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 68 - Forest Educator Spotlight - Lessons From The North Wind
Episode 67 - Public Schools & Nature Program Leverage Points- with April Zajko, M.Ed
Episode 66 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Ethical Dilemmas in Forest Education
Episode 65 - Choosing Wholistic Nature over Corporate Culture - with Rimi Chakraborty
Episode 64 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Swamp Stories
Episode 63 - The Power of Making Baskets by Hand in an Automated World- with Sandra Kehoe
Episode 62 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Five Nature Program Marketing Mistakes (and how to fix them!)
Episode 61 - Leadership, Brotherhood & Inclusion in the Outdoors: Mentoring BIPOC Young Men with Manny Almonte
Episode 60 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Building Community around Forest Education
Episode 59 - The Challenges and Joys of Forest Schooling in Southeast Asia with Sharon Cortez
Episode 58 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Entering the Wild
Episode 57 - The Equitable Power of Forest Education in the Public Sector with David Alexander
Episode 56 - The Forest Educator Spotlight: Cold Training
Episode 55 - Going Off-Grid & Into the Canadian Wild with Kielyn Marrone of Lure of the North
Episode 54 - The Forest Educator Spotlight: Seven Things I Wish I'd Known Before Starting Hawk Circle
Episode 53 - Connecting to Nature Through Plants, Medicine & Herbal First Aid with Sam Coffman
Episode 52 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Problem with Intangible Results
Episode 51 - The Long and Winding Road from China to Ireland with Katie Fu
Episode 49 - Himalayan Treks, Transformation and Ethical Business Philosophy with Lakshmi Selvakumaran of IndiaHikes.
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