Everyone should read this book if they want to get ideas!!
It talks about a lot of things we talk about in class. Here's what I learned from it:
Prescott Lecky explores self-image psychology. He gets people to see that some "negative concept of his was inconsistent with some deeply held belief." He thinks that people inherently need consistency. There were two things that people generally and strongly believe:
1. Doing one's share, exerting independence.
2. You are equal in ability and talent to the rest of the world and you shouldn't belittle of suffer indignities.
Idea Quota: Think of a set number of ideas each day. It's what Thomas Edison did.
Deliberately change your everyday habits. Do something different. Take a different route to work, eat something different or take a bath instead of a shower.
Halfway through a book, outline what you have read and think about what you will read in the second half. This will help you retain what you're reading. Might not be relevant to the project.
Keep a box of ideas and pull ideas randomly out of it if you get stuck.
Problem definition: I want to entertain children and make them live with the environment in mind. or. I want kids to feel closer to nature, so that they will lead fulfilling lives that doesn't negatively effect the environment.
A solution: They should be outside to enjoy it.
1. Game of tag event
2. Be the predator/prey
3. Camping/guides/scouts
4. Get rid of house, live outside
5. Be homeless
6. Design a playground
or What excites me about BC's wilderness is the mystery, unknown and unusual aspects of it.
8. Create a myth
9. Create a mystery story to be solved
10. Do a scavenger hunt
11. Pop up book
12. A book where you can't predict the outcome
13. An upside down book
14. A book ON trees. Go to a tree in Stanley park, read one chapter and go to the next tree.
15. A book with blanks that need to be filled in (using words on trees in a scevenger hunt or by the kid themselves)
16. A book in a space. An exhibition design
17. A story on clothes
18. A message only revealed in the sun
19. A tattoo that blocks out a tan, so it is only revealed when someone gets a tan.
What I want to happen is for people to:
turn lights off, stop buying consumer goods, no fast food or food "to-go", recycle, bicycle, be active, love the environment, love animals and nature, be kind, grow gardens, pick fruit off trees, love BC's wilderness, explore unknown areas, be wild, be adventurous, love who and what you are and where you are from and where you live, even if those are two different places.
Start your life right, kids. Give this gift to your children.
What's stopping me from doing all of this (and living near a forest, only eating what I grow, simple, clean, relaxation, walking dogs and digging for clams)?
My routine. The city that surrounds me. Transportation. Distance. Lack of space. Lack of time. Lack of energy. Weather. Distraction of technology.
What if I changed my routine to incorporate Nature Time. Time to grow plants, play and watch animals (bird watching, maybe...?), and explore wilderness.
1. Fill in the blank book. Choose a character or personality. A crow for instance.
What do crows do? Fill it in after you've observed a crow.
What do crows look like? Fill it in. Colour, size, sound, texture, smell?
Ok, now describe yourself. What do you do? What do you look like?
Choose a tree. Do this again. Everything BC related.
Benefits: Kids would see similarities in themselves and the world. They will start to pay attention to nature.
2. Roleplaying book (similar to D&D but about BC's environment). Kids would become the character. It's like a video game, but with a message.
3. Online database where people post their daily routine and their energy saving habits and people would swap routines with someone else. They would learn to be more tolerent of change and they might start to implement recycling, saving energy etc into their lives. Kids might have trouble with this one, so it might have to be for adults.
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