Whether within formal education or a community context, hands-on arts activities present a enjoyable way to get involved in, and begin to take responsibility for, the issues that affect our ecosystems and communities.
Through access to a wide range of media and subject matter, with reference to the places in which we live and the issues that affect us, the creative ecology programme can support learning across a range of subject areas including:
*Science
*PHSE
*Design and Technology
*Geography
The work carried out through creative ecology also links directly with the aims of schools initiatives such as Eco-Schools, Sustainable Schools, Healthy Schools, Learning Outside the Classroom and Every Child Matters (contact James to find out more about these).
creative ecology activities will enable young people's voices to be heard by giving them the opportunity to share concerns about their planet and their future and to act on them in creative ways.
James Aldridge has worked in a variety of settings including youth development centres and schools, and with young people of a range of needs and backgrounds including young people receiving support for issues relating to substance abuse and homelessness.
“If you didn’t come, the experience of art wouldn’t have come to me, so thank you very much, even if it was raining, muddy, windy, we loved it - the river flowing, ducks quacking, all because of you...”
(Participant on Reclaim Our River project)
(Participant on Reclaim Our River project)