The Importance of an Outdoors Education

Apparently our kids are spending less time than ever before ‘outside’. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/25/three-quarters-of-uk-children-spend-less-time-outdoors-than-prison-inmates-survey This is a shame. Here’s why: Now I’m not normally one to be politically or socially campaigning for a cause – but this issue is probably the one I feel most passionately aboutRead more…

Scale

Scale The greatest thing about this world is scale: Scale is the height of the Himalayan Mountains The depth of the Pacific trench The detail in a moth’s wings The teeth in a leaf’s margin – As an engineer and scientist I can build withRead more…