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1 Oct
The Cubby House Where it All Began
Posted by Marcus Veerman

How one playground in rural Thailand sparked an open-source movement of play across 72 countries

by Marcus Veerman (Founder & CEO of Playground Ideas) and staff

Playground Ideas was born by sheer accident. When my wife Willow agreed to marry me in 2006, it was on the condition that we would spend a portion of our lives together in some far flung region of the world doing something for the common good. That day arrived sooner than I thought and the following year the two of us stepped onto a plane bound for Mae Sot, Thailand with a single backpack each. Willow had been offered a job working with refugees along the Thai-Burma border. I left a great position in Melbourne, Australia and arrived in Thailand with absolutely no idea what I was going to do for the next 2 years. For the first time in my adult life, I was free to do whatever I wanted.

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The Cubby House Where it All Began