Service Learning

Isn't it time we paid the men and who women who empty our bins more than bankers? So suggests controversial Dutch historian Rutger Bregman in this short BBC video. We throw in a rousing version of Fanfare for the Common Man too.

Ten-minute watch and read

We love the book You Can Change the World so we worked with author Margaret Rooke to put together a short video schools can use to inspire their young people to make a difference.

Ten-minute watch

Ten years ago, Ian Gilbert was living in Hong King during the Umbrella Revolution. Here are the 17 questions and images he put together from then to encourage all to think about the nature of protest, dissent, liberty and education.

Ten-minute read

Having once described charity as 'icing a rotten cake', Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert suggests we look beyond the bake sale with the help of one simple three-letter word.

Five-minute read