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Coronavirus is making it difficult to confidently take students overseas where many outdoor education experiences happen.

The time has come to create tomorrow's changemakers with the skills and values to change the world for the better.

Being a teenager is tough already -- is too much screen time making it tougher?

We all know young children are easily engaged and fascinated by nature. But when do they fall out of love?

Everyday we expect children to sit in small boxes we call classrooms, and focus on learning through books and pencils indoors.

Having students calculate their ecological footprint gives them a concrete understanding of their own personal impact on Earth’s systems.

Children pick up on tiny cues from their parents, teachers and wider society. They are sponges constantly scanning their surroundings for new knowledge and i...

This is a blog post I've been meaning to write for a long time, but I could never quite articulate it. For me, it was a dark feeling lurking deep inside that...

Outdoor education has a long history. But sadly it's not always received the kudos it deserves. For too long it's been sidelined as a "nice to have" or a onc...

Environmental and sustainability education encourages children to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future...

Multiple Intelligence Theory In 1983, Multiple Intelligence Theory was first put forth by Professor Howard Gardner in his ground-breaking book, Frames of Min...

Children need surprisingly little to develop a love of nature and the outdoors - essentially it's coded into their DNA. Children didn't evolve to sit day aft...

Once called STEM, STEAM education is growing in popularity worldwide. It stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, and it's designed...

Imagine a world where every school has outdoor education built into the school fabric and ethos. Imagine a school where children are truly connected to natur...

On 23rd January 2019, 16 year old Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In contrast to the many...

Children growing up in the 21st Century will need to be adaptable, dynamic and creative lifelong learners in a highly uncertain globalized world. Humanity fa...

I've been thinking about this question for a while now, and I've come to learn the unfortunate truth. There is a burgeoning inequality in outdoor education o...

Sometimes the older children become, it seems the less interested they become in nature and the outdoors. As an experiential educator in an international sch...

The concept of modern outdoor education is nothing new. It owes its beginnings to separate initiatives. Organized camping was evident in the late nineteenth ...

In a recent conversation with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) teaching colleague, who is also an avid reader of Outdoortopia, and a f...