Biophilic Education: Creating sustainable, ethical and inclusive schools with Rosina Dorelli
In this final episode of Season 3, Nikki Giant is joined by Rosina Dorelli, founder of Da Vinci Life Skills CIC and BE Hubs Cambridge, a Biophilic Education (BE) home education learning hub, which offers the Da Vinci curriculum.
Rosina shares her inspiring journey from artist to educational innovator, leading a movement toward biophilic education – a new pedagogy that weaves together creativity, sustainability, ethics and a deep connection with nature.
The mission of Da Vinci Life Skills is to inspire and empower learners and educators where everyone is valued for their unique talents. They’re creating a new way of delivering the standard UK school curriculum through transdisciplinary project-based learning and a new skills-based assessment framework.
Together, Nikki and Rosina discuss:
🌱What biophilic education means and how it nurtures wellbeing
🎨Why creativity is essential to mental health and human thriving
🧠How schools can value every kind of intelligence
💫The future of learning rooted in love, beauty and belonging
This is a soulful conversation about what happens when we allow children (and adults) to remember who they really are — creative beings connected to the world around them.
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Connect with Rosina Dorelli:
- Learn more about Da Vinci Life Skills on their website: www.davincilifeskills.com
- Connect with Da Vinci on Instagram
- Follow Rosina on LinkedIn
- Listen to Ken Robinson’s TED Talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity?
- Listen to Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED talk on creative flow
