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 88 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Rites of Passage Part Three with Ricardo Sierra
Episode 87 - Student Driven Assessment in Inner City Nature Education with Chantel Zimmerman
Episode 86 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Rites of Passage Part Two
Episode 85 - Emotional Learning and Behavior Support begins with Educator Consistency- with Meagan Duncan
Episode 84 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Power of Initiation and Rites of Passage Part One
Episode 83 - Forest Education & Innovation in a Man-Made World with Jael Nouhet
Episode 82 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Finding Your Lane as a Forest Educator
Episode 81 - Forest Learning in the Los Angeles Basin- with Madlen Sarkisyan
Episode 80 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Moving the Needle-Equity, Education & Changing the System
Episode 79 - The Unbeatable Combination of Occupational Therapy and Forest Education with Marika Austin and Angela Rosenberg
Episode 78 - Forest Educator Spotlight - The Beneficial Partnership of Nature and Language Arts with Jonny Walker
Episode 77 - Living Your Values, Building Community with Dariya Quenniville and Jefferie Conz
Episode 76 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Necessity of Adversity
Episode 75 - Multicultural Adventures in the Canadian Rainforest with Maria Jose Obando
Episode 74 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Doing Hard Things with Ricardo Sierra
Episode 73 - Collisions of Earth & Sky: Seeking Truth through Poetry & Nature with Heidi Barr
Episode 72 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Navigating the For-Profit/Non-Profit Decision
Episode 71 - Dynamic, Community Based Bush Kindy in Australia: A MobileForest Schooling Model with Areta Farrance
Episode 70 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Nature Job Strategies for Employers & Educators
Episode 69 - Creating a Forest School as a Village woven with Healing and Support with Danielle Zola LMSW, M.S.Ed
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