Bea's Week at Permanently Brilliant
My name is Bea Swallow, a 14-year-old aspiring photo journalist, given the chance to explore and record my week at a local permaculture business.
This opportunity appeared as a work experience placement for school to get an idea of ‘working life’ but the experience wasn’t really as I’d expected.
During the week I gained an entirely new perspective of the environment and the world around us, that I wasn’t even aware I was missing. We engaged in countless conversations about politics and personal views on the current economic situations, all while sitting down for lunch. We were faced with coming up with sustainable solutions to fix an issue I would’ve otherwise been oblivious to. I was forced to go back and rethink every opinion I’d ever come to because these people, who I had just met, had given me a whole new side of life I hadn’t recognised was there. I learnt new skills and am now able to envisage a world with better intentions, because I have met the people trying to undo the damage. My week was an enlightening adventure, and much better than sitting in an office.
This opportunity appeared as a work experience placement for school to get an idea of ‘working life’ but the experience wasn’t really as I’d expected.
During the week I gained an entirely new perspective of the environment and the world around us, that I wasn’t even aware I was missing. We engaged in countless conversations about politics and personal views on the current economic situations, all while sitting down for lunch. We were faced with coming up with sustainable solutions to fix an issue I would’ve otherwise been oblivious to. I was forced to go back and rethink every opinion I’d ever come to because these people, who I had just met, had given me a whole new side of life I hadn’t recognised was there. I learnt new skills and am now able to envisage a world with better intentions, because I have met the people trying to undo the damage. My week was an enlightening adventure, and much better than sitting in an office.
