We are looking for woodland, water and ruins to site our school for self-reliance. We are currently pursuing two properties in France: a house in Provence (with 40 acres of chestnut woods, a stream and two derelict cabins) and a farmstead in the Montagnes Noires (with 130 acres of woodland and pasture and two streams).
Category Archives: Education
Leila Berg event at Housman’s Bookshop
On Wednesday 22nd May 2013, we organised an event in Housman’s bookshop about Leila Berg (1917-2012): writer, rebel, radical educator. Berg was an important figure in the UK de-schooling movement and argued that:
‘We compartmentalise everything. We compartmentalise ages…as if children weren’t aiming to be grown-up, as if old people had never been children.’
Emily Charkin’s talk at Housman’s Bookshop event, Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Opening party for woodland shelter
We celebrated the official opening of the woodland shelter (and Emily’s unmentionable birthday) with a party for friends, family and volunteers who had helped with the project. Emily made a speech about the ‘building of the building’ and then local musicians led a barn-dance. And we ate huge quantities of cake and paella. It was a very happy end to a happy project. Now it’s over to Kirsteen, her team and the children at the kindergarten to enjoy the building.
BuildingforFamilies.org 
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