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Thu Dec 29, 2022, 12:59 PM Dec 2022

Raffi Cavoukian: from children's troubadour to climate campaigner

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/29/raffi-cavoukian-from-childrens-troubadour-to-climate-campaigner

Raffi Cavoukian: from children’s troubadour to climate campaigner



It helps to have principles by which to live so that you’re not pushed off by every wind that blows,” he said. “The job of children isn’t to learn how to use screens or technology. It’s to interact with the three dimensional world.

“Their job is to learn the rhythms of a slow summer, to learn about the wonders of a butterfly, and the making of pasta sauce. It’s to learn the wonders of peeling an orange or an apple. These are real things.”

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