A magical audio-story, created to launch a sustainable food project.

Minerva is in trouble - but for Edmund to find her, he must first work out how to get to Peru though the magical orange doorway. Edmund seeks the help of a wise old standing stone...

Background

This story has been created for London Climate Action Week during a global pandemic. It is inspired by zoom meetings and by a belief that despite everything there is much hope and magic.  The story launches a sustainable food project between two groups of young people: Year 7 students at Glebe School, an SEN school in the London Borough of Bromley and young people in a refuge on the outskirts of Lima, Peru.

How will this work

• students in both places (initially Glebe, later Lima) will trial their school food project
• their feedback will be presented monthly by 'Minerva' and 'Edmund' in the form of a new episode of the magical orange doorway
• at the same time, a blog will be written (hosted by Semble) discussing 'learnings' from experts in the field
• the project will continue for 12 months and will report its findings to COP26

The project has two parallel journeys:

• A school based case study based around sustainable food, language, culture, and place. It is part of a wider school project called Proyecto Peru
• A working group of experts that will advise, critique and support the schools based on their own expertise in education, sustainable food, language, culture, and place

People

The voice of Edmund and the narration are by Martin Crabbe, Head of Geography at Glebe School. Martin was inspired to write this story by the grandmother of Martin Allen Morales , by the Wild Area and by so many other things!

The voice of Minerva is played by Leydis Vollar, Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Glebe School. Leydis will also translate each episode of the story into Spanish for our friends in Peru.

People who are about to become involved...

Mark McKillop, Head of RE, Glebe School

Martin Allen Morales - advisor, inspiration

Malini Mehra - advisor

The young people of Glebe and in the refuge in Lima

Many other experts as we continue.

And if this magical story inspires you why not get involved from your own perspective? And tell us how you get on.

Start your school's journey into sustainability:

• Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/)
• Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/)
• London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network)
• Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/)
• Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/)

This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)