Green Hat Workshop

Green Hat Workshop was founded by Cameron Lee whilst working in a small school in Melbourne's East and is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of creative, open ended thinking and problem solving skills through a range of products, school programs and creative workshops. "During my teaching career, I had been lucky enough to specialise for several years as a science, technology and woodwork teacher. My last class had used parquetry flooring to make towers and I had harnessed these ideas into a series of technology tasks and been turned on to Plank builders by an interested parent. The school and I parted ways at this time and I found myself with a swag of opinions about play based, authentic learning and the purposes of education, I created Green Hat Workshop to encourage creativity and developed PLANKS as the premier medium and product." PLANKS, are dynamic technical building blocks designed to inspire creative minds. Identical in size and shape, cut precisely from 100% farmed pine and individually finished for consistent quality. PLANKS are specifically proportioned to allow exploration of design, engineering and gravity in order to build almost anything you can imagine. Cam has gathered a team of engaging, imaginative and PLANKS loving individuals together to host school workshops, corporate team building and entertain many at markets and fairs across New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. For retailers the team set up window displays and create in-store events that increase foot traffic and allow children to take part in meaningful play. So why the Green Hat? Edward de Bono introduced the idea of Six Thinking Hats, where each hat has a different meaning and is used to explore different areas of thinking. The Green Hat is for creativity, where participants are encouraged to use provocation and investigation to see where a thought goes. At Green Hat Workshop we strongly believe in providing children and adults with authentically enjoyable resources that foster the growth and development of open ended Green Hat thinking.