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Volunteer Educators

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Founder & Art Director, Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Activist

Özlem Şekercioğlu Lesport

She has done and is doing art work with children; she has written books, drawn pictures, made sculptures with natural materials. She loves walking in the forest with children, visiting exhibitions, thinking, questioning and producing together. She organized ecology-themed art workshops in various platforms, schools, museums, associations and geographies. Since 2014, she has been doing one-to-one art workshops & therapies. She believes in the power of solidarity with the universality of art and Permaculture. She loves bringing beautiful people together; dolphins, trees, elephants, birds; most of all planting trees with children.

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Story Teller, Trainer

Ayşegül Aksel Kamacı

For many years, she has worked both in the kitchen and in the field of various social responsibility projects in the fields of education, culture and arts for children. Her journey, which started with children's theater, was colored and diversified with her curiosity in different disciplines. She designed nature and art-based workshops and met with children through different institutions and associations, especially schools. Nowadays, she continues her journey of curiosity with children through performances where storytelling and creative drama come hand in hand.

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Musician, Psychologist, Educator

Banu Kanıbelli

Music and musicianship, designing learning experiences supported by a background in psychology and philosophy, and active teaching have intersected in diverse and creative ways throughout Banu's 27 years of professional life. Her audiences range from children to youth and adults. Along with music, she continues to produce ecology-based educational/activity content.

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Academician, Early Childhood Education

Gizem Ulufer

She continues her doctoral studies as a researcher who seeks answers to her studies in the field of early childhood education in holistic ways from an interdisciplinary perspective. Within this framework, she is interested in permaculture design, education for sustainability, children's literature, ecology, environmental ethics, nature-based education, connectedness to nature, biomimicry, nonviolent communication, social-emotional development, creative dance concepts; Waldorf, forest and Orff Schulwerk pedagogy. She continues to train children, young people and adults in the subject areas she has been working on in her professional life.

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Academician, Early Childhood Education

Banu Akbaş

She continues her doctoral studies as a researcher who seeks answers to her studies in the field of early childhood education in holistic ways from an interdisciplinary perspective. Within this framework, she is interested in permaculture design, education for sustainability, children's literature, ecology, environmental ethics, nature-based education, connectedness to nature, biomimicry, nonviolent communication, social-emotional development, creative dance concepts; Waldorf, forest and Orff Schulwerk pedagogy. She continues to train children, young people and adults in the subject areas she has been working on in her professional life.

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Academician, Early Childhood Education

Şiyma Barkın Kuzmin

She continues her doctoral studies as a researcher who seeks answers to her studies in the field of early childhood education in holistic ways from an interdisciplinary perspective. Within this framework, she is interested in permaculture design, education for sustainability, children's literature, ecology, environmental ethics, nature-based education, connectedness to nature, biomimicry, nonviolent communication, social-emotional development, creative dance concepts; Waldorf, forest and Orff Schulwerk pedagogy. She continues to train children, young people and adults in the subject areas she has been working on in her professional life.

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Academician, Early Childhood Education

Özlem Tavuş

She continues her doctoral studies as a researcher who seeks answers to her studies in the field of early childhood education in holistic ways from an interdisciplinary perspective. Within this framework, she is interested in permaculture design, education for sustainability, children's literature, ecology, environmental ethics, nature-based education, connectedness to nature, biomimicry, nonviolent communication, social-emotional development, creative dance concepts; Waldorf, forest and Orff Schulwerk pedagogy. She continues to train children, young people and adults in the subject areas she has been working on in her professional life.

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Director, Writer

Alper Can Kılıç

Istopmotion Istanbul Cinema Society cinema workshops director, author of the book Stop Motion Cinema with Children (Ayrıntı Publications- Dinozor Çocuk-2023) Organizes workshops for children of all ages to turn their dreams into reality, their stories into scripts and then into films. Every home, every classroom turns into a set and every child into a director.

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Astronomer, Educator

Halil Bağış

He graduated from I.U. Astronomy and Space Sciences in 2018 and completed her master's degree in Astrophysics at Çukurova University. Since 2013, he has been organizing activities and projects that endear astronomy to children and society in general. He is the founder of Stellar Lab, the first and only digital astronomy library and astronomy education platform in Turkey.

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Trainor, Coach, Facilitator

Derin Uludağ

She has been interested in theater throughout her high school and university years; an amateur who has both acted and worked with children. She has been a loyal theatergoer throughout her twenty-five years of busy work life. After starting to work as a corporate trainer, she is a learning enthusiast who loves to come together with children through storytelling and drama activities, mentors young people and strives to produce with them through various social projects.

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Academician, Author

Mehmet Barış Albayrak

He is interested in philosophy and alternative education methods. She believes that everyone has the right to be educated with everyone, without economic, cultural, mental or physical discrimination. He is passionate about the game of Go and is eager to teach and play the game.

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Artist, Activist

Melis Çörtlen

A graduate of Marmara University French Language Teaching program, she is an artist who has created an interdisciplinary playground for herself. After the February 6 earthquake, she spent five months in Hatay and collaborated with non-governmental organizations such as Gümüşgöze Çocukevi, Bir Şey 1 Şeydir, Haytap, Greenpeace, Geççi, Hayata Destek. She has been taking an active role in Gümüşgöze Çocukevi since the day it was founded. In addition to these, other communities she is a member of are initiatives focusing on environment and children's education such as Bir Şey 1 Şeydir, ANKA Orman Yangını Gönüllüleri, Dünya İçin, Earthist Community, Vanara.

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Trainor, Coach, Facilitator

Sibel Ulu Aşkar

She has been interested in theater throughout her high school and university years; an amateur who has both acted and worked with children. She has been a loyal theatergoer throughout her twenty-five years of busy work life. After starting to work as a corporate trainer, she is a learning enthusiast who loves to come together with children through storytelling and drama activities, mentors young people and strives to produce with them through various social projects.

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Poet, Author, Editor, Educator

İlker Mansuroğlu

After working in some institutions as an editor and cultural journalist, she has been working in the independent field for more than twenty years. She cares about producing products in different genres and continues her literary works. Her published books are: The Latife Tekin Kitabı, Cam Kulübeler,17 Haziran, Uzay Çiçeği-Weltallblume, Atlasın Bir Ucunda, Beyaz Ev, Liya Lu. She organizes individual and collective meetings within the scope of her self-developed " Öğretilemeyen Şeyler" (Unteachable Things)" workshops and works as a consultant and special editor in the field of writing. 

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Trainor, Coach, Facilitator

Fırat Bingöl

She has been interested in theater throughout her high school and university years; an amateur who has both acted and worked with children. She has been a loyal theatergoer throughout her twenty-five years of busy work life. After starting to work as a corporate trainer, she is a learning enthusiast who loves to come together with children through storytelling and drama activities, mentors young people and strives to produce with them through various social projects.

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Trainor, Coach, Facilitator

Selahattin Baklacı

She has been interested in theater throughout her high school and university years; an amateur who has both acted and worked with children. She has been a loyal theatergoer throughout her twenty-five years of busy work life. After starting to work as a corporate trainer, she is a learning enthusiast who loves to come together with children through storytelling and drama activities, mentors young people and strives to produce with them through various social projects.

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Trainor, Coach, Facilitator

Gizem Dalgıç Özgen

She has been interested in theater throughout her high school and university years; an amateur who has both acted and worked with children. She has been a loyal theatergoer throughout her twenty-five years of busy work life. After starting to work as a corporate trainer, she is a learning enthusiast who loves to come together with children through storytelling and drama activities, mentors young people and strives to produce with them through various social projects.

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Director, Writer

Gürsat Özdamar

Istopmotion Istanbul Cinema Society cinema workshops director, author of the book Stop Motion Cinema with Children (Ayrıntı Publications- Dinozor Çocuk-2023) Organizes workshops for children of all ages to turn their dreams into reality, their stories into scripts and then into films. Every home, every classroom turns into a set and every child into a director.

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Musician, Interior Designer

İmre Hadi

In 2014, she released her children's songs album "How Will I Understand When I Grow Up", which also appeals to adults. She took the stage with her children's songs in various schools and city concerts. She is preparing to release new children's songs.

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Poet, Author, Editor, Educator

Oylum Esmer

After working in some institutions as an editor and cultural journalist, she has been working in the independent field for more than twenty years. She cares about producing products in different genres and continues her literary works. Her published books are: The Latife Tekin Kitabı, Cam Kulübeler,17 Haziran, Uzay Çiçeği-Weltallblume, Atlasın Bir Ucunda, Beyaz Ev, Liya Lu. She organizes individual and collective meetings within the scope of her self-developed " Öğretilemeyen Şeyler" (Unteachable Things)" workshops and works as a consultant and special editor in the field of writing. 

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Landscape Architect, Urban Designer, Permaculture Designer

Ayça Gülgeç

With her diplomas as a landscape architect, urban designer and permaculture designer, she has these identities and finds herself in organic farming, ancestral seed collecting and distributing, and seed activism. Believing that ecovillages would be the solution to global warming, in 2012 she started to pursue successful ecovillages. After visiting New Zealand and Australia, she started living in Crystal Waters Ecovillage in 2014. With the pandemic in 2020, she makes "Healing Catchers" and continues to spread the beauty between Australia and Turkey with seeds and ropes in her bag...

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Trainor, Coach, Facilitator

Meltem Öztan

She has been interested in theater throughout her high school and university years; an amateur who has both acted and worked with children. She has been a loyal theatergoer throughout her twenty-five years of busy work life. After starting to work as a corporate trainer, she is a learning enthusiast who loves to come together with children through storytelling and drama activities, mentors young people and strives to produce with them through various social projects.

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Poet, Author, Editor, Educator

Pelin Özer

After working in some institutions as an editor and cultural journalist, she has been working in the independent field for more than twenty years. She cares about producing products in different genres and continues her literary works. Her published books are: The Latife Tekin Kitabı, Cam Kulübeler,17 Haziran, Uzay Çiçeği-Weltallblume, Atlasın Bir Ucunda, Beyaz Ev, Liya Lu. She organizes individual and collective meetings within the scope of her self-developed " Öğretilemeyen Şeyler" (Unteachable Things)" workshops and works as a consultant and special editor in the field of writing. 

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CONTRIBUTERS

Ada Başar, Günnur Başar, William Bertrand, Ece Kılıç, Mustafa Gülek, Selin Dursun, Demet Özdamar,

Seda Altay, Clowns Without Borders USA,

Mavi Kuş Dayanışması, 1 Şey Bir Şeydir,

Oyun İstanbul, Fatih Alpgiray, Mervan Kızıl,

 Mehtap Karaali, Nuray Kılıç, Nilcan Güler

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