustrated, smeared, scratched and sniffed, it may just be the most revolu9onary geography-‐
related book ever published”. Geographical Magazine
Daniel Raven Ellison • Na#onal Geographic Emerging Explorer • TED speaker • Founder of Greater London Na#onal Park campaign
• UrbanEarth explorer
Explorer HQ • Started out as Mission:Explore in 2006 • Funded by Ordnance Survey’s GeoVa#on fund • iPhone app launched • Work with The Workshop: a Sheffield design company on community projects
• Completed a series of follow-‐up books and projects • Work with Helen Steer (a London Leader) and award winning illustrator Tom Morgan Jones.
2006 • First book was Daily Telegraph / Hay Fes#val Outdoors Book of the Year, 2011
• Shortlisted for Educa#on Writers of the Year Award 2012 – previous winner Bill Bryson – runner-‐up
• Shortlisted again in 2014 – runner-‐up again
Cultural Olympiad 2012
Glastonbury – Latitude – Secret Garden Party – Sunrise Festival – Outdoors Show – BETT – Education Show – National Geographic – TED talk Primary Schools - Undergraduates
“Oh blimey the book is BRILLIANT!!!!! It needs to be in every school in the country!” Emma Freud
Worked with…
Thames Water, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), RSPB, Mayor of London, London Sustainable Schools Forum, the Royal Bank of Canada Blue Water Project and the UK Environment Agency.
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“Mission:Explore is splendid — great fun, and a lovely way to get children out into their environment and using their brains.” Sue Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood
What is a mission? A short challenge that involves explora#on… real or imagined… 1. Learning taking place, even if precise objec#ve is unclear, unagreed or unknown 2. A star#ng point 3. Meaningful and relevant 4. Irregular, quirky or unexpected 5. Accessible, inclusive and differen#ated by outcome 6. Outdoors and/or in the ‘real world’ 7. (In)formal, with family or friends 8. Usually include a crea#ve output for sharing and reflec#on 9. Fun
Adventurer
Creator
Experimenter
Explorer
Hacker
Interpreter
Surveyor
Protector
Performer
Time-traveller
Maker
Storyteller
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“Children of all ages have an appetite for thirst for exploration, adventure and challenge. And the world around them, while not without its
dangers, is full of wonder, surprise and delight.
Yet all too often, we grown-ups let fear and anxiety get the better of us, and get in the way
of giving children a taste of freedom. So hats off to the Geography Collective for taking a stand against the cotton wool culture and doing their bit to expand the horizons of
childhood.”
Tim Gill, author of ‘No Fear: Growing up in a risk averse society’
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