Bøker av Simon Mitchell

Arthur gets lost in a wood and is guided through a vision quest by woodland animals. He sees how mankind has become separated from nature in this 'green adventure' and becomes resolved to do something about it.This story is inspired by a walk that was built into Haldon Woods near Exeter in the UK, which became so popular it was literally 'worn away'. Called 'Beginner's Way', the author Simon Mitchell, helped to build the walk in the 1980's.The book contains hand-drawn images of Arthur's Adventure along with the accompanying story. Ideal for younger readers who like a nature story!

The United Kingdom and the United States are no longer democracies. Whoever you vote for, the Government gets in and they are in the hands of a planet-wrecking corporate agenda. They are intent on destroying the conditions for healthy life on Earth, for the pursuit of profit for the few.We are in a race against time, against exponentially increasing inequalities, dire ecological collapse and mass species extinction.This book from simonthescribe shows you why our system of government is in urgent need of replacement. It demonstrates just why we are all in peril. It tells you how to detach your life from government control and find a human purpose beyond the slavery they wish for you. This is a book written with a hundred pens and each is one that says 'Release the Human Spirit'. It is time to rebel.

In 'First Adventures in Loom Knitting', simonthescribe presents you with twenty-four really-simple, easy, original and creative loom knitting projects that anyone can make. He shows how the main advantage with loom knitting is its speed in making simple clothes and fun objects with just two basic weaves. Other loom knitting books can take a step-by-step approach, using over-complex stitches and patterns more suited to knitting needles, that ignore the speed of looming with basic weaves. First Adventures in Loom Knitting has descriptions woven-in as to how each knitted object came about and over 80 photos and illustrations showing the projects. Full instructions on loom types, weaves, row numbers and assembly are given. Not only is it great fun making clothes and woven items for yourself, loom knitting is a craft made for sharing. The unique and easy projects in this book make fabulous gifts for people for Christmas, birthdays or just as random tokens of love and affection.

Following on from 'Lost in the Woods - The Adventure of Arthur' this illustrated, 8,500 word story is for a slightly older age group of nine to thirteen year olds. In 'EarthKeeper - The Second Adventure of Arthur' the boy is selected for a magical task by the Giant Oak. In a walled garden out of time and out of place, he is to find and grow the plants he chooses, preserving them from accident and devastation. The 'Arthur Series' of stories comes from a deep green place in the middle of the woods. The stories defy convention and seek to build a respect, knowledge and interaction with nature for young people.

The ghost has been trapped in the Valley of the River Fowey in Cornwall for two thousand years. It makes contact with a local teacher called Andrew, who tells the story of his brief life as a healer. The ghost has a quest - the ancient Dragon Energy Line connecting the living matrix of earth energy is broken - and Andrew must mend it. Energy Vampirism is a very real and increasing phenomenon in the Western World. As humans become more displaced from contact with nature, they are losing the ability to generate wholesome energy from its source. As a result - more and more people are left with stealing essential energy from each other as a method of survival. This unique novel offers you defense from Energy Vampires and presents you with an exploration of earth energy.

If you want to grow real food and enjoy the contact with nature that this gives, a greenhouse is essential given the weather in the colder Northern climate. This fifty-five page book charts a journey into making my own perfect greenhouse / growdome. There are instructions on how to to make three domes in this book - along with their 'models' - including the two-frequency, hemispherical icosahedron shown on the cover. There are eighty-five black & white photos and illustrations showing the 'how to'. The DIY Geodesic Growdome has full instructions on how to make one for yourself for the price of a single, supermarket shop (about £150 sterling at time of construction). Before long you will be bringing home-grown, fresh and healthy food straight into your house all year round.

Widespread changes are challenging our economy, society and environment. As the pace speeds up - creativity is the single most important human factor that helps us adapt. 'Create' helps you develop your capacity for creative thought and take advantage. It gives you resources. This book answers basic questions about creativity: what is it? where does it come from? why do we need it? how can it be stimulated? 'Create' presents you with thirty exercises to stimulate your capacity for creative thought and action.