This episode dives into the more 'intuitive' and 'feeling' areas of nature education, and how we can support our students/clients/children to have experiences that go beyond an intellectually based understanding of our world. This topic is tricky to navigate, so I do my best to be fully transparent and authentic, and be validating to lots of different forms in which these experiences can be shared.
There are things that happen in nature that are difficult to describe and understand, and I have had many situations where logic isn't all that helpful when it comes to integrating them into my daily understanding of the world. I share a few of these examples, knowing that they are but the tip of the iceberg that is all of our collective stories and 'magical moments'.
Nature Spirituality is a particularly sensitive topic to many cultures around the earth, and the way we talk about them in a conscious and considerate way is vital to helping hundreds of thousands of children and adults to heal and grow and find a new path for humanity. The human development aspects of these experiences are in some ways the key to building a new and hopeful future, especially if we can find ways that are collaborative and inclusive and compassionate.
Please enjoy Episode #50.
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Episode 108 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Portals Into the Unknown
Episode 107 - Understanding the Challenges of the Developing Child's Brain, Part Two - with Wendolyn Bird
Episode 106 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Are Nature Educators 'Healers'?
Episode 105 - Understanding the Challenges of the Developing Child's Brain, Part One - with Wendolyn Bird
Episode 104 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Alchemy of Food
Episode 103 - Expanding Your Visibility and Clear Messaging for Forest Educators with April Zajko, M.Ed.
Episode 102 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Weight of Ecological Loss and Grief
Episode 101 - Botany in a Day and Nature for a Lifetime- with Tom Elpel
Episode 100 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Lessons and Insights from the First 100 Episodes
Episode 99 - The First Forest School in Ecuador, South America with Carol Sanchez
Episode 98 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Desert Solitaire
Episode 97 - Climate Change, Media Literacy and Critical Thinking with Jeff Share
Episode 96 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Working with Students with Special Needs
Episode 95 - The Secrets of Organic Chemistry in Forest Education with Peter Kindfield
Episode 94 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Getting Our Students 'On the Bus' with Ricardo Sierra
Episode 93 - Finding Support for Forest School Leaders with Asa Hardy-Brownlie
Episode 92 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Shining Daylight into the Grey Areas and Unwritten Contracts
Episode 91 - The Last Person Around the Campfire - with Sky Otter
Episode 90 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Staff Training for Nature Programs
Episode 89 - Teacher, Mentor, Author, Advocate: The Natural Evolution of Amy Butler
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