This September, be wanderful
WLC is a firm supporter of Street Wisdom, the UK-based non-profit which nudges you to explore public space. At the end of September, Street Wisdom again organises their annual World Wide Wander, where, in dozens of locations around the world, you can join others in discovering what the city has to offer you. Our co-founder Babak is hosting a wander in Athens. Perhaps you can join.
This week’s mailing is introduced by Philip Cowell. He’s a member of our Online Jury, and closely involved with Street Wisdom, and the World Wide Wander.
Philip here, and I’m excited to tell you more about the World Wide Wander 2024.
I’m part of Street Wisdom, and the World Wide Wander is our annual BIG day of walkshops that we've been leading for over ten years now. We'd love to invite you to take part on Friday 27th September this year! You can be anywhere in the world to be a part of it!
First of all, for those we've not been lucky enough to meet yet, what's Street Wisdom?
Well, Street Wisdom is a creative walking non-profit devised and led by arts-for-business pioneer David Pearl. It's all about using your walking to find new direction in life. After all, let's face it, things can get pretty confusing; sometimes we really don't know what our next steps are.
What happens to you when you have a challenge or a puzzle to solve? Often people overthink things (which keeps them in their heads), or they chat with friends and colleagues (which is great but can lead to confirmation bias or restricted ideas). Perhaps the worst thing we all do nowadays is jump down the Google Search rabbit hole! Ring any bells?
So, on our walkshops, instead of that, we get people back into their bodies and up and outside, tuning in to the environment around them with fresh eyes and energised selves, to practise this simple, but often deeply profound, way of walking with wonder.
We find, effortlessly, and soon enough, people begin to notice the magic in the everyday, inspired by their wandering, and will soon be gathering fresh ideas and insights from the bountiful world that surrounds them.
For a few hours, on our walkshops, we let our feet be wiser than our heads. It's magical.
The World Wide Wander is our big annual, global day of walkshops, where we walk with people all around the world, all across the day, online and in-person.
This year it's on Friday 27th September and we've got in-person walkshops in such incredible places as Philadelphia, Seoul, Montreal, Nairobi, Toronto, Melbourne, London, Lima, Utrecht, Berlin, York, Charleston, Sydney, Stockport, Oxford, Austin, Atlanta, Glasgow, Athens... and many, many more wanderful necks of the woods!
We also host four online walkshops which you can join from anywhere in the world throughout the day, using Zoom on your phone, so you can experience them for yourself in your own neighbourhood. Anywhere in the world!
You can sign up for all and any of these in-person and online walkshops at our World Wide Wander website.
Do you even fancy hosting a walkshop yourself? Why not! Give it a go. We help you with everything to get you set up; it's a gorgeous way to give back to your community. Street Wisdom Walkshops - which are free to attend and led by volunteers - were designed for anyone and everyone to lead; they're part of the amazing gift economy that fuels so much joy on this planet. If you fancy giving it a go, and we hope you do, then please email me at Street Wisdom on [email protected]
We can’t wait for you to be a part of all this, and we are thrilled to wander with you on Friday 27th September 2024!
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