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COVID-19 = end of Environmental Education?

For 49 years, students at Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School, tucked in the San Luis Obispo hills above the California coast, learned about science and ecology by investigating tidepools and dissecting squids. ( source – Smithsonian Magazine) “Everything was experiential,” says Celeste Royer, Rancho El Chorro’s Director of Environmental Education. “Getting these kids out into the natural environment, giving them a chance to explore, inspiring them to want to know more—it’s so unique from their traditional classroom experience. It’s a...

Learning outside

As we begin to think about and even ‘plan’ emerging from the ‘lockdown’ – remember ‘safety first’ – it‘s essential to ’be prepared’ with as many ideas as possible for getting outdoors. Here are some great outdoor education online resources…. A great quote : I learned how to respect the places I was in and find a different kind of beauty in them than I had previously looked for. UNITED KINGDOM Creative STAR is my top recommendation for a website!...