Welcome to Ignite

  • 1 February 2008, 11:21

The ignite page is an attempt to breathe some life into a dialogue with the world about curiosity and imagination. Rather than just give an account of the life of Curious Planet and ask for feedback, I would like to invite you to take a journey of exploration and inquiry into how we can support curiosity and creativity to thrive across the world.

I would like to set up a 21st Century version of the Scouts/Guides etc. So I have put together description of an Inquisitive Beast to describe young people who are aged 5 - 18, and who show resourcefulness, invention and curiosity. I would be interested in hearing from adults who work with children about how they might use the Inquisitive Beast scheme to support their work in this area.

  1. Someone who explores the unknown (not just geographically - this could be a feeling based or internal inspection, finding out about others or researching the past
  2. Someone who makes friends with new people who have different skills to them (could be someone from a different culture, age group or skill base). Warning - always tell your parents if you are making contact with people who you don't know
  3. Someone who takes ordinary things and makes them extraordinary (this could be taking a new approach to getting to school, working with your teachers to set up your classrooms in new and exciting ways, inventing something that will help you with your chores)
  4. Someone who ask questions about areas where they feel others might benefit (this might be investigating ways to help younger children with their reading, or building a presentation for your school and community about health issues for young people)
  5. Someone who wants to learn new skills across a range of subjects, and who has the discipline to practice and the desire to be an ambassador for curiosity to other young people
  6. Someone who likes to hear about new ideas and to offer new ideas


Curious Planet believes that the rise of Inquisitive Beasts will:

  • Help communities be more tolerant towards each other
  • Result in more innovation and invention among young people
  • Re-brand young people as participants and contributors to the success of society
  • Have a positive impact on the interaction of young people with schools and other age groups
  • Build a generation of outward looking and socially responsible people\
  • Improve understanding of self-determination and therefore aspiration and direction in young people who live in the more deprived areas of the UK
  • Provoke a curious and imaginative society who use the arts to resolve and support society
By Curious Planet Tagged: Last updated: 21 May 2010, 23:08

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Gravatar Image #1 Fellow™ 907 days ago.

Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions… an interesting read. For those whom may not of heard of Neruda, he is a nobel prize winning poet who holds an unspoken and written magic in his verse. Said to be mostly independent of the formalities of meter and rhyme, he is equally strong and writes with passion which is not seen in most of his contemporaries. From The Book of Questions… III. Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain? Neruda doesn't stop at just the description of absurdity, he takes a step forward, challenges its boundaries and questions its existence. Human soul and collective conscience of so many centuries evolved into fine arts and this poetry is one fine example of these arts. (Source: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/from-the-book-of-questions/)

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