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 28 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Forest Entrepreneur
Episode 27 - The Wisdom in Listening with Dan Gardoqui of Lead with Nature
Episode 26 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Wilderness Survival Skills
Episode 25 - Changing Education from the Inside with International Wildlife Tracker and Environmental Educator Sandy Reed
Episode 24 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Forest Educator's Secret Sauce
Episode 23 - Rewilding: Why We Need to be Wild with Jessica Carew Kraft
Episode 22 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Gift of Campfires
Episode 21 - Nature-Infused Coaching for Parents & Teachers with Wendolyn Bird
Episode 20 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Barriers to Nature Education
Episode 19 - Public Education is Broken with Peter Kindfield
Episode 18 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Art of Tracking
Episode 17 - Tracking and International Instruction with Kyt Lyn Walken
Episode 16 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Maverick & The Collaborator Mindset
Episode 15 - Raising Children in the Open Air with Linda McGurk
Episode 14 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Navigating Boundaries - Behaviors and Discipline
Episode 13 - Connection, Creativity, and Teaching Teachers with Jonny Walker of Otherwise Education
Episode 12 - Forest Educator Spotlight: After School Programs
Episode 11 - Connecting Urban Children with the Natural World with Aurélia Cheuvreul-Gaud
Episode 10 - Forest Educator Spotlight: The Challenges of Ethical Gathering
Episode 09 - Forest School as Alternative Education with Erica Hermsen from Everwild Forest School
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