The Coconut Thinking podcast brings educational provocateurs and practitioners in the regenerative space together to ask: what would it take to create the conditions for all life to thrive? Conversations are as diverse as the guests, but each one participates in the ecosystem, and each one questions the dominant narrative. This is a show for those who are curious about learning, systems, and contributing to the bio-collective—all life that has an interest in the healthfulness of the planet.
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unboxED podcast with Emily & Yvette, explores educational innovation and challenges traditional norms to shape the future of learning. Through insightful discussions with a range of guests, including innovators and educators, we aim to inspire reflection and forward-thinking in education. Find us on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unboxeducation/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unboxeducation_/
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Let’s run down the halls, speak out of turn, break a few rules, and have an honest conversation about why schools need to change. Join me, Sal Gordon, and other rule-breakers as we dig into what needs to change, why and how we can pick up the pace on education reform. I’m going beyond the theory. Beyond the school gates. I’m getting fidgeting and I’m not waiting to put my hand up to be given permission to talk. I think the School bell is about to ring, so let’s get ready to get real.
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Virgel Hammond: Nurturing radical relationships
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How do we nurture radical human relationships through authentic stories of learning? In this episode, I speak with Virgel Hammonds. Virgel is a nationally recognized leader in education innovation. He became CEO of the Aurora Institute in 2024, bringing over two decades of experience in learner-centered education. Formerly Chief Learning Officer at…
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Ep 8 - Redefining a School as a ‘Community of Learners’
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Join Carol Da Riva and Sal Gordon for inspiring stories on getting parents deeply involved in the lifelong learning process at school and how it supplements the students' growth and development in their pathway.Door Green Educators Program
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How Storytelling and Adventure Boosts Sustainability - Lukasz Larsson Warzecha, Science-Based Cinematographer
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Send us a Text Message. Lukasz Larsson Warzecha is an award-winning documentary photographer and cinematographer who is passionate about capturing and sharing stories that inform, inspire, and engage a global audience about our time's most pressing environmental issues. Over the past sixteen years, he has taken cameras to every environment across s…
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Raheen Fatima - Dialogue can Solve Every Problem in the World
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Send us a Text Message. { Dialogue can solve every problem in the world } Today’s guest is participating in the The Socratic Experience and is a firm believer that dialogue can solve every problem in the world. Raheen Fatima is a proof that age doesn’t matter when it comes to making an impact in our communities. At 16 years of age, she is already a…
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Special Episode: Charlotte, Benjamin, and the city
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How is place an emergent, relational experience, rather than a fixed location? In this special episode, Charlotte and Benjamin speak alongside the sounds of Paris to create a conversation that includes the city. We come to Europe every couple of years to visit family, and this year we will also drop my son off to university. We recorded this episod…
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Benjamin Freud, Green School Bali - The Preservation of Positive Energy in the World
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Send us a Text Message. "It doesn't matter where we start, we're just at the right place, just like bamboo" Dr. Benjamin Freud is the Head of Upper School at Green School, Bali, where he is responsible for guiding and enriching the Middle and High School learning programme in line with Green School’s holistic and sustainability-centered educational…
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Christopher Pommerening CEO and Co-Founder of Learnlife: "Passion will make you fall in love with learning"
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Send us a Text Message. { Passion will make you fall in love with learning } We had a conversation with Christopher Pommerening, Founder and CEO of Barcelona-based Learnlife. The interview started with us having some technical errors, and we apologised about that. What Christopher said smiling and welcoming afterwards truly says something about him…
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Kyle Wagner: The 12 Shifts for Student-Centered Environments
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How might we commit to change in order to create conditions for deeper learning and put students first? In this episode, I speak with Kyle Wagner. Kyle is an education consultant and founder of Transform Educational Consulting (TEC). He specializes in empowering schools to create socially, emotionally, and globally aware citizens through project-ba…
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Warm Tech in the Future Classroom of Alex More
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the future classroom of Alex More! Alex is a passionate facilitator of learning, inspired by people and ideas, dedicated to transforming the learning landscape through cutting-edge strategies and technologies. Hear what he means with ‘warm technology ‘, and how student advocacy is boosted through the TedX Youth ev…
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David Leventhal and Ximena Rodriguez: Travel is education for living
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How might regenerative travel teach us about reciprocity, contributing to a different approach to education? In this episode I speak with David Leventhal and Ximena Rodrigues of Playa Viva. Playa Viva is a B-Corp certified brand that leverages hospitality to bring capital to work to improve ecosystems, for people and planet, to create vibrant, resi…
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"We Have One Life" Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Director General of The IB
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the unboxED podcast! Today, we are thrilled to share that we interviewed the incredible Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Director General of the International Baccalaureate. His calm, balanced, and reflective leadership left us starstruck. In our conversation, we explored essential topics such as youth well-being, digital lit…
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Saana Azzam - The Voice of The Voiceless
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Send us a Text Message. Step into the future of education with our latest episode of unboxED! Join us as we sit down with Saana Azzam, the dynamic CEO and Chief Inspirational Officer, who is not only shaping the future but redefining it. Saana, a TED Talk speaker and founder of MENA Speakers, brings a unique perspective to the table. From her journ…
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Clover Hogan: Climate breakdown is the symptom, not the illness
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What if we decided to do things differently? I speak with Clover Hogan. Clover is a 24-year-old climate activist and the founding Executive Director of Force of Nature - the youth non-profit turning climate anxiety into action. She has worked alongside the world’s leading authorities on sustainability, consulted within the boardrooms of Fortune 50 …
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Dimitrij Aleshkov - Ninja Entrepreneur and Educational Trailblazer
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Send us a Text Message. Dimitrij Aleshkov Join us as we explore Dimitrijs inspiring journey as an entrepreneur, activist and ninja! Tune in to uncover his bold ideas for education innovation. You can see Dimitrij at some of these places : Måndagsrörelsen for Ukraine - activism, Hockey and Scouts as a devoted Dad, Coding at Mindpark, Helsingborg. Yo…
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Send us a Text Message. unboxED podcast - a podcast that will crush boundaries, unbox a world of learning innovation, and inspiration in education. One conversation at the time. In this episode you will meet the hosts, Emily Åman and Yvette Larsson.Door unboxED
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Jenny Andersson: The Power of place
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How might our stories be as unique as the place from which they unfold? In this episode, I speak with Jenny Andersson. Jenny is the founder of The Really Regenerative Centre. She works as a strategist, facilitator and educator, supporting organizations and communities to create visions for the future they want – together – and to find the energy, w…
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Ronald Barnett, Ph.D: Higher education is found in criticality, not university
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How might we re-think higher education to be about our ability to discern the world and take action, not the diplomas we receive? I speak with Ronald Barnett. Ron has spent a lifetime in higher education as a scholar, institutional leader and manager, researcher, and writer. He is recognized as having introduced and developed the philosophy of high…
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Jennifer D. Klein and Jill Ackers-Clayton: Re-Wilding learning, teaching, and spaces
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How might we create the conditions and spaces for learning to be wild? Or maybe we need to un-create them for wildness? I speak to Jennifer D. Klein and Jill Ackers-Clayton. Jennifer has a broad background in global education and global partnership development, student-centered curricular strategies, diversity and inclusivity work, authentic assess…
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Ep.7 - Amplifying Youth Voices for Social Justice & Advocacy | Laura Wainwright
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Join Laura and Sal in this live podcast episode on how to empower and amplify youth voices in addressing social issues locally and globally. Laura will share her journey and insights as a Middle School Literacy and Thematic teacher, integrating human rights, humanitarianism and the Global Goals into the learning and thematic units.…
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Kevin Bartlett: It is the Why that matters
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How might we come together around a WHY rather than a HOW? Might the HOW sort itself out if we share purpose? In this episode, I speak with Kevin Bartlett. Kevin is the Founder of the Common Ground Collaborative. He has held leadership positions in the UK, Tanzania, Namibia, Austria, and Belgium, where he was most recently Director of the Internati…
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Darren Coxon: AI and the possibile futures
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How might AI create both utopian and dystopian futures all at the same time? What does this mean for education and for learning? In this episode, I speak with Darren Coxon. Darren is Founder of CoxonAI, a worldwide strategic advisory specialising in K-12 AI implementation. An educator for 25 years, Darren has most recently managed the operation of …
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David Penberg, Ph.D.: Telling different stories of learning
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How might we free ourselves from the bondage of data to tell different stories of learning? In this episode, I speak with David Penberg, Ph.D. David is an urban and international educator, teacher and writer with 40 years of experience. His work is place-based and intergenerational. He supports communities seeking to become more vital, joyous and i…
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Michael Bunce: The landscape and weather of learning
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How might learning be flow between structure and emergence? How might we measure impact quantitatively and qualitatively? In this episode, I speak with Michael Bunce. Michael is an educator, researcher, and interdisciplinary sound artist, with wide-ranging international experience across education and the arts. As an educational researcher, he spec…
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Ep.6 - Cultivating Wonder Through Emergent Learning | Dr. Benjamin Freud Ph.D
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What if schools encouraged more questions than answers and aimed for learning that contributes to the thriving of all life? Let's tell a different story of rewilding learning, where individual and collective wonder drive education towards creating a better world.Door Green Educators Program
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Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley, Ph.D.: Flourishing is a dynamic process
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What might flourishing look like as collective and individual experiences entangled in environment? Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley is a Senior lecturer in education policy at Bath Spa University and is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research is philosophical in nature and helps us to better understand social problems and social resear…
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Cindy Forde: Storytelling to inspire the possible
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How might we tell new stories open up our imagination to what is possible? In this episode, I speak with Cindy Forde. Cindy’s career has been dedicated to transforming how we understand and act as human beings towards Earth. She works globally with leaders across sectors in education, communication and sustainability including University of Cambrid…
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Ep.5 - Educating Practical Scientists for a Sustainable Future | Geoffrey Huskinson
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As an educator, Geoff sees learning as an intersection where the wonder of science, art and environmental awareness meet. Discover how his passion for sustainable education found a place in Green School Bali through the Bio Bus experiential programme. Follow us: @green.educatorsDoor Green Educators Course
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Rūta Žemčugovaitė: Remembering our relationality
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How might we transform our relationality with the world, as the world, especially the non-human world? In this episode, I speak with Rūta Žemčugovaitė. Rūta is a writer, artist, and researcher, working with mycelium for regenerative futures. With a background in Psychology, she learned to facilitate trauma healing and shadow work in Costa Rica and …
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Luis Alberto Camargo: If you have a deep question, ask the forest
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What might happen when the landscape is our place of learning? In this episode, I speak with Luis Alberto Camargo. Luis was named the 2023 Richard Louv Prize recipient, in recognition of his life’s work, which has impacted 130,000 children and youth across Colombia. Luis is Founder and Executive Director of Organización para la Educación y Protecci…
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Gil Friend: Learning and investing as if we belonged to the natural world
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What might it be like if we approached education and business as if we belonged to the living world? In this conversation, I speak with Gil Friend. Gil, a systems ecologist and business strategist, is widely considered a founder of the sustainable business movement. He is noted for inspiring, challenging, and supporting business, policy, and invest…
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Will Richardson: Stories told from the future
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How might the stories we tell about the future help us bring about the futures we want? In this episode, I speak with Will Richardson. Will was a guest on the podcast a couple of years ago, and it's fascinating to notice how he his thinking has both shifted and stayed strong. A former public school educator of 22 years, Will has spent the last 18 y…
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Ep.4 - Cultivating Healthy Relationship with Nature through Food in Education | Ida Rahayu
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Have you ever wondered how you can empower students to make informed choices about their food while nurturing their understanding of the environment and society? Are you interested in creating transformative learning experiences for your students? Ida Rahayu has created a holistic educational initiative, 'Seeds to Table', that might interest you. T…
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