Imagine a world where every school community IN THE WORLD had students actively designing and leading projects aimed at curbing and/or adapting to climate change.  It certainly would be one way to begin implementing a new green learning agenda focused on developing deeper understanding of the numerous ways human action can help sustain a planet in balance and build the civic action skills needed to solve collective problems.
That's why it was so great to work with the girls of St Brigid’s GNS in Dublin recently and see first-hand how a creative-led and fun learning approach will help build the mindsets and know-how of the world’s young people to be the drivers now and in the future of climate-smart nations.

Our connection to nature, how much we feel we are a part of the natural world, has been closely associated with wellbeing, as well as looking after the environment.
It was wonderful to be recently paired with this small rural primary school in Wolfhill Co. Laois.  Using the creative medium of photography and film-making I was able to nurture these young children’s feeling of connection to nature to ensure we have happier children and create awareness of  the wonders of their everyday environment at the same time! A very important part of my collaborative arts practice aims to make nature connection a distinct goal of early childhood education and thank you to the BLAST programme for their assistance in helping to make this possible

I am always amazed a young peoples different creative ways of approaching environmental themes. Here's another example of recent BLAST ( Bringing Live Arts to Students and Teachers) project with Mayo National School County Laois - so great to help young people to find their voice and highlight  their concerns for the environment through the medium of film-making!