A clear vision for the future, needs practical action today.

Teaspoons of Change are small but significant ideas and actions that have a positive impact on people and the planet. If we are to achieve the UN SDG Global Goals, then we need to have a personal and practical connection with them – one teaspoon at a time.

This interactive workshop will explore how schools, educators and students can incorporate and integrate the SDGs into who we are and not just something extra we do in service or global issues classes.

Participants will walk away with a global citizenship education lens to enhance their teaching and daily lives learning some key and simple concepts, models and approaches to being active and effective global citizens.

See more – http://teaspoonsofchange.org

Schools today are almost like mini (or large) NGOs, hoping to do good in the world but how do we know if good intentions match good outcomes and if there is a starting point of humility and humanity?

I’ve been fortunate to work in development with UNICEF, Gates Foundation, WHO and others as well as being a teacher, campaigner and advocate.

This workshop will explore models, perspectives, processes and practices that will enhance our efforts to turn good ideas into action with intention, humility and humanity.

There will also be a key emphasis on advocacy, campaigning and social mobilisation through active citizenship and community participation in our own lives, schools and communities.

See more on a guide to turning ideas into action – https://tinyurl.com/ToC-turning-ideas-action

Personal choices, decisions and actions contributing to a culture of positive peace – individually and collectively.

I recently completed a Master’s in Peace Studies in Japan that took me around the world working with practitioners from Search for Common Ground in Liberia to Peace Jam and with Nobel Peace Laureates Leymah Gbowee and Jose Ramos Horta. It also included studies of key peace education academics such as Betty Reardon and Paulo Freire.

In this interactive workshop participants will take part in activities, discussions and group work to create individual and collective ideas, attitudes and actions that contribute to a culture of peace.

See more: http://teaspoonsofchange.org/index.php/what-we-do/teaspoons-of-peace/ #restorativejustice #inclusion #conflictresolution #propeace

Polio Points is an awards system that rewards students living the values or key competencies of the school and also contributes to the global eradication of polio.

The system goes like this: students do good deeds associated with school values or competencies, teachers award them points, the points are matched with a donation, and donations go to polio eradication.

There are many options to tailor this concept (not program) to enhance existing house points or rewards programs, or to simply turn values into action.

Polio Points exists in a number of schools around the world and is open for anyone to use as a short-term campaign or deeply embedded into a school culture.

Come explore, ask questions and walk through how you might intro a meaningful points system to your class or school.

See more – https://teaspoonsofchange.org/index.php/resources-2/polio-points/

Quantity or quality of life, and where the best things in life aren’t things!

I’ve lead two Happy-simply projects building two self-sufficient tiny houses off the grid. Beyond tiny houses this workshop will look at volunteering, community engagement and sustainability.

In this workshop we’ll discover and discuss ways in which we can bring sustainability and social justice into the classroom and classes as not just something we do, but as a part of who we are and where just enough is plenty.

Plus, a detailed look at community engagement as well as aspects of solar and compost toilets to come together to build a tiny house or add any of these components into any home or school.

See more – http://happysimply.wordpress.com & YouTube clips: https://goo.gl/2Tq5IS & https://goo.gl/HYCLB5