3. “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
4. Daniel
Raven
Ellison
• Na#onal
Geographic
Emerging
Explorer
• TED
speaker
• Founder
of
Greater
London
Na#onal
Park
campaign
• UrbanEarth
explorer
5. 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.
6. 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
9. Glastonbury – Latitude – Secret Garden
Party – Sunrise Festival – Outdoors Show
– BETT – Education Show – National
Geographic – TED talk
Primary Schools - Undergraduates
10. “Oh blimey the book is
BRILLIANT!!!!! It needs
to be in every school
in the country!”
Emma Freud
11. 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.
14. “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
15. 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
29. Social media
Facebook
Face to face
Images
alanparkinson@kingsely.org
#missionely
PRIZE for the most creative
response(s)
30. “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’