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New approaches to sustainability – from capitals to systems thinking
New approaches to sustainability – from capitals to systems thinking, by Julie Richardson, Head of New Economics at Schumacher College
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Artist Hugh Nankivell writes… We did the ‘name game’ first off – for 2 reasons, my embarrassment at not being able to remember their names and also to see how they responded to that very clear listening and music task.
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Artist Hugh Nankivell writes… I arranged the words about ‘Miss Chatterbox’ from T last week and composed a song called ‘Miss Chatterbox’…
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Artist Hugh Nankivell writes… During the week I worked to create a new alphabet song (as Sarah had commissioned) and sang it to the group, but they actually wanted the one I had made (very quickly) the previous week and they laughed lots when I sang it to them again.
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Artist Hugh Nankivell writes… A morning of experiments. At the start of the session I did ‘Two Little Dickie Birds’ and this intrigued them, they looked behind my back, on my glasses, in my ears. I was doing magic and this seemed to set the tone for trying to solve mysteries.
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Artist Hugh Nankivell writes… The final sessions of the year and real ‘Shared Inventions’ with reception classes, year 6 classes and parents…
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Artist Hugh Nankivell writes… Lots of visitors today, four other adults in the space in addition to James and I and the regular Homelands staff, but the children didn’t seem too unduly bothered.
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Artist Hugh Nankivell writes… Full group together – I sang ‘Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho’ and taught it line by line to the group. We got the bit with the claps in and are learning to stop/start together. Really good with James on guitar as well.
Alexander Hawkins talks about The Convergence Quartet's time at Space
Alexander Hawkins writes… As I sit here drafting this blog, I notice that my opening gambit had originally been along the lines of ‘well, we’ve literally just finished our tour…
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Artist Hugh Nankivell writes… A different kind of music play today – it was a session for parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles and more. It was billed as a session for parents AND children, but we only let the children in at the end.

