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

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

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

In a world where children spend most of their education cooped up in small boxes called classrooms, real-world experiential learning can...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

So far the focus of my blog posts for Outdoortopia has been on education reform and integrating outdoor and experiential education (OEE)...

Outdoor and Experiential Education (OEE) is the perfect vehicle for developing young people into well-informed global citizens. The kind...

Environmental and sustainability education means incorporating key sustainable development issues into teaching and learning; for...

If we are to create a new generation of ecoliterate young people who truly understand and value nature's life supporting systems, we must...

Environmental Education (EE) in the context of sustainable development is essential for the next generation to build a brighter future in...

Ecosia is a commercially-driven and clever search engine powered by Microsoft. But why would anyone want to change search engines from...

What outcomes should we seek from our education system, if we are to successfully prepare the next generation of young minds for a highly...

Outdoor education has come to mean many things. It can mean anything from adventure-based learning to environmental education, service...

According to Dictionary.com, the verb "to advocate" means "to speak or write in favor of, support or urge by argument; to recommend...

In service learning, students learn to tackle real-world problems in their community, while building deeper understanding and skills for...