Biophilia - the "passionate love of life and all that is alive...
whether in a person, a plant, an idea, or a social group."
- Eric Fromm
To inspire and empower learners and educators so that together we can build a more sustainable and equitable world where everyone is valued for their unique talents.
1. Providing and delivering holistic, contextual, transdisciplinary, project-based courses for students and resources for teachers that are assessed formatively and evidenced by project portfolios, to run alongside, or in place of the current system.
2. Biophilic Education (BE) Mentor development courses offered to licensed schools/learning environments, for independent teachers and within our model BE schools.
3. Opportunities for collaborations and educational research & development.
4. BE Learning Hubs and Schools providing a working model for the future of education.
A values-based Biophilic Education System, that nurtures the whole human being as an integral and interconnected part of the wider local and global ecosystems. We are introducing a vision for a sustainable and ethical future for all, through our 5 DVLS project pathways and BE Time.
Education should be fun and empower all learners to explore a life-long journey of curiosity and exploration.
People have a vast range of interests and abilities and the world needs everyone, to be the best they can be, to sustain a good life and enrich our global community.
To create a sustainable existence we need to build healthy relationships with ourselves, others, the things we use and our planet.
We have formed an alliance with selected schools globally. These schools are currently delivering our DVLS curriculum. Get in contact if you are a school, home ed hub or a teacher that would like to find out more about delivering our content.
We have a small BE Learning Hub south of Cambridge, UK. A small independent middle school, for 11 - 16 year olds.
We offer a range of flexible programmes for home-educated learners to attend one to three days a week.
We are creating a new way of delivering the standard UK curriculum and a new model for assessment, to demonstrate what an outstanding school of the future could look like, to affect positive systemic change.
Our BE Hub is working with universities to research the efficacy of our pedagogy and curriculum, for continuous refinement and development. The future vision is for our 1-5 Da Vinci Life Skills project pathways and 5 DVQs (Da Vinci Qualifications) to be delivered, or inspire teaching, in all schools.
Community and collaboration are at the heart of our philosophy. We are working with local businesses to create real-world projects and apprenticeships.
Our community centre vision for schools of the future is to develop artisan workshops, co-work spaces and a cafe/shop, to blend learning with enterprise and initiative.
We encourage families to connect at school family breakfasts, a student run farmers market and a local Community Supported Agriculture schemes (CSA).