Story of Mission Explore Images by Tom Morgan Jones

1. Mission:
Explore
The first
ten years
‘A brave book which encourages children to explore the world
around them, developing their curiosity, confidence..’

3. 2007: GA Conference
Give
Geography
its Place
Image: Andrew Stacey

4. e: Andrew Stacey

5. 2006 – a
phone
call

6. “cotton wool kids”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/children/9519175/Cotton-wool-culture-stops-
children-playing.html

7. What is a mission?

8. 8
The original – Can of Worms Press
National Trust and Hay Festival
Outdoor Book of the Year 2011
Society of Authors Education
Writer of Year Runner-Up 2011
Sunday Times Travel mag: “an
instant kids classic”
https://youtu.be/j71WI_m168g

9. Glastonbury: Green Kids’
Field

11. Latitude: Kids’ Field

12. Two more books from Can of
Worms Press

14. 2010: Geovation –
Ordnance Survey

15. GeoVation
– funded
an app and
website…

17. Arla – just a cycle-path….

18. 18 18
"Should be compulsory reading
for all university geography
students"
Professor Danny Dorling

20. Ludic pedagogy

22. “Childhood is a branch of
cartography”
Michael Chabon

23. Food

30. John Muir Trust
250 000 downloads
https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/initiatives/missionexplor
e-john-muir

31. Explore
Experiment
Experience
Expertise

33. Gradbach Mill
Peak District

34. http://iotschool.org/

35. Crafty
Explorers
pop-up
shop…

39. ‘I absolutely LOVE this
book, drawing a cow-
pat emoji is a must-
try! It’s so important
to encourage kids to
enjoy our UK National
Parks from an early
age and instil a love of
the countryside that
will last all their lives
thus helping to secure
the future of our
protected landscapes’
Julia Bradbury

41. Building on the
‘brand’
What have we
been up to
recently?

42. Greater London National
Park

45. CISCOhttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/cisco/

46. Helen Steer

47. Tom
Morgan
Jones

48. What next?
Get in touch to work with
us…

49. Thanks
alanparkinson@kingsely.org