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As little as an hour a week of outdoor learning has tremendous benefits for children and also boosts teachers' job satisfaction.

Experiential education (or hands-on education) is one of the most powerful tools and approaches for creating environmental awareness.

Raising awareness of environmental issues and understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (the ‘Global Goals’ or ‘SDGs’) is vital.

Taking action on sustainability requires building the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes necessary to create positive change.

This article follows on from Part I: Rivers Are Perfect for Teaching Sustainability. Here's Why! Background The living things found in a...

There are countless benefits of children growing your own food, from the nutritional value of eating fresh vegetables.

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

This article looks at ways that meta-cognition can be used to maximize the outcomes and performance of children in outdoor learning.

River systems are perfect for children to study how their day-to-day actions can have wide-reaching impacts on a river's water quality...

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...

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

Outdoor environmental education is a brilliant way to engage students with hands-on science and ecological understanding that reinforces...

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...

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...