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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.  

Our new badges and curriculum

missions

“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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