About

About our

Learning Field

EVERYONE IS BOTH EDUCATOR AND LEARNER.

The word education, originating from the Greek: 'educare', means to grow from the inside-out. So instead of transferring knowledge outside-in you learn through active participation. Offer what you can and ask for what you need. And be like a bee; subtract & give honey, cross pollinate everything around you.

INSIDE SAFE SPACE, OUTSIDE REAL WORLD PARTICIPATION

"Earth is a Space Ship and we're all crew" This means in the learning field we create safe space to learn, discuss and ideate. our real world actions and projects. Teaming up with others can be highly beneficial. We have no exams either, your impact and acceptance in the world is all the feedback you need.

THE GENTLE REVOLUTION

Flourish & Fly is part of the global Gentle Revolution, meaning all wonderful people seeking to make a positive impact on the world around them. Like this revolution, we have no real managers, no bosses and are in it together. This means seek to bring more than you take. And through taking responsibility, help make everyone to flourish & fly. Find the Gentle Revolution Blog Here.

4 basic principles

Start with these two questions: What do you see as a big issue you want help to solve? What is your unique talent where flow, gift, and joy come together? Discover where the answers to these questions meet. Find out how and where this best may serve your community, society, and the planet. The basic attitude here is:

Follow your bliss (Ikigai).

Everything you need to learn to prepare for life as a whole. Normal schools mostly prepare you for a job life. Life and personal fulfillment demand so much more. Think aspects like daring to fail, connect to and respect for nature, prepare for life by facing the regrets of the dying, basic entrepreneurship, large-scale systems understanding, mindsets, courage, and (mental) resilience. The basic attitude here is:

Prepare for life as a whole.

Learning as a collective. The incredible focus on personal development ignores how our society shapes us, and we can only shape society from a sense of and being part of a community. Investment in the community and eco-systems is investing in self. Resilience based on strong networks and a healthy environment is much stronger than an individual approach. The basic attitude here is:

Make each other shine!

Wonder to wisdom. We learn most from exploring, experience, real-world application, teaching others, and storytelling. Short loops between theory and practice make turn knowledge into insight and make it meaningful. And through wondering about the possibilities and understanding how actions have consequences we become mature and at the same time can evolve beyond what teachers thought possible. The basic attitude here is:

Play to understand.