by Max Hope | Apr 16, 2025 | Blog
Preface From my vantage point, in a chair rather precariously balanced at the top of a ladder, my eyes survey the landscape. There is water, so much water, more than I have ever seen here before. The pools at the bottom of the hill are expanding, and I see birds, and...
by Max Hope | Apr 15, 2025 | Blog
Max speaks to Marina Robb as part of the Wild Minds Podcast. Episode 11: Rewilding Education...
by Max Hope | Apr 15, 2025 | Blog
She said that sometimes there are no rules. And for some reason that was reassuring. We went down to the shore. On an ordinary, extraordinary day. And filled our pockets with lichen and seeds. Molly flew by in a tiny plane Checking we weren’t taking her lover’s...
by Max Hope | Apr 15, 2025 | Blog
Sophie Christophy and Max Hope love being outdoors and connecting with wild places but are curious about whether their experiences of ‘the wild’ and ‘nature’ are the same. Sophie is a feminist and children’s rights activist, an unschooling parent and Co-Founder of The...
by Max Hope | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog
Max Hope and Sophie Christophy share an aspiration to radically change the education system, but the journeys that brought them together have been completely different. Max started out as a youth worker and spent a decade as a university academic, researcher and...
by Max Hope | Feb 10, 2022 | Blog
I usually write alone. By this, I mean that I am used to being the sole author of academic papers, blog posts, book chapters etc. I like writing alone. It means I have total control over what is said and how it is said. I take ownership of the argument and I get to...
