Geography and all that Jazz

Get yourself to Amazon or a local bookshop and get/order copies of our two new books, published in association with Can of Worms press... They are out today, and would make a great gift for the child in your life, from 8 to 88 and beyond... Amazon link Amazon link The official 'launch' will be in London tomorrow - we've already used a catapult and a rocket to 'launch' our books, and at the weekend, we'll be using balloons... If you're going to be in London at the weekend, get involved...  (see this Time Out link) Don't just take my word for how these books are, check out these other reviews: Mission:Explore is bold, cool, exciting, innovative, geographic, educational…and just plain fun! Every curious kid, budding geographer, and responsible parent should have a copy!” – National Geographic“ Designed to be read, scribbled on, illustrated, smeared, scratched and sniffed, it may just be the most revolutionary geography-related book...

One of the things I'm proudest of in the last few years is my involvement with the Geography Collective , and our Mission:Explore books, iPhone app and other activities... We can now announce our latest project, thanks to the project leadership of Daniel Raven Ellison. We are very pleased to say that we will be delivering a major project for the Cultural Olympiad as part of the Discovering Places programme called  Discover Explore . Discovering Places is funded by a grant from Olympic Lottery Distributor (OLD) through the London Organising Committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). It is delivered by The Heritage Alliance with the support of key partners.. one of which is us. We will be working closely with  The Workshop  to create something very beautiful and cool which will be launched this summer. “The project aims to inspire young people and their families to discover hidden, extraordinary and important historical sites and ...

The Mission : Explore book is finally out in print and available from tomorrow.... Buy as many copies as you can !! Come and see us at the GA Conference

Georgie is a gorilla on a mission: a MISSION : EXPLORE LONDON mission... Georgie is going to be in London this Saturday: the 16th of January and wants to carry out some special missions... For more information see: GEORGIE NEEDS A MISSION on Mission Explore website... Why not suggest a task for GEORGIE ?? You can send via TWITTER with the tag #GMission or #Gorillamission If you add a comment here with a mission I'll make sure they get passed on too...

Unpacking the first batch of Journey Journals.... “Anything that encourages us to ‘open our eyes’, appreciate distance, difference and diversity, and the possibility of a different viewpoint is good news. Like all the best ideas the Journey Journal is simple and straightforward. I am sure children of all ages will enjoy this and gain a lot from it”. Professor David Lambert Chief Executive Geographical Association www.geography.org.uk "The ideal document for all aspiring geographers to keep alongside their passport." Dr. Nick Middleton, Geographer, writer and TV Presenter Available to order shortly from the GEOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE ONLINE SHOP. Also follow the GEOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE on TWITTER .....

New on Twitter are the Geography Collective at Mission Explore .... The book is now in pre-production... Watch for more exciting multi-media Exploring ness from the Collective. Visit the blog for some sample missions , including some BRAND NEW ONES !! "Great news for the young, and the young at heart" Iain Hallahan

Mission Explore One of my many side projects and interests is as a member of the GEOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE . One current project of the collective is the MISSION EXPLORE book. Dan Raven Ellison, another founder member of the collective is going to be presenting a session at Russell Davies' INTERESTING 08 later this month related to the book.