Links and Curiosities
Music and Film
Don’t Tell Suzy
For songs about the land, and life’s journey
To hear the songs:
Soundcloud.com/donttellsuzy
For gig info and more:
Facebook.com/DontTellSuzy
Heave Ho
Amy Clouds
Amy’s solo project
To hear the songs:
Soundcloud.com/amyclouds
For gig info and more:
Facebook.com/AmyCloudsMusic
Click the image below to view Amy’s song ‘Light in the Tunnel’.
Windermere Reflections
Windermere Reflections was an environmental project aimed at improving the health of Windermere and wider catchment area. Playful Nature helped with the creative awareness raising aspects.
Click Here to see Amy as Mother Nature in a ‘Recipe for a healthy Lake’, a short play to engage people in the street (YouTube)
Wrote and starred in the video for ‘The Windermere song’, dressed as the lake itself! See it here (YouTube)
John Muir Award in National Parks: Film featuring Playful Nature
Explore the Woods: A short film about the importance of getting children outside, featuring footage of Playful Nature sessions
Organisations & fellow practitioners
Cumbria Development Education Centre
Offering support and training in Global Citizenship to schools and organisations
The John Muir Award
Award scheme to help people connect with, enjoy and care for wild places
Grizedale Forest
Forest and sculpture park in the heart of the Lake District. Playful Nature sessions offered on-site through Classrooms in the Forest
Brockhole on Windermere
Lake District National Park Visitor Centre. Playful Nature schools sessions offered onsite.
Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Protecting wildlife and wild places for the future. Engaging children through Wildlife Watch groups
The Way of the Buzzard
Support with nature connection and shamanic practices and organisers of Space to Emerge festival
Song Birds
Kirsten Taylor set up Song Birds to give people the opportunity to come together through singing in an environment that is both relaxed and energising.
Resources
Wildlife Watch
UK’s leading environmental action club for children and families