Vasso Kobilakou – Forest School "Pefkites"

Founder and animator of the Pefkites Forest School.
Skogsmulle Leader (June 2016).
Since childhood, I loved endless walks in the woods with my beloved dog: getting lost in the bosom of a favorite corner, with pine trees hiding the sun, smelling the wet earth, hands sinking in the green moss…

I first studied Archeology at the University of Athens precisely so that I could dream next to the earth, discover old traces and human lives in its surroundings. After that, I worked for 11 years at the Benaki Museum and completed a cross-sectional PhD in Oral History and Emotional History.

The Winter Mountain Climbing School, the first Swedish Forest School I ever had the chance to discover and also being a mother, helped me find my own path. The one that led to Forest Pedagogy. The most true and closest to the primordial nature of man. Where innocence is still a reality. And where innocense can dream … Along with the children…