READ THE ARTICLES THEN WRITE A BROCHURE PROMOTING THE ACTIVITIES
SLOW TRAVEL
“Traveling more slowly allows you to form a stronger connection to the place you’re visiting, and you’ll feel much less rushed. With a “slow” itinerary, you won’t experience the stress of attempting to knock out every site in your guidebook. Instead, you’ll stay in one place long enough to recognize your neighbors, shop in the local markets and pick a favorite coffeehouse.”
- Slow Travel is spending more time in less places
- Slow Travel can be the decision to live and work in a foreign country
- Slow Travel is about creating some sort of routine, as routine is comforting and relaxing
- Slow Travel is about making travel special again
What better way to be part of the slow movement than to have a good read.
The Slow Books movement is about getting back into the love of reading good books. Few people these days spend time each day reading for sheer enjoyment.
When we have time for leisure we tend to fill that time with physical activity or with passive TV viewing. We often have difficulty justifying sitting down and reading a good book, even to ourselves. The pace of our lives and the expectations we place on ourselves result in a life filled with ‘have to’ activities, and very few quiet enjoyment-only activities.
There are many benefits of reading regularly; reduction in stress levels, increased creativity, inspiration and motivation, entertainment and a good laugh, and broader perspectives and more open mind.
Read books. As often as you can. Mostly classics.
SLOW SCHOOLS
SLOW SCHOOLS
Slow schools and slow education can refer to different aspects of education. Some people use the term slow schools to refer to schools that are attempting to bring slow food to the cafeteria or dining room. 
Conventional schools don't suit everybodyFor others it has far more implications and includes aspects of connection to knowledge, tradition, moral purpose and all that is important in life. In this sense it refers to the curriculum, the way it is delivered, the process of learning, management of the school, and even if school is the best vehicle through which to educate our children. So in this sense, it refers to bringing the slow movement into education.
Conventional schools don't suit everybodyFor others it has far more implications and includes aspects of connection to knowledge, tradition, moral purpose and all that is important in life. In this sense it refers to the curriculum, the way it is delivered, the process of learning, management of the school, and even if school is the best vehicle through which to educate our children. So in this sense, it refers to bringing the slow movement into education.
Where has the education system in schools gone wrong? It started with taking the responsibility for education away from parents and families and making it compulsory for children to go to school. While schools were accountable to the parents and community the education process had some chance of meeting students and community needs. But where governments have acquired central authority over education, education seems to have become a matter of outcomes – standardised test results.
In many Western countries that have Anglo-Saxon origins, governments and schools have rigid control structures in place and schools are driven by standardised curricula with tests and targets to ensure uniform outcomes. The emphasis is on the outcome not on the process. The process is about things like how are ideas conceptualised, how can we support learning and the knowing of how to learn, as well as the love of learning and investigating.
Loss of the individual
Slow education is also about connection to knowledge and to learning – real learning. It is about leading a skilful life – doing no harm – and having respect for all living and non-living things. Slow education is a concept of 'ecological literacy'. Michael Stone and Zenobia Barlow have put together a collection of authors in Ecological Literacy : Educating our Children for a Sustainable World (The Bioneers Series)
to give us ways to reorient the way we live on Earth and the way we can educate our children to their highest capacities. This book is aimed at parents and educators who are engaged in creative efforts to develop new curricula and improve children's ecological understanding.
to give us ways to reorient the way we live on Earth and the way we can educate our children to their highest capacities. This book is aimed at parents and educators who are engaged in creative efforts to develop new curricula and improve children's ecological understanding.
Slow education is about supporting our children to develop values and ethics that will enable them to live a joyous life in the slow lane.
The similarities of debate about Fast Food vs Slow Food and the debate about Fast Schools vs Slow Schools are self-evident upon reflection. Fast schools like fast food are not concerned with the process, preparation and connection. They are concerned with the standardised end product which in the case of schools is the results from standardised tests and targets, and in the case of food is the standardised hamburger or fried chicken etc, that look like all others the outlet churns out.
