New Zealand Needs Green Growth

Have you realised the incredible potential New Zealand has in playing a role for Green Growth? In many ways we are sitting on our hands, not engaging in the explosive potential for economic growth, and environmental modelling in our country to the rest of the world.
I share with you my thoughts on how Green Growth can be instilled as a core appreciation among young people, who are the leaders of the future for enacting change. I believe change will take place out of a natural response to an appreciation of our great country, and the opportunities it provides.

Feel free to learn more about the future of Green Growth on Pure Advantage's website.

Thanks Andrew for the info. 

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The Fin Brothers - Episode 1

Greenpeace have a new series being on their vimeo channel. It might be worth following their RSS.



The Fin Brothers, Clark and Bruce, have teamed up once again to fight ocean crime. Follow their progress, brought to you in weekly episodes, as they take on the bad guys and bring them to justice. Episode 1 introduces our two marine heros. Tweet

Ken Robinson on 'Finding your Inner Passion'

Ken Robinson on Passion from The School of Life on Vimeo.

Some highlights from Ken Robinson’s talk about passion:

• We are all born with extraordinary capability.
• We aim too low and succeed. Rather than ‘shooting for the stars’
• We need to find that magic spot where our natural talent meets our personal passion.
• We need to know ourselves better.
• Finding purpose in our work is essential to knowing who we really are.

Sir Ken Robinson is a leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources, working with governments and the world’s leading cultural organizations. Born in Liverpool, he was Director of The Arts Project (1985-89), and is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Warwick. He was knighted in 2003 for his contribution to education and the arts. Recent publications include Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative (2001) and The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (2009).
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English is not really ‘all that’

One school that has welcomed the option of learning Mandarin is Otonga Rd Primary School. 

There are only a few languages in the world that feature so highly for the future and English is not really ‘all that’.
Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish and English are all key languages for the future. It is good to see that language learning is beginning to feature more prominently in Primary schools but as the old adage goes ‘you use it or lose it’.
So in light of that, there is mounting pressure on Intermediate and Secondary schools to continue the language learning options that are first presented to primary students.
Teachers will also be put under the spotlight. Primary school teachers with language skills in the three ‘foreign’ languages mentioned earlier will be in something of high demand. Secondary school teachers may feel the pressure in the coming years as increasingly more students will present in their classes with higher abilities in international languages. 
But what languages are offered in the schools that you know?
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